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Thousands of Web Surfers Visit Education-World.com in Search of Internet Treasures

(Oklahoma City) - Education World® (www.education-world.com) holds clues that unlock a treasure chest of learning containing more than $100,000 in cash and prizes for participants of Lycos CyberSurfari Spring '00; an educational and fun expedition where players explore hand-picked destinations throughout the Internet. CyberSurfari.Org is a Web site designed to help students, teachers and families learn to benefit from surfing the Web safely and effectively at school and at home.

Running from March 21st, 2000 to June 15th, 2000, the comprehensive online expedition is made possible by a 501-C3 nonprofit organization called the Children's Web Surfing Alliance, Inc and the contest's generous sponsors; Education World, Lycos, Inc., ALFY.com, Discovery School, Educast, FamilyEducation.com, Hewlett Packard, HomeworkCentral.com, Knowledge Adventure, National Education Association, Steck-Vaughn Publishing, and Zeeks.Com.

Education World serves as one of the CyberStations; the place where contestants visit to find the clues for the game. The contest's participants learn interesting facts as they use their deductive reasoning, Web savvy, and reading comprehension skills to decipher the ten clues housed on Education World and collect treasure codes that count toward their final score. The more than 100 outpost destinations included on this comprehensive hunt are selected based on a combination of educational content, organization, entertainment value, Web site performance, and a privacy policy for its visitors.

"Education World is proud to serve as a sponsor of Lycos CyberSurfari Spring '00," Education World President Brian Mauck said. "The contest reflects our commitment to increasing the number of students and adults accessing quality content on the Internet and making their online experience as rich as possible. We are confident that many of the thousands of treasure seekers who visit our site for the first time during the contest will return to enjoy our content for years to come."

As schools across the nation ramp up with technology, educators are teaching students how to utilize the Internet by incorporating CyberSurfari into their spring curriculum. In 1999, more than 15,000 school teams players competed with family teams and individuals from 97 countries. Over half the teachers who organized school teams indicated that CyberSurfari had been designated as part of their educational curriculum as opposed to an extra-curricular activity.

"CyberSurfari has become one of the Web's greatest achievements in promoting the integration of technology and schools," said Sara White, CWSA executive director. "Teachers, students and parents use the contest as a map to the Internet's uncharted seas…CyberSurfari focuses on safely navigating the wealth of information available on the Internet in a team or individual format. Although it is an educational program, it is also just plain fun! Many classes hold kick-off pizza parties, stay-up all night to finish the race, and devise intricate strategies for mastering the contest. We consider Lycos CyberSurfari Spring '00 a perfect vehicle to introduce students, teachers, and families to the Internet, and we're proud that educators and parents agree."

1. Further information on Lycos CyberSurfari Spring '00 is accessible at http://www.cybersurfari.org
2. The Fall contest is available through March 15th and the Spring contest launches March. 21st at 3:00 PM Eastern time.
3. Practice and sample clues are accessible by visiting CyberSurfari.Org's practice section and playing the fall contest.
4. CyberSurfari.Org's Lesson Ideas Section offers curriculum ideas based around themes designed to help teachers incorporate the Web into their daily lesson planning activities.
5. The CyberSurfari Spring '00 graphic may be pulled from http://www.cybersurfari.org/promos.htm

Education World, based in Oklahoma City, provides the Internet's largest education-specific search engine, linking to more than 120,000 education-related sites. The search engine is appropriate for all ages and is searchable by subject or grade level. The site also offers weekly original content-lesson planning activities, curriculum ideas, education site reviews, and many other features-as well as worldwide education employment listings, forums, and education news to assist the education community online. Visit http://www.education-world.com for more information.