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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SUNBURST TECHNOLOGY RELEASES NEW VERSION OF QUICKMIND.NET
ONLINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR K-12 SCHOOLS

New version of QuickMind.net eases users' navigation and ability to access lesson
planning, standards-based activities, assessment and reporting content, and tools

NEW ORLEANS, June 21, 2004 - At the National Educational Computing Conference today leading educational publisher Sunburst Technology presented a newly designed version of the QuickMind.net online learning environment for K-12 schools. After recently acquiring the award-winning QuickMind.net in February, Sunburst immediately developed revisions that enhance the product's usability by both students and educators.

The changes allow students to complete their QuickMind.net assignments with easy access to standards-based activities, reports and tools. A new design also enables teachers to effectively and easily develop assessments, assign prescriptive content, and create online individualized educational programs, while generating reports that track student activity. This new version of QuickMind.net is the first phase of Sunburst's long-term plan to upgrade and expand it, with more major updates to QuickMind.net coming this fall.

"The evolution of the education market has resulted in several characteristics that educators seek in a technology product: Integrated, correlated, standards-, research- and Web-based," said Mark Sotir, Sunburst Chief Executive Officer. "QuickMind.net supports educators with all of this and much more to help them meet today's standards. Its Web-based format also makes it convenient for us to publish new curriculum and educational materials frequently and to immediately deliver updates to our customers that reflect their current needs and interests, as we have just done."

QuickMind.net content is standards-based and correlated to each state's standards to help educators and students meet "No Child Left Behind" requirements and fulfill their school's learning standards. This powerful resource provides integrated content in a convenient, subscription-based Web environment that addresses the needs of today's educator. "QuickMind.net is an outstanding product that has already won several prestigious educational technology award competitions," said David Wolff, Sunburst vice president. "Sunburst's goal is to raise it to an even higher level of excellence and ease of use for our customers. We will continue to develop the product to reach its full potential as the premiere online application used in schools."

New Features
Since QuickMind.net is Internet based and there are no CD-ROMs to burn or package, Sunburst is able to provide a unique product that grows all the time. The product development is ongoing, and as new activities and resources are created, they are automatically added to the site. Educators never have to do anything to receive the next version because it is all done seamlessly by the publisher, directly on the Internet.

QuickMind.net now features four separate student interfaces, redesigned for age-appropriateness and quick, easy access to lessons. The interfaces are for primary, elementary, middle and high school grade ranges. With these new interfaces, navigation for students is engaging, clean and easy. Also, they can now access all practice activities assigned by their teacher, sorted by subject -- math, science, social studies and language arts. And they can now view a listing of all completed activities by subject.

Revamped and enhanced teacher navigation allows for significantly improved access to important QuickMind.net content and features. A new browse-by-standard feature allows teachers one-click access to view and then assign to students content that is directly correlated to state standards. This helps them easily select lessons and activities that best meet their school's local education standards.

Sunburst also added a variety of new content to QuickMind.net, including robust reporting templates for administrators, principals, teachers, students and parents. New state standards were added and existing correlations were improved. The product's collection of exciting educational links and Web-based lessons and activities was also significantly expanded.

About QuickMind.net
QuickMind.net provides educators and students in grades K-12 with extensive lesson-planning, homework and assessment resources at school, home or anywhere that they have an Internet connection. It provides 24-hour access to a wealth of standards-based curriculum, interactive homework assignments, project templates, tools, lesson plans, reference materials and online professional development via a password-protected Web site.

Whether they are new to technology or experienced veterans, QuickMind.net inspires teachers at all skill levels by making it easy for them to be creative in their classroom lessons and keep learning fun and interesting for their students. QuickMind.net helps teachers target their school's standards and instruction goals while providing students with practice in skills from core academic subjects - language arts, math, science and social studies. Most of the site's content is original and was developed by the publishers' team of education doctorates specifically for QuickMind.net. QuickMind.net is available to schools now on an annual-subscription basis.

Pricing & Availability
QuickMind.net is available now as an annual subscription through Sunburst Technology or Educational Resources®. The subscription allows teachers and students to access QuickMind.net on both school and home computers as much as they want. Pricing for QuickMind.net is customized for schools as either a School Site License or District License. Educators may request a free QuickMind.net demo CD-ROM or find more information about the product at www.sunburst.com.

QuickMind.net includes toll-free technical support, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Eastern Time, every business day. For sales and ordering information, customers can call Educational Resources at 800-624-2926. Information about QuickMind.net is also available on www.QuickMind.net.

Company Background
Sunburst Technology publishes award-winning instructional software and the QuickMind.net online learning environment for the K-12 school market. Proprietary series in the Sunburst lineup include HyperStudio®, Tenth Planet, HMI, and Little Planet. Top selling titles include Type to Learn, Hot Dog Stand: The Works, Easy Book Deluxe, and A to Zap! The publisher, a company of Thayer Capital Partners, is headquartered in Elgin, IL, with its development center in Pleasantville, NY.