SchoolNet
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Canada's SchoolNet was a partnership run by Industry Canada
to promote the effective use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in libraries and schools across the country. Many important early Canadian ICT programs fell under the SchoolNet umbrella, including Computers for Schools, LibraryNet, First Nations SchoolNet, and Canada's Digital Collections.
Notable early projects included the SchoolNet MOO
and the Special Needs Education (SNE) http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/odi/documents/bridgingTheGap/chap3.shtml#4 network. The MOO was abandoned by Industry Canada in 1998, but a non-profit corporation was set up to continue running the MOO under the name MOO Canada Eh!.http://www.moo.ca/inc. From 1999-2001, SchoolNet funded Project Achieve MOO run out of the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto
. The SNE was managed initially by Keenan Wellar at Ingenia Communications Corporation
until 1997 when the project moved with Wellar to LiveWorkPlay
until it was discontinued along with the rest of SchoolNet by Industry Canada.
The SchoolNet project was active from 1995 to the early 2000s, and the site was taken offline on June 20, 2007.
Industry Canada
Industry Canada is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for regional economic development, investment, and innovation/research and development. The department employs 6104 FTEs across Canada....
to promote the effective use of information and communications technologies (ICT) in libraries and schools across the country. Many important early Canadian ICT programs fell under the SchoolNet umbrella, including Computers for Schools, LibraryNet, First Nations SchoolNet, and Canada's Digital Collections.
Notable early projects included the SchoolNet MOO
MOO
A MOO is a text-based online virtual reality system to which multiple users are connected at the same time.The term MOO is used in two distinct, but related, senses...
and the Special Needs Education (SNE) http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/hip/odi/documents/bridgingTheGap/chap3.shtml#4 network. The MOO was abandoned by Industry Canada in 1998, but a non-profit corporation was set up to continue running the MOO under the name MOO Canada Eh!.http://www.moo.ca/inc. From 1999-2001, SchoolNet funded Project Achieve MOO run out of the Knowledge Media Design Institute at the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. The SNE was managed initially by Keenan Wellar at Ingenia Communications Corporation
Ingenia Communications Corporation
Ingenia Communications Corporation is the name of a Canadian internet technology company that in 2001. The company was incubated at Carleton University in Ottawa....
until 1997 when the project moved with Wellar to LiveWorkPlay
LiveWorkPlay
LiveWorkPlay is a Canadian charitable organization for people with intellectual disabilities. Founded in Ottawa in 1995 by the husband and wife team of Keenan Wellar and Julie Kingstone, LiveWorkPlay was originally known as the Keen Learning Centre for Youth and then the Special Needs Network...
until it was discontinued along with the rest of SchoolNet by Industry Canada.
The SchoolNet project was active from 1995 to the early 2000s, and the site was taken offline on June 20, 2007.