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AOL Canada and Toshiba of Canada Award Nova Scotia School for Online Safety Week
New Germany Elementary School wins new computer lab through national Online Safety Week contest
 TORONTO, ON and NOVA SCOTIA
September 21, 2005 –
AOL Canada Inc. and Toshiba of Canada today announced that Nova Scotia’s New Germany Elementary School is the official winner of the national Online Safety Week Contest. The contest was launched in conjunction with AOL Canada’s second annual Online Safety Week, which took place May 16th to the 20th. AOL Canada established this annual online safety campaign to help teachers and parents understand how children can better leverage the Internet while protecting themselves online. The Online Safety Week Contest, co-sponsored by Toshiba of Canada, encouraged Canadian elementary schools to organize their own Online Safety Day or Week and share their success stories with AOL Canada.
New Germany Elementary School in New Germany, Nova Scotia was chosen as the winner from among hundreds of entries from across the country due to its outstanding program to help educate members of the school and community through the use of poetry, posters and multi-media presentations. This week, representatives from AOL Canada and Toshiba of Canada will present New Germany Elementary with a computer lab consisting of six new Toshiba Satellite notebook computers and Targus Carrying Cases. Judging for the Online Safety Week Contest was based on the success of each applicant’s online safety activities, including student involvement and creativity.
“New Germany has greatly contributed to AOL’s public awareness goals and we congratulate the teachers, staff and students for their extraordinarily creative efforts,” said Karen Robbins, AOL Canada’s Online Safety Expert and ‘Net Mom.’ “It’s essential that Canadian children understand that, along with the educational and entertainment benefits of the Internet, they need to act responsibly and cautiously online. What better way for children to learn how to use online safety tools to stay safe from predators and cyberbullies than to teach one another?”
With the support of administration, three teachers and 90 students, New Germany Elementary School created its own weeklong Online Safety Week. Students from grades four, five and six created poems, posters and a PowerPoint presentation promoting five key online safety rules and the importance of Internet safety. A grade 4/5 class presented the posters and online safety rules to each class in the school; a grade 5/6 class memorized one of their poems to do a choral speaking piece to share with other classes; and a grade 4 class posted their Internet safety multimedia presentation on the school’s Web site at www.nges.ednet.ns.ca for the benefit of the whole community. In conjunction with the RCMP, laminated papers with safety rules were also distributed to grade 6 students.
“AOL Canada’s Online Safety Week Contest helped us teach our children about online safety in a manner that was fun for them,” said Dawn Henderson, a Grade 5/6 teacher from New Germany Elementary School. “In addition to increasing awareness among the children in the school on the issues surrounding online safety, the contest also helped improve their skills in research, technology, art and language.”
“The students and faculty at New Germany Elementary School provided great examples of how creativity and technology go hand in hand,” said Sherry Lyons, Marketing Communications Manager, Toshiba of Canada Information Systems Group. “In addition to being a technology leader, Toshiba is committed to educating and keeping our kids safe. This program reinforces that and gives this school some great additional computer resources”
About AOL Canada Inc. AOL Canada Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of America Online, Inc., the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. AOL Canada helps people get more out of their Internet by enhancing the scope of what they can do online, offering a host of services customized for the Canadian audience. AOL Canada employs over 400 people nationwide. For more information, visit: www.aol.ca
Toshiba of Canada Information Systems Group (Toshiba ISG)
Toshiba of Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toshiba Corporation, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of electronic products and semiconductors. Headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Toshiba ISG is Canada's leading provider of mobile and handheld computers. This year marks the 20th year that the Toshiba Corporation has manufactured and sold notebook computers worldwide. Toshiba ISG is a leader in Canadian specialized mobile and wireless computing, providing services and wireless hardware to fulfill a range of business and personal computing needs.
About New Germany Elementary School
New Germany Elementary School is a rural school in the “Christmas Tree Capital of the World” area of Nova Scotia. The school’s 270 students reside across a large area and travel to school by bus. There are 10 classrooms from primary through grade 6, specialist teachers and full-time physical education, music and part-time French classes. Volunteers run the school library and the student body is supported by eight program assistants to help children with special needs.
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