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EduTone Announces One World School Joins the Single Sign-On Marketplace(PR Web Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Alameda, California (PRWEB) March 31, 2014 EduTone Corporation announces that One World School (1WS) joins the EduTone Single Sign-On (SSO) Marketplace Part of Intel Education. 1WS is an accredited online high school that serves students around the world with more than 540 online courses for grades 6-12; including 26 world languages, Advanced Placement, and 45 career-technical tracks; some of which offer industry certification. Courses are highly interactive and include online digital textbooks, online assessment and a virtual classroom with peers and the instructors with real time interaction. "We are thrilled that One World School has joined the EduTone SSO Marketplace part of Intel Education," said Robert Iskander, Chairman of EduTone. "We believe the addition of One World School provides much needed digital access to help students reach their education goals," explained Iskander. "1WS has joined the EduTone SSO Marketplace to provide state-of-the art courses and digital assets to students around the world," said Dr. Diana Muir, President and CEO of 1WS. "We believe this is a great way to extend our reach to students who might otherwise not have a chance for a quality, meaningful education and an introduction to life-long learning," explained Dr. Muir. The EduTone SSO Marketplace part of Intel Education is coming soon and will be accessible through the EduTone SSO Passport which enables distribution partners to offer school customers the ability to immediately provision any best of breed, web-enabled content or software services to their teachers and students from an on-demand catalog. About EduTone Corporation: EduTone provides cutting edge, cloud-based, device and platform agnostic services specifically designed for today's K-20 institutions. EduTone Xchange™, its multiple award-winning, fully-integrated, customisable, end-to-end services delivery platform provides educational institutions with secure Single Sign-On, automated role/policy-based provisioning and identity management for all web-enabled applications, content and communities. The Edutone SSO Marketplace part of Intel Education, is a one-stop shop for on-demand marketing and distribution of learning resources including Web Apps, Mobile Apps, Online Courses and downloadable Digital Assets. EduTone Corporation is a privately held corporation headquartered in Alameda, California. About One World School: 1WS has been active in online education since 1995 and offers an accredited American middle school and high school diploma to students around the world. It's staff includes 25 highly qualified principals, vice principals and counselors for its 7 school portals and more than 300 highly qualified instructors. Spanish, Chinese, English or Arabic classes can be taught using Jigsaw Virtual Classroom and the Rosetta Stone classes. Courses can be taught in Spanish, Chinese, English or Arabic and utilize the Rosetta Stone Classroom and Jigsaw Virtual Classroom. Management services are provided by C-4 Accell of Phoenix, AZ where 1WS corporate headquarters are located. The 1WS supports the United Nations "Education for All" programs and believes that all persons have the right to a basic education in order to fully join the global economic and social community. This press release was sponsored by Jigsaw Meeting who is proud to be an essential part of the team that assist in implementation and management of 1WS virtual classroom platform. Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11704920.htm (c) 2014 PRWEB.COM Newswire |