Corel and GeeGuides Enhance Art Education in the Classroom
Unveiled at NECC, New GeeGuides Curriculum Offers Digital Painting Activities Using Corel® Painter™ Essentials 3
San Diego, Calif., NECC 2006, booth # 3201 - July 05, 2006
Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced that GeeGuides, a leading innovator in art education, has selected Corel® Painter™ Essentials 3 for its geeART16 digital art activities. This new animated, interactive, web-based art curriculum was unveiled at NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) today in San Diego.
GeeGuides's geeART16 software offers a comprehensive curriculum to help students learn the language of art, how it applies in their lives, and how to use it as a form of self-expression. It features 16 lesson modules that include cross-curricular connections, online interactivities, rewards, challenges, self-assessment features, lesson plans, doART activities, and much more. GeeGuides provides digital painting activities in Corel Painter Essentials 3, along with animated tutorials to help familiarize users with the painting software's features and functions.
Corel Painter Essentials 3 is an award-winning, digital-painting application that faithfully replicates the real-world experience of working with a variety of art media including chalks, watercolor, oils, markers, and pencils. Corel Painter Essentials 3 is an ideal way for schools and classrooms to explore artistic creation because it provides a true-to-life creative environment where students can apply their natural talents and traditional art techniques without the mess, cost, and time associated with traditional media.
"As more and more studies demonstrate the positive impact that art education has on students and their overall scholastic achievements, Corel is pleased to be partnering with this leading-edge company to provide educators with the next generation of effective and engaging art curriculum," says Nick Davies, Corel's General Manager Graphics. "With the built-in power of Painter Essentials 3, GeeGuides's geeART16 is a prime example of the incredible possibilities offered by the digital classroom. Corel is pleased to support educators with curriculum and software solutions that have a meaningful impact on students and their learning experience."
"GeeGuides offers cutting-edge features that reinforce concepts and engage students while also presenting numerous opportunities for artistic creativity," said Eric Guaglione, CEO and president for GeeGuides. "Our curriculum teaches artistic concepts, showcases how they've been applied in the masters' artworks, and then puts students in the driver's seat to try them out in their own art creations. Bundling with the easy-to-use Corel Painter Essentials 3 enables us to offer students a wide variety of doART activities that feature both traditional and digital painting projects."
For more information about GeeGuides, please visit www.geeguides.com. For more information about Corel Painter Essentials 3, please visit www.corel.com/painteressentials.
About GeeGuides, LLC
GeeGuides, based in Durango, Colo., is a leading innovator in art education. Established in 2003, the company offers animated, web-based, interactive art education curriculum, providing students with the tools they need to understand, interpret and create meaningful art. The GeeGuides curriculum, which meets national and state curriculum standards, introduces art principles and techniques, explores meaning and encourages self-expression through art. GeeGuides integrates the concepts of sayART™, seeART™ and doART™ through animated lessons and tutorials.
About Corel Corporation
Corel is a leading global packaged software company with an estimated installed base of over 40 million users. The Company provides high quality, affordable and easy-to-use productivity, graphics and digital imaging software and enjoys a favorable market position among value-conscious consumers and small businesses. Its products are sold in over 75 countries through a scalable distribution platform comprised of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), Corel's international websites, and a global network of resellers and retailers. The Company's product portfolio features well-established, globally recognized brands including CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, WinZip® ,Corel® Paint Shop® Pro, and Corel Painter™. To learn more about Corel, please visit www.corel.com.
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