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Late Breaks - MC2 Learning Systems

  • 09/01/99

MC2 Learning Systems, a developer of online collaborative software, announced its acquisition of SoftArc, a developer of e-mail, conferencing and collaboration software in education. By teaming up, MC2 and SoftArc give students, teachers and parents effective ways to complete projects, share resources and publish information on individual school intranets or the Web. Over 4.5 million MC2 users build knowledge via an online, collaborative learning community in more than 2,500 schools in 55 countries. To learn more about MC2 visit http://www.mc2learning.com.

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