{"id":66221,"date":"2018-12-11T16:01:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-hitn-learning-supports-innovation-at-the-2018-education-business-forum\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T17:02:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T21:02:06","slug":"hitn-learning-fomenta-la-innovacion-al-participar-del-education-business-forum-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/hitn-learning-fomenta-la-innovacion-al-participar-del-education-business-forum-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HITN Learning Supports Innovation At The 2018 Education Business Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 11, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<b>HITN<\/b>, the leading Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content to families in more than 44 million households across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, via its educational division, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a>, announced its participation in the 2018 Education Business Forum (EBF) in <span class=\"xn-location\">Long Island City<\/span> (NY), where <span class=\"xn-person\">David Rust<\/span>, General Manager of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a>\u00a0and members of the sponsoring organization&#8217;s board, moderated a panel discussion with middle and high school students from a public\u00a0performing arts school in the Bronx.\u00a0Students were able to discuss the technology they use both in school and out of school and the benefits it can bring to their education.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc1b0left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc1b0left\" title=\"HITN Logo\" border=\"0\" alt=\"HITN Logo\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/613816\/HITN_Logo.jpg\" imagelabel=\"General\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Participating in events such as the EBF is an important way for <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a> to connect with industry leaders, educators and students who help drive the trends in ed tech,&#8221; Rust remarked. &#8220;Our presence reaffirms our commitment to fostering bilingual education through advanced teaching tools, all with the goal of contributing to the academic, social and emotional success of Hispanic students and their families.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Presiding over the forum was <span class=\"xn-person\">Mitch Weisburgh<\/span>, President of the Software &amp; Information Industry Association&#8217;s Education Technology Industry Network\u00a0(SIIA\/ETIN), who expressed his satisfaction at &#8220;sharing a program that involves key players such as <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a> in presenting and promoting the latest trends in education technology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-person\">Ron Link<\/span>, Principal of the Theatre Arts Production Company School (TAPCo) in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Bronx<\/span> and the winner of numerous awards for his work to ensure a quality education for low-income students, selected the young people who participated in a new &#8220;Voices of the Future&#8221; segment at this year&#8217;s\u00a0Forum. &#8220;I am always excited to take part in this type of event, where students are the ultimate beneficiaries. The technological tools and solutions we saw here are designed for a digital generation,&#8221; he acknowledged. &#8220;Giving industry leaders the opportunity to have a frank dialogue with students of this caliber should help them better understand and serve the needs of their peers nationwide.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT HITN LEARNING<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>HITN LEARNING<\/b>\u00a0was founded as an early learning division of HITN TV to produce educational bilingual projects and products based on a transmedia approach to promoting early literacy. \u00a0It provides\u00a0parents, caregivers, and teachers with original media products in English and Spanish that engage Hispanic families on their education journey. HITN Learning\u00a0pioneered the transmedia approach to bilingual preschool education as lead partner in the Early Learning Collaborative (ELC), the recipient of a <span class=\"xn-money\">$30 million<\/span> Ready to Learn Grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2010-2016. Its mission is to contribute to the social, emotional, and academic success of Hispanic\/Latino children ages 0-14.\u00a0For more information, please visit: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT SIIA<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SIIA <\/b>is an umbrella association representing 800+ technology, data and media companies globally. Industry leaders work through SIIA&#8217;s divisions to address issues and challenges that impact their industry segments with the goal of driving innovation and growth for the industry and each member company.\u00a0This is accomplished through in-person and online business development opportunities, peer networking, corporate education, intellectual property protection and government relations. For more information, visit\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=1327215661&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.siia.net%2F&amp;a=siia.net\" rel=\"nofollow\">siia.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=936760002&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F613816%2FHITN_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F613816%2FHITN_Logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/613816\/HITN_Logo.jpg<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  HITN<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">BROOKLYN, New York<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 11, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212;\u00a0<b>HITN<\/b>, the leading Spanish-language network that offers educational and entertainment content to families in more than 44 million households across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, via its educational division, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=2324042-1&amp;h=2219025201&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fhitnlearning.org%2F&amp;a=HITN+Learning\" rel=\"nofollow\">HITN Learning<\/a>, announced&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66222,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}