Forwarded for Bill Anthony, in response to my request that  
participants introduce themselves.


David,

Thank you for hosting our discussion group.  I know we have all  
learned from the experience.  Following is a brief  introduction.

My name is Bill Anthony.  I spent 10 years teaching vocational  
subjects in Jr./ Sr. High Schools,  I worked in the education branch  
of the Federal Bureau of Prisons - 5 as a teacher in a youth  
facility, 9 as a "principal" in a medium security prison, and 11 as a  
Regional Education Administrator.

After retirement from the prison system I started up a  
company,"Synergetic Solutions", that represents a number of  
publishers of adult, correctional, and workforce development  
instructional resources.  Our resources are mostly video, DVD's,  
computer assisted instruction, internet delivered instruction,and  
multimedia teaching systems.  I have been selling these "solutions"  
to corrections, community education, adult education and workforce  
development programs for the last 14 years.

I am convinced that correctional education must make maximum use of  
the new educational technologies if they are to complete their  
missions in an environment of diminishing resources and escalating  
populations.  I am firmly convince that we need to teach all  
students, correctional and other, how to learn.  I am constantly  
looking for new Lifelong Learning Resources.

I can be reached at:

Bill Anthony
Synergetic Solutions
228-255-0369
synsol at cableone.net