iLinc Communications Announces Partnership with White Hat to Bring Live, Web-Based Instruction to Home-Schooled Children

Business Wire, April 28, 2004

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2004

White Hat Demonstrates Greater Student Retention

with iLinc Web-Based Training

iLinc Communications, Inc. (AMEX: ILC), developers of one of the most feature-rich, secure and scalable Web conferencing softwares available, announced that White Hat's home-based charter school, OHDELA (Ohio Distance & Electronic Learning Academy), has begun complete implementation of iLinc's LearnLinc. OHDELA is offering home-based students a robust, teacher-supervised classroom experience with Web conferencing and collaboration tools.

OHDELA, managed by White Hat Management, is designed to enhance the distance learning experience for kindergarten through 12th grade. This current school year, OHDELA is educating close to 2,200 students in Ohio - with an expected 3,000 students for the next school year - who prefer an online charter school experience instead of the traditional classroom experience. Typical OHDELA students include non-traditional students who thrive in a classroom setting with more freedom, students with special learning needs who thrive on increased one-on-one teaching that is more readily available with online charter schools and students with special medical needs who might be out of school for long periods due to chronic medical problems or illnesses or have special medical needs that would disrupt the classroom setting.

LearnLinc provides OHDELA with enhanced collaboration and sophisticated classroom management that is easy to use for both students and teachers; teachers typically learn the system within 30 minutes. Integrated within the school's larger learning management system and incorporated into each student's homepage, LearnLinc gives OHDELA teachers the ability to interact with students on a one-to-one basis with personalized instruction.

"Students and teachers love the LearnLinc program," said Mark Thimmig, chief executive officer and president of White Hat Ventures, LLC, the parent company of educational businesses, including White Hat Management and OHDELA. "We now have 250 students in Ohio who are using the system, and we see LearnLinc as a potent tool for improving grades and retention rates, helping improve the online learning experience for students.

"We are continuing to include LearnLinc in our OHDELA programs for students who work better in an online classroom, and we will have 800 students using LearnLinc in the next school year, as well as expanding the program to Pennsylvania," added Thimmig.

"We are excited to have LearnLinc as part of the OHDELA program," said Dr. James Powers, chief executive officer and president of iLinc Communications, Inc. "By providing LearnLinc through a special arrangement to White Hat, we were able to work with OHDELA to bring LearnLinc into their learning management system, making home schooling an easier, more productive and enjoyable experience for students, parents and teachers."

For OHDELA, LearnLinc replicates the classroom learning environment, creating one that is student-centered, enjoyable and results-oriented so there is a sense of spirit and camaraderie among the students.

About White Hat Management, LLC

White Hat Management, the largest charter school operator in Ohio, was founded in 1998 by Akron industrialist and education activist David Brennan. It is among the premier, full-service education management organizations (EMO) in the United States dedicated to educating K-12 students. White Hat operates three types of schools: Life Skills Centers, which serve at-risk and dropout youth ages 16 to 22; HOPE Academies, which are K-8 community-based charter public schools; and the OHDELA Academy, which provides distance education services. The company currently employs more than 850 people, including more than 800 teachers, staff and administrators. For more information, visit www.whitehatmgmt.com.

About iLinc Communications, Inc.

Phoenix-based iLinc Communications, Inc. (http://www.ilinc.com) is dedicated to helping corporations increase productivity through more efficient communications using Web conferencing and collaboration. iLinc Communications has developed a powerful, easy-to-use suite of services. As a fully scalable and secure solution with the highest AES data encryption guidelines in the industry, the Company's Web conferencing services save a corporation time and money while improving the effectiveness of a corporation's communications. iLinc Communications' core suite of products, including MeetingLinc(TM), LearnLinc(TM), ConferenceLinc(TM) and SupportLinc(TM), delivers a Web collaboration platform suitable for enterprise or organization-wide deployment.

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