Net provides content to sites that hold an exemplary education mission for schools and homes. The company has recently signed agreements with several key education associations, including National Association of Student Councils, National FFA, DECA, Future Homemakers of America, Key Club and others, to provide online newsletters to each organization's national office and their chapter members. Corporate partners include The New York Times and The Learning Company, among others. Net is the first online service that helps high schools create and publish their student newspapers on the Internet. This award-winning service allows educators to provide students with an online publishing endeavor without the need to know HTML, receive training or read manuals.
Net is free to schools across the U.S. and abroad.
Launched in April 1998, Highwired. The company's Web site includes a free demo, an online registration form for schools, answers to frequently asked questions, and the ability to view Highwired. Net schools on the Web. The Lycos Network is a unified set of Web sites that attracts a diverse audience by offering a variety of services, including leading Web navigation resources, homepage building and other Web community services and a comprehensive shopping center. Headquartered near Boston in Waltham, Mass., Lycos, Inc. is a global Internet leader with a major presence throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.