Please direct your media and public relations inquiries to: mediarelations@cdw.com 800-800-4CDW South Dakota School Wins Grand Prize In The 2004 CDW-G And Discovery Education "Win a Wireless Lab" Sweepstakes Vernon Hills, IL - June 22, 2004 - CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G), and Discovery Education today announced that Colman-Egan School in Colman, South Dakota is the 2004 "Win a Wireless Lab" sweepstakes grand prize winner. The sweepstakes was part of a joint initiative between the two companies to help K-12 schools integrate technology into their curriculum. K-12 teachers and technology coordinators from around the nation submitted more than 59,000 entries. The grand prize, an IBM wireless computer lab valued at $40,000, is a mobile cart with 20 notebook computers that enables teachers to easily transport the technology from one classroom to another. It comes with IBM Options and NETGEAR wireless products, on-site setup, and training from CDW-G and Discovery Education. A complete set of Discovery Education classroom curriculum products will also be presented. In addition to the grand prize, CDW-G and Discovery Education will give away four levels of prizes to 40 schools, including HP projectors, HP Inkjet printers, networking products from D-Link, and a selection of curriculum materials from the Discovery Education library. As part of the initiative, CDW-G and Discovery Education produced a curriculum kit themed, "Keep it Safe: Security and Storage Solutions for Your Schools." Designed for middle and high school students, the kit was mailed for free to 15,000 district technology specialists. It included posters, classroom activities, and lesson plans to teach students about secure passwords and procedures for protecting the network. "Technology enhances student performance when used in conjunction with a solid curriculum," said Chris Rother, CDW-G's vice president of education. "We are glad to award the wireless computer lab to Colman-Egan School, a rural South Dakota K-12 school that can now make technology more available to its students." "Technology literacy benefits students of all ages," said Paul Thomas, vice president of Discovery Education. "The students at Colman-Egan School will gain widespread access to curriculum resources on the Internet and through the Discovery Education K-12 library of educational videos, curriculum, and CDs." "Our school technology committee wanted to purchase a wireless lab for our school but we did not have the resources. I am so excited about the possibilities of what we can now do for our teachers and students," said Gail Scriver, Colman-Egan's Library Assistant. "We have a combined K-12 school with approximately 300 students. With this prize we will be able to expand students' worlds far beyond South Dakota." Colman-Egan recently consolidated its elementary, middle, and high schools into one building. Their school leaders understand the value of technology skills for their students and see that students are in the computer lab using computers every day. The school library currently has eight computers, and all classrooms have at least one computer, although some are quite old. Scriver assists Colman-Egan staff with computer questions when tech assistance is not available, and helps staff locate Internet resources for their classroom projects. She also works with students on Internet research, creates school banners, and writes thank you notes for the school board. She leads international student education tours and hosts exchange students. This year, her students are planning an 11-day trip to Europe and Scandinavia. They meet regularly to plan their trip on the Internet; researching culture, maps, transportation and events. Representatives from CDW-G and Discovery Education will meet with school officials and students early this fall to install the wireless lab and train them how to maximize their new technology. CDW-G and Education CDW-G is a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW® Corporation (NASDAQ: CDWC), ranked No. 376 on the FORTUNE 500. A leading provider of technology products and services for government and education, CDW-G is committed to the education market. In addition to the Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes, the company also sponsors a popular annual technology in art and essay contest that invites high school students to create essays and digital art to demonstrate how technology is used in their classrooms. CDW-G is a major partner of the Funding Factory, an organization that accepts used equipment such as cell phones and ink toner cartridges in exchange for points. Participating schools can use the points to purchase technology equipment from donor companies. About Discovery Education Discovery Education, the newly created division of Discovery Communications, Inc., is the leader in digital video and multimedia-based learning. It incorporates the existing Discovery Channel School product line of over 750 DVDs, videos, CD-ROMs, and print resources; the recently acquired United Learning line of health education and prevention curriculum programs; the cutting-edge teacher and student resources of DiscoverySchool.com; and the unitedstreaming digital video-on-demand application-a collection of over 2,200 core-curriculum, standards-based videos-that has been scientifically proven to increase student achievement. Discovery Education products reach over 90,000 schools across the United States, serving 1.5 million teachers and their 35 million students each year. For more information, visit www.discoveryschool.com. About CDW-G A wholly-owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation (Nasdaq: CDWC), CDW-G addresses the unique needs of the government and education markets with brand-name technology products and services. CDW-G is a leading source of technology products and services from top name brands such as APC, Apple, Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Sony, Symantec, Toshiba and ViewSonic. For more information about CDW-G's product offerings, procurement options, service and solutions, call 1-800-863-4239 or visit the CDW-G Web site at CDWG.com. About CDW CDW® (Nasdaq: CDWC), ranked No. 376 on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading provider of technology solutions for business, government and education. CDW is a principal source of technology products and services including top name brands such as APC, Apple, Cisco, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Sony, Symantec, Toshiba and ViewSonic. 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