HOUSTON, April 23, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NetworkWire – ProBility Media Corp. (OTCQB:PBYA), a technology company offering immersive technologies, digital learning and compliance solutions for the industrial education and training markets, today announced that Disco Learning Media (Disco), a division of ProBility Media, has secured a new contract with the State of Texas. The contract calls for the development of a series of new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) programs for Texas public K-12 classrooms, focused on energy education.
Dr. Michael E. Webber, energy expert and professor of mechanical engineering, will serve as subject matter expert, author, and project Principal Investigator. As a part of the Texas State Comptroller’s Office, SECO partners with Texas local and county governments, public K-12 schools, public institutions of higher education and state agencies, to reduce utility costs and maximize efficiency. The WattWatchers program, established in 1985 and one of SECO’s most popular energy education offerings, will be updated by Disco and Webber to reflect modern energy and environmental topics. The contract will also allow high schools across the State of Texas to gain access to the popular Energy101 resource and curriculum.
“The WattWatchers program has a rich, 30-year legacy of energy education, and we are proud to partner with them and Dr. Webber to bring the most up to date energy education and awareness to additional schools,” said Juan Garcia, President of Disco. “Energy is a complex subject, and our ultimate goal is to promote energy literacy and inspire students to become energy ambassadors.”
Disco and Dr. Webber will unveil the new WattWatchers 2.0 program at the Texas Energy Managers Association (TEMA) Conference 2018, April 24 - 26 in New Braunfels.
About Disco Learning Media
Disco Learning Media, an online course developer and digital publisher, was acquired by Probility Media Corporation in January 2018. Disco pioneered app-based textbooks, known as “course apps,” for higher education. Today their innovative services and products are used by clients in the academic, corporate and government markets.
For more information, visit http://www.energy101.com.
About ProBility Media Corp.
ProBility Media Corp. is an industrial education and training technology company headquartered in Houston, Texas, offering immersive technologies, digital learning and compliance solutions for a wide variety of industrial trades. ProBility is executing a disruptive strategy of defragmenting the education and training market place by offering high quality training courses and materials utilizing mixed reality and digital animation to prepare the workforce for excellence. ProBility services customers from the individual to the small business to the enterprise level corporation.
For more information, visit http://www.ProBilityMedia.com.
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