1999, World Impact
The basic belief underlying the ThinkQuest programs (www.thinkquest.org) is that the Internet and related technologies are powerful new learning tools that can be used by young people everywhere. ThinkQuest is committed to engaging students world-wide in its programs as program participants learn to assimilate, organize, and share their knowledge with others around the world.
In an effort to reach as many students as possible, ThinkQuest expanded its program internationally after its initial success in the United States and has developed 49 partnerships with organizations world-wide to encourage participation. Since 1996, almost 50,000 student and educators from 100 countries have participated in ThinkQuest bringing together young people from widely divergent cultures and languages, levels of technology, and socio-economic backgrounds.
