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SIIA Honors Two Ed Tech Industry Veterans
Software & Information Industry Association — Saturday, April 27, 2013
The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announces that it will honor Dr. Dustin (Dusty) Hull Heuston, chairman of the Waterford Institute, with its prestigious Education Lifetime Achievement Award. SIIA will also present its Ed Tech Impact Award to Lillian Kellogg, vice president of client services for Education Networks of America (ENA), during the upcoming Ed Tech Industry Summit held in San Francisco May 5-7. Read More »
FundingFactory and Scholastic Announce “Go Green” Sweepstakes Winner
FundingFactory, Scholastic — Wednesday, April 24, 2013
FundingFactory, together with Scholastic, announce Susan Jones of Yucaipa Christian School in Yucaipa, Calif., is the winner of the “Go Green” Sweepstakes. More than 1,400 educators throughout the country entered for a chance to win the $5,000 prize by explaining ways they would use the money to support eco-friendly programs and practices at their school. Read More »
Raytheon Stresses Importance of Math to Competitiveness of US Workforce
Raytheon Company — Monday, April 22, 2013
Raytheon Company is highlighting the importance of math to the 21st century workforce in observance of Mathematics Awareness Month. As part of the company's MathMovesU® initiative — which aims to inspire student interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education — Raytheon announced it is extending its title sponsorship of the MATHCOUNTS® National Competition through 2018. Read More »
Vernier’s 2013 Engineering Contest Winners
Vernier Software & Technology — Thursday, April 18, 2013
Vernier Software & Technology named Jonathan Aurnou and Peter Shimer from the University of California Los Angeles, and Nelson Nunalee from Ravenscroft School in Raleigh, North Carolina, as the winners of the 2013 Vernier Engineering Contest. These winning educators were selected by a panel of Vernier educational experts for demonstrating truly creative teaching using Vernier sensors with National Instruments (NI) LabVIEW™ software. Read More »
Samsung Celebrates Winners in STEM Education Contest
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. — Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Samsung today announced its third annual finale event to honor the five winning schools of the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow contest, a nationwide $1M competition designed to raise enthusiasm for science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education among U.S. public middle and high school students. Read More »
EdTech Digest Awards Program 2013
EdTech Digest — Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Results are in for the third annual EdTech Digest Awards Recognition Program honoring tools, trendsetters and leaders in the education and technology sector. The distinguished awards program recognizes outstanding solutions—and the best and brightest minds—in education and technology. Read More »
SIIA Innovation Incubator Participants Announced
Software & Information Industry Association — Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The Education Division of the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) announces participants, and an alternate, for its Innovation Incubator Program. The program will be held during the annual flagship Ed Tech Industry Summit. Ten products and services will be featured during the event, and awards will be presented to the Most Innovative and Most Likely to Succeed based on votes of conference attendees. Read More »
Winners of the 19th Annual BESSIE Awards
ComputED Gazette — Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The ComputED Gazette is pleased to announce winners of its 19th Annual Best Educational Software Awards. The Awards target innovative and content-rich programs (including apps for iPad and Android) and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence.Winners are selected from titles submitted by publishers worldwide. Read More »
Teen Teams Named Winners of Global Innovation Summit
Conrad Foundation — Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Four teams of high school students received top honors at the 2013 Innovation Summit, the final round of competition for the 2012-2013 Spirit of Innovation Challenge. Their efforts to create a product or service to benefit humanity earned winning teams a total of more than $50,000 in cash prizes and awards. Read More »
2013 SoftChalk Lesson Challenge Winners Announced
SoftChalk, LLC — Monday, April 15, 2013
SoftChalk, LLC, a leading developer of content authoring solutions for e-Learning, today announced the three winners and honorable mentions for its annual Lesson Challenge. The Lesson Challenge contest runs from November through January each year and gives SoftChalk enthusiasts a chance to show off the innovative content they have created with SoftChalk’s content authoring solutions. Read More »
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