33rd ANNUAL AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE WINNERS ANNOUNCED BY TECH & LEARNING MAGAZINE
Outstanding Education Technology Products Saluted
NEW YORK, NY – (October 5, 2015) – Tech & Learning magazine today named 124 education technology products as winners in its prestigious 33-year-old recognition program. Honored software, hardware, network, App and Web products include innovative applications that break new ground as well as those that added significant enhancements to proven education tools. A panel of more than 30 educators, who tested hundreds of entries, chose the winners.
"Once again this year, the Tech & Learning judges examined hundreds of entries to select the winners of 2015"s Award of Excellence. This wasn't just checking off spec sheets and surfing other people's reviews. Each product was handled and scored individually. Not an easy task." says Kevin Hogan, Editorial Director for NewBay Media's Tech & Learning Group. “These companies can be proud that their products were selected as winners by this prestigious team of judges."
Entries were divided into two categories: New Products and Best Upgraded Products. Winning selections include software , apps and Web-based products, as well as hardware and AV tools. Among the high-quality offerings being honored are resources addressing management, safety, communication, differentiated learning, assessment, and other key areas in education.
Please join us in congratulating the New Product winners of the 2015 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence. Look for detailed descriptions and judges' comments in the December 2015 Awards Issue.
NEW PRODUCT WINNERS
ABC-CLIO | “Course Essentials” Video Learning Module Series |
Acer | Acer C910 |
Adobe | Adobe Slate |
Anthro Corporation | YES Charging Cabinet for Mini-Laptops |
Aver Information Inc. Americas | AVerCharge C30i 30 Device Smart Charging Cart |
Barracuda | Barracuda Mobile Device Manager |
Blackmagic Design | Blackmagic Studio Camera |
Bloomz, Inc | Bloomz App |
Boxlight Inc. | Boxlight DeskBoard |
BrightBytes | BrightBytes Early Warning Module |
Califone LLC | PA283 |
Califone LLC | E3T/USB Ear Bud |
Califone LLC | KB4 - Bluetooth Keyboard |
Califone LLC | PA329 Wireless PresentationPro |
Califone LLC | PABT31 |
Capstone | PebbleGo Next |
Casio | Casio EcoLite XJ-V1 |
Classroom, Inc. | After the Storm: The Daily Byte |
Compass Learning | Pathblazer |
Compass Learning | Hybridge |
Compass Learning | GoQuest |
Curriculum Associates | Door 24 Plus |
Curriculum Associates | Door 24 Plus |
Discovery Education | Intel Security Digital Safety Program |
Discovery Education | Discovery Education Math Techbook™ |
Dreyfous & Assocaites | EduSystem |
Edgenuity Inc. | Edgenuity MyPath |
Epson America | Epson BrightLink® 536Wi |
Ergotron | LearnFit Student Standing Desk |
Faronics | Deep Freeze Cloud |
Gaggle | Gaggle School & District Websites |
Handwriting Without Tears | Keyboarding Without Tears |
Horizon DataSys | RollBack Rx Home Edition |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | HMH Player |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Curiosityville |
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Go Math! Academy |
Insight Education Group | ADVANCEfeedback™ |
ISTE | Lead & Transform Diagnostic Tool |
Apperson | Apperson Evo Social and Emotional Learning (formerly SEL+ Compass) |
Knovation | icurio 2.0 |
Knowledge Delivery Systems | Professional Learning Platform (PLP) |
Lerner Publishing Group | Audisee eBooks with Audio |
Lightspeed Systems | Classroom Orchestrator |
MakerBot | MakerBot PrintShop - Shape Maker |
Max Interactive Inc | Max Shield Xtreme Case |
Mentoring Minds | Total Motivation, a supplmental curriculum which integrates print and online components |
Microsoft | Office Mix |
MindPlay | Understanding Dyslexia |
MindPlay | MindPlay Teacher Companion |
Nepris | Nepris |
PASCO Scientific | PASCO Wireless Spectrometer & Spectrometry software |
PASCO Scientific | SPARK Element |
Pearson | Med Term Scramble |
Pearson | DRA2+ (Developmental Reading Assessment, Second Edition, Plus) |
Pearson | Pearson Middle Grades American History 2016 |
PresenceLearning | PresenceLearning Special Education Instruction |
Promethean | ActivPanel by Promethean |
Redbird Advanced Learning | Redbird Mathematics |
SchoolDude | SchoolDude CrisisManager |
SMART | SMART kapp |
Stanton Communications | Loot Pursuit: Pompeii |
SunGard K-12 Education | eSchoolPLUS Family App |
TCI | Econ Alive! The Power to Choose |
TCI | Bring Science Alive! |
Teacher's Discovery | Voces ESL/ELD eTextbook |
Teacher's Discovery | Voces U S History Digital Courseware |
Tech Image | UM351W with DisplayNote |
TIME for Kids | TIME For Kids Classroom App |
Tripp Lite | 16-Port Tablet Charging Station |
Truenorthlogic | Calibration Connect |
Vernier Software & Technology | KidWind Advanced Wind Experiment Kit and Renewable Energy with Vernier Lab Book |
Autodesk Tinkerplay | |
Xirrus, Inc. | XR-630 With XMS- Cloud management |
Tech & Learning also recognizes recently revised and updated products. This category honors products that have made significant enhancements to previous versions of the same product that have evolved to meet the changing needs of technology. This year's Best Upgrade winners include the following titles:
BEST UPGRADED PRODUCT WINNERS:
Company | Product |
Academic Business Advisors | ClassLink LaunchPad |
Acer | Acer C740 Chromebook |
Acer | Acer Aspire Switch 10 |
Apperson, Inc. | Apperson Evo Academics Free Teacher Edition |
Atomic Learning | Atomic Integrate |
Autodesk | Autodesk Tinkercad |
Barracuda | Barracuda Backup |
Barracuda | Barracuda Message Archiver |
Barracuda | Barracuda Web Filter |
Barracuda | Barracuda Firewall |
Barracuda | Barracuda Email Security Service |
Connections Learning by Pearson | GRADPOINT |
Connections Learning by Pearson | Educational Technology and Online Learning Courses |
Connections Learning by Pearson | Connexus® School Management System |
Edgenuity Inc. | Edgenuity Curriculum and Learning Management System |
Edmentum | Study Island |
Edmentum | Computing for EducationCity |
Edmentum | New Learner Experience and Courses for Plato Courseware |
ExploreLearning | ExploreLearning Reflex |
Faronics | Deep Freeze Enterprise |
Faronics | Faronics Insight |
Fuel Education | LearnBop, an exclusive partner of Fuel Education |
Gaggle
| Safe Classroom LMS
|
Infobase | Issues & Controversies |
Curriculum Associates | i-Ready Diagnostic & Instruction |
Learning Bird | Learning Bird |
Lexia Learning | myLexia® App for the Apple Watch |
Lightspeed Systems | Web Filter |
Mackin Educational Resources | Mackin VIA |
Mimio | MimioStudio 11.3 with MimioMobile3 app |
My Learning Plan Inc. | MLP PDMS (MyLearningPlan Professional Development Management System) |
NetSupport, Inc. | NetSupport School |
PBS | PBS LearningMedia |
Pearson | MyStatLab: Interactive Assignments for MyStatLab |
Pearson | iLit 4.0 |
Pearson | iLit ELL |
Promethean | ClassFlow designed by Promethean |
Samsung Electronics America | Samsung Chromebook 2 with Intel Celeron processor |
Scantron | Scantron Analytics |
School Loop | School Loop |
Schoology | Schoology |
Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America | AQUOS BOARD Interactive Display System |
Sonocent Ltd | Sonocent Audio Notetaker Version 4 (Windows) |
Stoneware, Inc. | webNetwork 6.3 |
Stoneware, Inc. | LanSchool 7.8 |
TALES2GO INC | Tales2Go |
Texas Instruments | The TI-84 Plus CE Graphing Calculator |
The College Board | SpringBoard® Digital |
Think Through Learning Inc. | Think Through Math |
Truenorthlogic | PD Connect |
Turnitin | Turnitin |
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