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
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
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
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
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
Triumph Learning
16-Port Tablet Charging Station
Waggle Smart Practice, Assess, and Instruct
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 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 ClassLink ClassLink 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
Science Bits
Schoology
Science Bits
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
