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EdNET 2002 Industry
Awards Winners Named
NetDay, LearningStation,
Riverdeep, CoSN, and Wireless Generation Chosen
Los Angeles,
CA, Sept. 25, 2002 -- Five leading education technology
and telecommunications companies and non-profit groups NetDay,
LearningStation, Riverdeep, CoSN, and Wireless Generation --
were recently named EdNET 2002 Industry Awards winners.
The EdNET Industry
Awards are the only educational technology awards that honor
companies and non-profit organizations that have made significant
contributions to or have the promise to become major players
in the educational technology and telecommunications market.
The awards, given annually since 1993, are coordinated by EdNET,
the Educational Technology and Telecommunications Markets Conference,
which is sponsored by The Heller Reports, a QED company.
The five leading
companies and organizations in educational technology and telecommunications
were honored recently during a luncheon awards banquet at the EdNET
2002 conference in Los Angeles at the Westin Century Plaza
Hotel and Spa. The EdNET annual conference brings together
hundreds of executives from a wide range of companies focused
on educational technology and telecommunications, along with
influential educators in the field of technology.
Co-sponsors of the
annual awards program hosted by The Heller Reports, a
QED company, are Texas Instruments and Words & Numbers. Winners
in each category are:
Rookie of the Year - This award honors a small or
start-up organization deemed by judges to have created
a new product category in education technology and the
greatest promise to become a significant player in the
technology industry. With 39 nominations, this was the
largest group since the award began in 1995.
- Wireless Generation (www.wgen.net)
-- creators of a new generation of highly mobile, easy-to-use
tools that support teacher's and school administrator's assessment
and management needs and lead to greater accountability.
"
We're thrilled to receive this award,, said Larry Berger, CEO of
Wireless Generation. "It's great to have others confirm we're on
the right track. While we've always maintained an ethos of creating
easy-to-use tools that save teachers time and make them more data-driven
decision makers, we had no idea how fast the demand would grow for
hand-held observational assessment tools like mCLASS:Reading, our
flagship reading assessment tool. We're eager to prove that EdNET made
the right choice, in the face of stiff competition, in naming Wireless
Generation 'Rookie of the Year.'"
HERO Award --
This award is given to organizations having made the most
significant positive impact on education through educational
technology and telecommunications. A total of 91 companies
and organizations were nominated.
For Profit
- Riverdeep,
Inc. (www.riverdeep.com)
-- A developer and publisher of educational technology
products for the K-12 market. Product lines include mathematics,
science, language arts, keyboarding, and assessment tools.
Non-Profit
- Consortium
for School Networking -- CoSN (www.cosn.org)
-- A national non-profit organization that promotes the
use of information and the Internet in K-12 education
to improve learning.
Keith R. Krueger, Executive Director, said of winning the award, "The
past year has reminded us how important 'heros' are in society.
They provide role models, lay out visions and lead the way. We
at CoSN are humbled to receive the designation of this year's EdNET non-profit
HERO awardee, especially given that this is our 10th anniversary
year. We also want to assure the education technology community
that the best is yet to come!"
Pioneer Award --
This award honors organizations contributing most significantly to
the growth of the markets for educational technology and telecommunications.
A total of 39 companies were nominated.
For Profit
- Learning Station (www.learningstation.com)
-- Provides education with cost-effective academic technology programs
through an ASP model of delivery.
Non-Profit
- NetDay (www.netday.org)
-- NetDay began in 1995 as a grassroots volunteer effort by companies,
educators, families and communities to wire the nation's K-12 classrooms
for Internet access. NetDay has mobilized over 500,000 volunteers
to wire more than 75,000 classrooms in states across the country.
"
In 1996 when the idea that every classroom should have access to the Internet
was just a dream for educators, NetDay provided the 'Pioneer' spirit to
make it a reality by facilitating community-based wiring days all across
the United States," Julie Evans of NetDay said. "We are very excited to
have our work, both the legacy of the NetDay wiring events and the significant
value of our current initiatives, recognized by the prestigious EdNET conference
as worthy of the Pioneer Award in 2002. For us, there is no finer honor
than to be saluted by our peers and colleagues in the ever-dynamic education
technology sector."
Individuals familiar with
the educational technology and telecommunications industry nominate
both for-profit companies and non-profit organizations for the awards.
Each year EdNET gathers a panel of education industry experts
who subject each nomination to a rigorous judging process.
Additional EdNET 2002 program
news is available at http://HellerReports.com/ednet02
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