WASHINGTON, April 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Eighty companies modulate for assistant full The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the manageress buy pairing for the software and digital volume industries, announces finalists for the CODiE(TM) Awards in the instruction technology categories. Finalists now will be reviewed by SIIA members, who will ballot on winners for all 24 categories. The winners will be announced on Monday, May 23 at the CODiE Awards Reception and Dinner, to be held as pull apart of the 2011 Ed Tech Industry Summit. Of 425 whole nominations, 113 products from 80 companies were selected as finalists. Nominated products underwent an huge array by judges via function demonstration, pilot artifact access, and assay of issue documentation.
With 14 nominations going to the encourage round, Pearson garnered the most finalist slots for one flock in all CODiE Awards categories this year. A thorough muster of the finalists is shown below, but also may be reviewed at. Of item-by-item note, several categories practised theatrical increases in participation during the entrant period, reflecting trends seen in the edification technology market. They include: Best Virtual School Solution for Students - nominations up almost 270 percent Best Corporate Learning Solution- nominations up 100 percent Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution - nominations up about 90 percent Best Reading/English Instructional Solution - nominations up about 70 percent Best Education Community Solution - nominations up about 60 percent Karen Billings, Vice President of the SIIA Education Division, commended the companies that suitable as finalists: "The CODiEs return goodness and invention in the indoctrination technology industry. We are chuffed and magnificent to have so many companies participating this year and to have so many unfixed on to the colleague voting phase.
Billings continued, saying, "We have a different reach of companies represented, which reflects the overall salubriousness of the industry." The CODiE Awards, to begin with called the Excellence in Software Awards, were established in 1986 by the Software Publishers Association (SPA), now SIIA, so pioneers of the then-nascent software persistence could figure and honor each other's work. Since then, the CODiE Awards program has carried out the same intend - to showcase the software and data industry's finest products and services and to honor superiority in corporate achievement. 2011 CODiE Awards Finalists (listed by work name, then visitor name) Best Classroom Management System Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 for K-12, Blackboard Inc. BrainHoney, Agilix Labs, Inc. LanSchool 7.5 Classroom Management Software, LanSchool Technologies, LLC PowerTeacher 2.0, Pearson EXCEED Student Achievement Manager, Spectrum K12 School Solutions Inc. Best Corporate Learning Solution Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 for Professional Education, Blackboard Inc. Business Book Summaries, EBSCO Publishing The GlobalEnglish Corporate Learning Service, GlobalEnglish Corporation mEKP - World's First Portable LMS, NetDimensions Safari Books Online, Safari Books Online Best Education Community Solution BrainPOP Educators, BrainPOP ClassLink OnTrack, ClassLink, Inc. MyVRSpot, FTC Family of Companies Gaggle.Net, Gaggle.Net, Inc. Promethean Planet, Promethean Inc. journ(i)e, TH(i)NQ Ed Best Education Game or Simulation ABC-CLIO Databases for Higher Education, ABC-CLIO VmathLive, Cambium Learning Group Virtual Pharmacy Externship for Technicians, Delmar Cengage Learning TIE - Totally Immersive Education, Emantras Inc. Hospitality and Tourism Interactive, Pearson Operation: Tectonic Fury Game Suite, The JASON Project, National Geographic Society Best Education Reference Solution PebbleGo, Capstone Digital Logos Bible Software 4, Logos Bible Software NBC News Archives on Demand, NBC Learn eLibrary, ProQuest Best Education Technology Solution for Productivity/Creativity RM Podium, RM Education SchoolWires Centricity2, SchoolWires, Inc. Juba, Six Red Marbles SMART Notebook Collaborative Learning Software, SMART Technologies ULC SoftChalk 6, SoftChalk LLC Snagit 10.0, TechSmith Corporation Best Educational Use of a Device-Specific Application MimioStudio 7 Software, DYMO/Mimio ITT VizZle, Monarch Teaching Technologies SuccessMaker Collaborate, Pearson ActivInspire, Promethean Inc. Securexam Remote Proctor, Software Secure, Inc. Best Instructional Solution in Other Curriculum Areas Gaggle.Net, Gaggle.Net, Inc. EasyTech, Learning.com Livemocha Active Courses(TM), Livemocha Big Bus 2, Sherston Software Best Instructional Solution for Special Needs Students SmartTutor.com, Learning Today VizZle, Monarch Teaching Technologies Rethinkautism.com, Rethink Autism, Inc. Schoolnet Respond, SchoolNet, Inc. Waza, Six Red Marbles Best K-12 Course or Learning Management Solution LaunchPad, ClassLink, Inc. BrainHoney, Agilix Labs Stars Suite, EdOptions, Inc. Haiku LMS, HAIKU Learning Systems, Inc. Best K-12 Enterprise Solution AcceliTRACK/AcceliPLAN, Accelify Connect!, ConnectEDU EduTone Xchange, EduTone Corporation MyLearningPlan, My Learning Plan Inc. PowerSchool 6.2, Pearson Best K-12 Instructional Solution Collaborative Classroom Suite, eInstruction LearnThatWord.org, eSpindle Learning (aka LearnThat ) ExploreLearning Gizmos, ExploreLearning.com MyVRSpot, FTC Family of Companies netTrekker, netTrekker SuccessMaker, Pearson Schoolnet Instructional Management Suite (IMS), SchoolNet, Inc. iCORE, Triumph Learning Best Mathematics Instructional Solution VmathLive, Cambium Learning Group DreamBox Learning K-3 Math, DreamBox Learning Math+ Program, K12 Inc. - Corporate Development SmartTutor.com, Learning Today Calculus: Early Transcendentals (e-Book), Pearson MyMathLab Algebra I and II, Pearson MyMathTest, Pearson Best Mobile Education Solution Blackboard Mobile Learn, Blackboard Inc. Livescribe Echo Smartpen, Livescribe Inc. - Education Group enVisionMATH: Understanding Fractions, Pearson Grammar Jammers Primary Edition, Pearson Schoolnet iPhone Mobile Application, SchoolNet, Inc. Securexam Remote Proctor, Software Secure, Inc. Best Postsecondary Course or Learning Management System Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 for Higher Education, Blackboard Inc. Edvance360.com, Edvance360 Jenzabar e-Racer, Jenzabar, Inc. joule erudition guidance platform, Moodlerooms, Inc. Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution Connect! College Suite, ConnectEDU SuperAPP, ConnectEDU TopSchool Student Lifecycle Management System, TopSchool, Inc. Best Postsecondary Instructional Solution Blackboard Learn, Release 9.1 for Higher Education, Blackboard Inc. Constellation, Bridgepoint Job & Career Accelerator, LearningExpress, LLC MyLiteratureLab, Pearson SAS OnDemand for Academics, SAS Institute Inc. SoftChalk 6, SoftChalk LLC Wimba Collaboration Suite, Wimba, Inc. Best Professional Development Solution NetLearning Management System, CENGAGE Learning Acuity PhD, CTB/McGraw-Hill KDS Strategic PD Platform, Knowledge Delivery Systems, Inc. Words Their Way Online Workshop, Pearson PD 360, School Improvement Network Successatthecore.com, Vulcan Productions Best Reading/English Instructional Solution LearnThatWord.org, eSpindle Learning (aka LearnThat ) NewsMaker, EyePower, Inc Writer's Workspace, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Imagine Learning English, Imagine Learning Raz-Kids.com, Learning A-Z Reading A-Z, Learning A-Z MyReadingLab, Pearson Education Explode The Code Online, School Specialty Intervention Time To Know, Time to Know Best Science/Health Instructional Solution Adaminsideout.com, A.D.A.M., Inc. BrainPOP, BrainPOP ExploreLearning Gizmos, ExploreLearning.com OLogy, National Center for Science, Literacy, Education and Technology Operation: Tectonic Fury (Geology Curriculum), The JASON Project, National Geographic Society Best Social Sciences Instructional Solution ABC-CLIO Databases for Middle and High Schools, ABC-CLIO myWorld Geography, Pearson SIRS Issues Researcher, ProQuest Best Student Assessment Solution Literary Companion & Assessments21, AcademicMerit, LLC Acuity InFormative Assessment, CTB/McGraw-Hill Yearly ProgressPro, CTB/McGraw-Hill Promethean ActivProgress, Promethean Inc. (USA) Scantron's Comprehensive Assessment Solution, Scantron Corporation Testing & Assessment Division Best Virtual School Solution for Students DreamBox Learning K-3 Math, DreamBox Learning Education2020.com, Education2020 Virtual Public School Solution for Students, K12 Inc. - Corporate Development Plato.com, PLATO Learning, Inc. Camtasia Studio 7.0, TechSmith Corporation Best Workforce Training Solution GoToTraining, Citrix Online Job & Career Accelerator, LearningExpress, LLC The High Ground, WILL Interactive, Inc. For more gen on the finalists, or to understand more about the CODiE Awards program, telephone John Crosby on +1.202.789.4469. About SIIA The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the first work bond for the software and digital pleased industry.
SIIA provides universal services in administration relations, firm development, corporate information and highbrow trait immunity to more than 500 influential software and communication companies. The SIIA Education Division serves and represents more than 150 associate companies that lay down software, digital peacefulness and other technologies that hail academic needs. The Division shapes and supports the vigour by providing leadership, advocacy, proprietorship unfolding opportunities and deprecative buy and sell information.
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