The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) last week held its 10th Annual Ed Tech Industry Summit, themed “Navigating Next,” in San Francisco. Attended by more than 350 educational technology leaders, the Summit featured strategies, cases studies, and success stories about best business practices on topics including game-based learning, going global and mobile, market data and trends, OER and commercial publishers, leveraging social media, and more. more
SIIA this week recognized four education technology solutions with five key awards for their originality, innovation and industry promise. During SIIA's bi-annual Innovation Incubator Program, held in connection with this week's SIIA Ed Tech Industry Summit, simCEO and See.Touch.Learn. were voted by 350 attendees as being the Most Innovative and Most Likely to Succeed, respectively. Citelighter was voted runner-up for Most Innovative, and scrible was voted runner-up for Most Likely to Succeed. Citelighter also earned the Educator’s Choice Award based on votes from educators across the country. more
Late last night, SIIA announced the winners of the 2013 CODiE Awards in education technology. Overall, 28 winners were recognized for their products and services deployed specifically for the education technology market. All of the education technology nominated products and services were first reviewed by a group of tech-savvy educators from across the nation, whose evaluations determined 82 finalists. Click through for the list of winners. more
SIIA announces its inaugural Ed Market 101, held Tuesday, May 7, adjacent to the Ed Tech Industry Summit at The Palace Hotel in San Francisco. The Pearson Foundation and Whitestone Communications are lead sponsors for the daylong event, which features sessions that will help startups learn more about their customers: who they really are, how to reach them and what it takes to “sell” to them. “Through Ed Market 101, startups that are new to the industry can explore opportunities the market presents while connecting and collaborating with some of the education market’s leading thinkers,” said Karen Billings, vice president of the SIIA Education Division. more
During the upcoming Ed Tech Industry Summit held in San Francisco May 5-7, SIIA will honor Dr. Dustin (Dusty) Hull Heuston, chairman of the Waterford Institute, and Lillian Kellogg, vice president of client services for Education Networks of America (ENA). Heuston will receive the Education Lifetime Achievement Award, and Kellogg will receive the Ed Tech Impact Award. more
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