eSchool Media announces 2012 Readers’ Choice Award Winners

Jan. 3, 2012 - PRLog -- Bethesda, Md. –  eSchool Media Inc., parent company of the three leading education-technology publication networks – eSchool News (K-20), eCampus News (Higher Ed) and eClassroom News (Teachers) – announced today the winners of its 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards, honoring the best products and services in education technology.

For a PDF copy of the awards publication, visit http://www.eschoolnews.com/files/2012/01/eSMRCA2012.pdf.

Practicing educators along with school and college administrators from across North America nominated their favorite ed-tech product or service (to maintain the integrity of the program, vendor nominations were not allowed). Nominations, which were accepted from September 15 to October 28, 2011, could include any hardware, software or online service in any area of education technology.

The winning products and/or services were divided into three categories: K-12, Higher-Education and Honorable Mention.

Products and services receiving the most nominations will be featured in a "2012 Readers' Choice Awards Report," published in January issues of all three of the company’s publications. The report will also be posted on all eSM publication websites. This special supplement will highlight the winning products and services and include comments from readers and visitors about why each entry deserves the award.

Please join us in congratulating the winners and honorees of the 2012 Readers’ Choice Awards.

K-12
FluidMath (Fluidity Software)
BrainPOP
DimensionU (Tabula Digita)
Espresso Elementary (Espresso Education)
Lexia Reading (Lexia Learning Systems)
Mangahigh (Blue Duck Education)
PTC Wizard (Computer Creation Systems)
Read 180 (Scholastic Inc.)
SAFARI Montage (Library Video Co.)
Shakespeare In Bits (Mindconnex Learning)
Special Education Administrative Software (Computer Automation Systems)    
FLRT (MindPlay Educational Software)
TAP-it (SmartEd Services)
Kineo (Brainchild Corp.)
SAS Curriculum Pathways (SAS Institute)
Ascend Math (Ascend Education)
BuildYourOwnCurriculum/BuildYourOwnAssessment (School Software Group)        
eBOARD (eBOARDsolutions)
HealthOffice (Healthmaster Holdings)
NetSupport School (NetSupport Inc.)
SimpleK12 (InfoSource Inc.)
TurningPoint (Turning Technologies)
WatchKnowLearn
Web Help Desk
LanSchool (LanSchool Technologies)
e-Mentoring for Student Success (New Teacher Center at UC-Santa Cruz)
Acuity (CTB/McGraw-Hill)
Bookshare (Benetech)
Echo Smartpen (Livescribe Inc.)
Geogebra  
Google Apps for Education
Haiku LMS  
My Big Campus (Lightspeed Systems)
Pixton Comics
Raptivity (Harbinger Knowledge Products)
SPARKscience (PASCO Scientific)
ST Math (MIND Research Institute)
Study Island
SuccessMaker (Pearson Digital Learning)
Wyse Xenith (Wyse Technology)

HIGHER EDUCATION
2tor Inc.
isaac (Enterasys Networks)
Network Sentry (Bradford Networks)
web.alive (Avaya Inc.)
Total Course Solution (McGraw-Hill/Blackboard)
Canvas (Instructure Inc.)
Inspired Signage Xpress Player (AMX)
Sapling Learning
Tegrity Lecture Capture (Tegrity Inc.)
Turnitin (iParadigms LLC)

HONORABLE MENTION
Absolute Manage (Absolute Software)
Glogster EDU
Mobi mobile interactive whiteboard (eInstruction Corp.)
Xoom tablet (Motorola Mobility Inc.)
Artsonia.com
Discovery Education STREAMING EDU 2.0 Learning Management System
Moodlerooms
MyLearningPlan
NSTA LearningCenter (National Science Teachers Association)
Panopto lecture capture system
QWERTYTown (Second Nature Learning)
Read&Write GOLD (Texthelp Systems)
Schoology
Stationery Studio (FableVision Learning)
Student Advisor (Avenue100 Media Solutions Inc.)
Student Health Force (InnerLink Inc.)
ThinkCentral (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
Time To Know digital teaching platform
Watch Me Learn
Android for Academics (Academy Geeks Inc.)
Stop Motion Pro/Tool Factory Mobile Labs (Tool Factory Inc.)
My eCoach (MindPlay Educational Software)
Naiku Formative Assessment System (Naiku Inc.)
webNetwork private cloud solution (Stoneware Inc.)
ActivClassroom Suite (Promethean Ltd.)
Camtasia Studio (TechSmith Corp.)
eno interactive whiteboard (PolyVision Corp.)
Flat World Knowledge open e-textbooks
InTouch40 Tablet Cart (Spectrum Industries)                      
Lenovo N5901 Mini Wireless Keyboard
Lumens enrollment management software (Augusoft Inc.)
Mediasite lecture capture platform (Sonic Foundry)
SpellingCity
StudyStack.com
VariQuest Visual Learning Tools (Varitronics)
WYNN Literacy (Freedom Scientific Corp.)
iStation Reading (iStation.com)
Tandem for Schools (Intand Corp.)
Timez Attack (Big Brainz Inc.)
Adobe Captivate/Premier Pro (Adobe Systems Inc.)      
Aha!Math/Aha!Science/EasyTech (Learning.com)
Aspire Notebooks (Acer America)
AVer HVC310 Video Conferencing System (AVer Information Inc.)
ClassDojo behavior management software Classmate PC (Intel Corp.)
Deep Security (Trend Micro)
Geometer¹s Sketchpad (Key Curriculum Press)
GlobalSchoolNet
HippoCampus homework and study help (Monterey Institute for Technology and Education)
iMovie (Apple Inc.)
iPad tablet (Apple Inc.)
iSupport help-desk software
Kindle wireless eReader (Amazon.com Inc.)
NovaNet (Pearson Digital Learning)
Quia (IXL Learning)
SMART Notebook software (SMART Technologies)
Sokikom math social learning game
TKOEDucation
Waterford Early Learning (Waterford Institute)
Wikispaces
Write to Learn (Pearson Digital Learning)
YawnBuster (Harbinger Knowledge Products)

To read the full story featuring all 2012 Readers' Choice Winners, visit http://www.eschoolnews.com/2012/01/03/our-readers-top-ed-....

To nominate their favorite ed-tech product or service for the next eSchool Media Readers’ Choice Awards, educators are invited to visit http://www.eschoolnews.com/rca2013/.

About eSchool Media
eSchool Media Inc. is a news and information organization delivering print, web, e-mail and video communications to nearly one million K-20 decision makers and influencers throughout North America and around the world. Its information networks provide education-technology content and services for leaders in schools and colleges and help educators successfully use technology and internet to transform education and achieve their educational goals. eSchool News is the flagship publication of eSchool Media Inc., which also includes eCampus News Network, serving higher education exclusively, and eClassroom News, an electronic publication network for teachers and other classroom practitioners.

With more than 280,000 registered members and more than 5 million page views a month, eSchool News Online is the No. 1 website for ed-tech daily news and information for K-20 decision makers.

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eSchool News provides the news and information necessary to help K-20 decision-makers successfully use technology and the internet to transform North America’s schools and colleges and achieve their educational goals.