"ProQuest is honored to be selected as a finalist for these three Codie awards," said John Campbell, Senior Vice President of K-12, ProQuest Information and Learning. “This honor reflects our commitment to providing quality materials that support math and science curricula. We are proud that our peers have recognized ExploreLearning as a product that consistently supports student achievement in these critical areas.”
Established in 1986, the Codie Awards are the benchmark for celebrating the most innovative products in the software, digital content, and education technology industries. The Codie Awards program is the longest running and only peer recognition program in the software and information industry. This year’s finalists were chosen from more that 1,026 nominations submitted by more than 500 companies – breaking the nominations record set in the 2005 awards.
"The 21st Annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, SIIA President. "When one considers the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards Finalist is a significant achievement."
With an objective of helping learners make sense of complex scientific and mathematical principles, ExploreLearning offers interactive online simulations that drive conceptual understanding of math and science in grades 6-12. ExploreLearning helps students build lasting knowledge of mathematical and scientific principles through hands-on exploration. Its growing base of inquiry-based learning materials provides a powerful enhancement to the way teachers teach and students learn.
ExploreLearning brings research-based instructional methods to the classroom. Their simulations, called GizmosTM, build on scientific research showing computer-based manipulatives to be strong indicators of student success. Gizmos are designed as supplemental curriculum materials, correlated to state and national standards and to most leading textbooks. With more than 400 Gizmos online, ExploreLearning has helped thousands of students grasp complex math and science concepts.
The 2006 Codie Awards will be presented at a gala event on May 16 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, Calif. For a complete list of the 2006 Codie Award finalists please go to www.siia.net/codies/2006/finalists.asp.
About ProQuest Information and Learning
ProQuest Information and Learning is a world leader in collecting, organizing, and publishing information worldwide for researchers, faculty, and students in libraries and schools. Known widely for its strength in business and economics, general reference, humanities, social sciences, and STM content, the company develops premium databases comprising periodicals, newspapers, dissertations, out-of-print books, and other scholarly information from more than 8,500 publishers worldwide. Users access the information through the ProQuest® Web-based online information system, Chadwyck-Healey™ electronic and microform resources, UMI® microform and print reference products, eLibrary®, SIRS® and Voyager Expanded Learning educational resources. For more information about ProQuest Information and Learning, visit www.il.proquest.com.
