Awards Unveiled: Tech & Learning Honors Best of 2024 in Innovation and Education Technologies
Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 Celebrate Innovative Educational Technology
The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 have been announced, recognising educational technology products that have excelled in supporting teachers, students, and education professionals. This year's awards highlight a range of products across the Primary, Secondary, and Higher Education categories.
In the Primary Education category, several nominees stood out. Pocketalk's Pocketalk S2 Plus, Reading Horizons' Reading Horizons Discovery Product Suite, Clear Touch Interactive's The NEXT Hub, SchoolStatus's SchoolStatus Attend, MobyMax's MobyMax, eGlass's eGlass Lightboard, AVer Information's U50+ USB FlexArm Document Camera, M15W Mechanical Arm Wireless Document Camera, and AmpliWave Lite, Learning Genie, Inc.'s Learning Genie, Inc., Kibeam Learning, Inc.'s Kibeam Reading Wand, Pitsco Education's LUMA, Teachers' Curriculum Institute (TCI)'s Bring Science Alive! and Social Studies Alive! K-5 programs, Seesaw Learning's Seesaw Instruction & Insights, Instructure's Mastery Connect, Capstone's The PebbleGo Suite, Defined's Defined Learning, MAXCases' MAXCases Shield Extreme-X2 Case with 3.5mm Adapter and Tamper-Resistant Design, Inletech's ArtMath, Vivi's Vivi Video and Text Announcements, Wonder Workshop's Make Wonder, Sadlier's Building Reading Success with Wiley Blevins, Magic EdTech's MagicBox, Read Naturally, Inc.'s Read Live, Samsung Electronics America's WAD, TouchMath's Wittly by Classworks and TouchMath, Xello Inc's Xello, Acer's Chromebook Plus 514, Edmentum's Exact Path, LG Electronics USA's LG CreateBoard, FEV Tutor's FEV Tutor, D2L's D2L Lumi, Benchmark Education Company's Benchmark Universe, Makina Editorial's MakeMake Digital Library en Español, SMART Technologies' Lumio, and Presence's Presence Therapy Platform have all been nominated.
JLab's JLab JBuddies Pop 2 in 1 Wireless + Wired Kids Headphones and JLab JBuddies ANC - Noise Canceling 2 in 1 Wireless + Wired Kids Headphones are also nominated in the Primary Education category. Share-A-Cart's Share-A-Cart and The 95 Percent Group's 95 Literacy Intervention System have been nominated in multiple categories.
The winners were selected based on ease of use, value, versatility, and utility. The Tech & Learning panel of expert judges evaluated each nominee to determine the best products in each category.
In the Secondary Education category, Sphero, Inc.'s Sphero BOLT was nominated. In the Higher Education category, a diverse range of nominees included TechTerra Educaton's STEM in a Box, CTL's CTL Chromebook NL73 Series, Otus, Cignition's Cignition K-12 Math & ELA High Dosage Virtual Tutoring, Anthology, Blackboard by Anthology, AVer Information Inc. USA, TR315, BenQ, ideaCam S1 Pro, BenQ Board RP04, Bloomberg, Bloomberg for Education, Cisco, Cisco Networking Academy, ClassLink, Copyleaks, AI Detector, Crestron Electronics, Inc., Crestron 1 Beyond i-Series Cameras, D2L, D2L Lumi, Gale, part of Cengage Group, Gale Digital Scholar Lab, Gale Literature Resource Center, Instructure, Canvas LMS, IXL Learning, Rosetta Stone, Realms IP.TV, EduxGen.AI, Samsung Electronics America, WAD, Smart Monitor M80D, 27" ViewFinity S8, Science Interactive Group, Science Interactive, Sharp Information and Imaging Company of America, X171 Laser Projector, Turnitin, Turnitin's AI Writing Detection Feature + Product Portfolio, WIN Learning, Academic Skills Courseware, My Work Ready, and Zoom Communications, Inc., Zoom Workplace for Education.
The winners of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 for each education category are:
- Primary Education: EDGE U Badges won the "Best of Show" award for Primary Education.
- Secondary Education: EDGE U Badges also won the "Best of Show" award for Secondary Education.
- Higher Education: Sirius Online was the winner for Higher Education categories as part of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024.
Christine Weiser, content director for Tech & Learning, stated that the explosion of innovation in educational technology in 2024 was impressive and that the winning products empower deeper learning, personalized experiences, and student engagement. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 showcase the best of what educational technology has to offer, providing teachers, students, and education professionals with the tools they need to succeed.
- The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 have recognized several nominees in the Primary Education category, including Pocketalk's Pocketalk S2 Plus, Reading Horizons' Reading Horizons Discovery Product Suite, and Clear Touch Interactive's The NEXT Hub.
- In the Primary Education category, JLab's JLab JBuddies Pop 2 in 1 Wireless + Wired Kids Headphones and JLab JBuddies ANC - Noise Canceling 2 in 1 Wireless + Wired Kids Headphones have also been nominated.
- Share-A-Cart's Share-A-Cart and The 95 Percent Group's 95 Literacy Intervention System have been nominated in multiple categories.
- The Tech & Learning panel of expert judges evaluated each nominee based on ease of use, value, versatility, and utility to determine the best products in each category.
- In the Secondary Education category, Sphero, Inc.'s Sphero BOLT was nominated, while in the Higher Education category, TechTerra Education's STEM in a Box was one of the nominees.
- The winners of the Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence: Best of 2024 for each education category are: EDGE U Badges for both Primary and Secondary Education, and Sirius Online for Higher Education.
- Christine Weiser, content director for Tech & Learning, expressed that the explosion of innovation in educational technology in 2024 was impressive, as the winning products empower deeper learning, personalized experiences, and student engagement, thus showcasing the best of what educational technology has to offer.
