ISTE Awards Presentations

Please join us in honoring the 2008 winners of ISTE's annual educational technology awards. The exemplary recipients of these awards have demonstrated excellence and innovation in the effective use of technology.

The following awards will be presented at Tuesday morning's Keynote session, 8:30—9:45 am, Ballroom C.

This award recognizes a school district that has demonstrated consistent effectiveness and innovations in the application of technology district-wide.

Congratulations to Greeneville City Schools, Greeneville, TN, USA, represented by Beverly S. Miller, Chief Technology Officer, and Dr. Lyle C. Ailshie, Director of Schools.

2008 ISTE Outstanding Teacher Award recognizes and honors a classroom teacher who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in implementing technology to improve education. Winners are selected from nominations by ISTE Affiliate organizations.

Congratulations to Carol Anne McGuire, Vision Specialist, Orange Unified School District in Orange, CA, USA, representing Computer Using Educators (CUE-CA).

2008 ISTE Outstanding Leader Award recognizes and honors an individual who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in implementing technology to improve education. Winners are selected from nominations by ISTE Affiliate organizations.

Congratulations to Thea Jones, Supervisor, Office of Instructional Technology, Baltimore County Public Schools in Timonium, MD, USA, representing Maryland Instructional Computer Coordinators Association (MICCA).

ISTE's Kay L. Bitter Vision Award for Excellence in Technology-based PK—2 Education

This award recognizes a PK—2 educator who has demonstrated vision and creativity in a project or program that effectively integrates technology into his/her classroom and/or school.

Congratulations to Maria Knee, kindergarten teacher, Deerfield Community School, Deerfield, NH, USA.

2008 SIGTel Online Learning Award
Sponsored by ISTE SIGTel (Telelearning/Distance Learning)

This award recognizes creative educators for their pioneering use of telelearning activities to provide innovative learning opportunities for students in Grades K—16. Winners will present poster sessions about their projects.

FIRST PLACE: Monica Cougan, Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration, Indianapolis, IN, USA, with Tammy Parks, Howe, OK, Lynne Sueoka, Honolulu, HI, Debora Birdsong, Stamford, TX and Christie Rickert, Kyle, TX
Project Title: KC3 Project.

SECOND PLACE: Lisa Parisi, Denton Avenue Elementary School, New Hyde Park, NY, USA, with Christine Southerd, New Hyde Park, NY, Brian Crosby, Reno, NV
Project Title: Mysteries of Harris Burdick Collaborative Writing Project.

THIRD PLACE: Anne Lambert, John Muir School, San Diego, CA, USA, with Harry Konnor Tetteh, Isaac Immanuel Opuni Frimpong, Julius Selasi Komla Adjor, and Gideon Sarpong, Ashanti, Ghana.
Project Title: Doors to Diplomacy: Jazz.

2008 SIGTE Research Paper
Sponsored by ISTE SIGTE

The winning paper is "Innovative Technologies, Small Groups, and a Wiki: A 21st-Century Preservice Experience Founded on Collaboration," by the following authors from Arizona State University: Teresa Fougler, Mia Kim Williams, Keith Wetzel.

The winner of the SIGTE Research Paper Award will be announced at the SIGTE Business Meeting. The winning author will also present the paper at a special SIGTE-sponsored session.

2008 SIG Media Specialist Technology Innovation Award

This annual award, sponsored by Linworth Publishing Incorporated and Follett Software Company, honors teams of a school librarian and collaborating teacher who have conducted an exemplary technology program extending beyond the library to meet the needs of classroom students and teachers.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CATEGORY : Kathy Sanders and Gwen Pavelski, Taylor Prairie Elementary School, Cottage Grove, WI, USA, for Weather Watch: Making History.

SECONDARY SCHOOL CATEGORY : Terri Vest and Cawood Cornelius, Sonoraville High School, Calhoun, GA, USA, for Spanish Project.