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Change

In the past year I have changed beyond belief. But since I have changed I realised that the life I used to live was making me extremely marsible, and now I live a much happier life. One of the reasons that my life is so much happier now then before is because I was being controlled by what is my ex girlfriend, she didn’t even know it but I was. Now with my new found freedom, I can do what I want and when I want todo it.

My message this time is don’t be afraid of change it can and most likely will show you somethings that you didn’t see before. You NEVER know what is wrong until you don’t have/do it anymore.

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Announcing the Winners of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards

Every day, technology innovations transform the way people learn and how educators teach. In the last few years, the edtech field has attracted a lot of talented people, all with excellent knowledge bases and ideas. Though the edtech industry has been around for a few decades now, the last few years, in particular, have seen a surge in investment from both school districts and investors.

The education market is currently worth around $5 trillion globally, and it is forecasted that edtech investment alone will reach $300 billion by the year 2025. This growing investment in edtech start-ups has created some exciting changes in the world of education. Naturally, with increasing capital, the number of edtech companies, products, and thought leaders is also growing. In that spirit of change and innovation, we present the 4th Annual Tech Edvocate Awards.

After 4 months of hard work, we’ve narrowed down the year’s top edtech companies, products, people, and more. We solicited nominees from readers in June/July and held online voting from May 1, 2020 – July 31, 2020. The nominee’s performance during the online voting period was used to gauge their popularity, but in no way signaled that they would become a finalist or walk away with an award. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator, and two PreK-12 parents.  Here are our winners and finalists for 2020. Winners and finalists can access their award seals by clicking here.

  Best Lesson Planning App or Tool

Winner: Learning Explorer 

Finalists:

Profile Planner

Eduphoria! 

  Best Assessment App or Tool

Winner: edSpring

Finalists:

Google Classroom

Star Assessments

ProctorU

EdIncites®, Incite® Assessment

MobyMax 

Lexplore 

TestHound 

  Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax

Finalists:

ABCmouse Early Learning Academy

PBS Parents Play and Learn

Clear Touch 43” 7000XE interactive panel with mini convertible mobile stand 

  Best Literacy App or Tool

Winner: Renaissance Accelerated Reader

Finalists:

Renaissance myON Reader 

MobyMax 

Raz-Plus-ELL Edition 

Lexia Core5 Reading by Lexia Learning 

MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach  

Lexplore 

Reading Plus 

  Best Math App or Tool

Winner: ST Math  

Finalists:

Spring Math

MobyMax

LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 

Freckle Math   

MATHiaFlex   

  Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool

Winner: Pivot Interactives from Vernier Software & Technology 

Finalists:

MobyMax  

Science A-Z    

Britannica LaunchPacks: Science     

Chemix  

LEGO® Education SPIKE

Prime  

  Best Language Learning App or Tool

Winner: Raz-Plus/ELL Edition   

Finalists:

Languagenut

Rosetta Stone English 

  Best Virtual or Augmented Reality App or Tool

Winner: CoSpaces Edu

Finalists:

Gamar

HistoryMaker VR

  Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool

Winner: Lexia PowerUp Literacy by Lexia Learning  

Finalists:

Elephango

i-Ready

Headsprout   

MobyMax

Rosen LevelUp   

MATHiaFlex   

Reading Plus  

  Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning App or Tool

Winner: Lexplore 

Finalists:

Knowledge Ai, Inc.

Yewno  

MATHiaFlex 

  Best Coding App or Tool

Winner: CoderZ  

Finalists:

Tynker

GameSalad, Inc. 

Robo Wunderkind

  Best Gamification App or Tool

Winner: Adventure Academy 

Finalists:

TALi Health – DETECT and TRAIN  

MobyMax 

guideWELD® VR Welding Simulator   

ST Math 

  Best Learning Management System

Winner: Edgenuity Learning Management System

Finalists:

Edsby

Google Classroom

NEO LMS 

Coding Dojo 

  Best Blended/Flipped Learning App or Tool

Winner: MobyMax 

Finalists:

Raz-Plus/ELL Edition

Snowflake 

Treedom Inc.  

ST Math  

Promethean Classflow  

EdIncites®, Incite® Classroom  

Learning Explorer  

Istation ISIP Progress Monitoring at Home

  Best Assistive Technology App or Tool

Winner: Natural Reader

Finalists:

Lexion

  Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication App or Tool

Winner: Edsby  

Finalists:

ClassPager

Bloomz  

  Best Collaboration App or Tool

Winner: Modo Campus  

Finalists:

Google Classroom

Schoolbox 

  Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

Winner: Study.com 

Finalists:

LiveHint

MobyMax

UWorld Clinical Med Math  

  Best Classroom/Behavior Management App or Tool

Winner: TALi Health – DETECT and TRAIN  

Finalists:

ClassLink

classroom.cloud

Google Classroom

Insight  

Behavior Manager

  Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool

Winner: Promethean ActivPanel Elements Series 

Finalists:

Explee 

Slidetalk 

Aver M11-8M Document Camera

Aver Magic Presenter CB-310

  Best Higher Education Solution

Winner: ClassLink

Finalists:

Study.com

Ellucian Ethos

TrueDialog Inc. 

HuddleCamHD SimplTrack 2

Atlas Powered by New Horizons Computer Learning Centers

eLumen

AVER TR530 AI Auto Tracking Camera

  Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining App or Tool

Winner: UpGrade 

Finalists:

Edsby  

MobyMax 

ClassLink

  Best Professional Development App or Tool

Winner: Learn Promethean  

Finalists:

Finders Solvers (Keningau Vocational College)

PresenceLearning’s Teletherapy 101

Trauma-Informed Practices for K12 Schools 

  Best Student Information System (SIS) App or Tool

Winner: Cardonex

Finalists:

SynergySIS

Skyward Qmlativ Education Management System 

  Best Global EdTech Leader 

Winner: Glynn Willett, Co-founder of MobyMax

Finalists:

Salman Kahn, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy 

  Best Global EdTech Company

Winner: Renaissance 

Finalists:

MobyMax

The Britannica Group   

Lexplore 

Soundtrap for Education

  Best Global EdTech Startup

Winner: Knowledge Ai, Inc. 

Finalists:

Cypher

Save My Exams

Money Experience

  Best K-12 School Leader

Winner: Dr. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent at Dallas ISD

Finalists:

Dr. Laura Stout, Executive Director of School Leadership at Corpus Christi Independent School District

Elizabeth Shaw, Chief Executive Officer at Chicago International Charter School

Dr. Johnnie Thomas, Superintendent at Rich Township High School District 227, Matteson, Illinois

Shawn Wigg, Director of Mathematics, Duval County Public Schools

  Best Higher Education Leader

Winner: David Johnson, Assistant Vice President, Technology Services and Support at University of Houston

Finalists:

Roslyn Clark Artis, JD, EdD, President at Benedict College

Janet Napolitano, President at University of California

Christopher Brown II, President at Kentucky State University 

Elmira Mangum, Vice President at Cornell University

  Best School District Technology Coordinator/Director

Winner: Chris Long, Educational Technology Coordinator, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington Beach, CA

Finalists:

Adrian Cepero, District Technology Coordinator, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ

Nora Laho, District Technology Coordinator and Instructional Technology Coach at Public Schools of CLK

  Best K-12 Teacher

Winner: Chloe Peterson, Teacher at Elevate K-12

Finalists:

Mossie Shephard, Gifted Education Teacher, Jackson Public School District

Judy Williams, Teacher at Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

  Best College/University Professor

Winner: Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, MIT

Finalists:

Dr. Alfred Boyd, Assistant Professor of Education, Mississippi Valley State University

Hope Rias, Assistant Professor at Bridgewater College

  Best EdTech PR Firm

Winner: Nickel Communications 

Finalists:

Pando Public Relations 

PR with Panache!  

  Conclusion

As you can see, there is no shortage of award winners in edtech. With these innovative edtech companies, products and people in mind, it becomes clear that the landscape of education is vast and technology is carving a new path for present and future educators. Well, that does it for the 4th Annual Tech Edvocate Awards. We will be back, bigger and better in 2021.

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Announcing the Finalists of the 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards

We are pleased to announce the finalists for The 2020 Tech Edvocate Awards. On August 31, 2020, the winners will be announced. Finalists can access their award seals by clicking here.

  Best Lesson Planning App or Tool

Finalists:

Profile Planner

Eduphoria! 

Learning Explorer

  Best Assessment App or Tool

Finalists:

Google Classroom

edSpring

Star Assessments

ProctorU

EdIncites®, Incite® Assessment

MobyMax  

Lexplore 

TestHound 

  Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax

ABCmouse Early Learning Academy

PBS Parents Play and Learn

Clear Touch 43” 7000XE interactive panel with mini convertible mobile stand 

  Best Literacy App or Tool

Finalists:

Renaissance myON Reader 

Renaissance Accelerated Reader

MobyMax 

Raz-Plus-ELL Edition 

Lexia Core5 Reading by Lexia Learning 

MindPlay Virtual Reading Coach  

Lexplore 

Reading Plus 

  Best Math App or Tool

Finalists:

Spring Math

MobyMax

LearnZillion Illustrative Mathematics 

Freckle Math 

ST Math 

MATHiaFlex   

  Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax  

Science A-Z   

Britannica LaunchPacks: Science   

Chemix

LEGO® Education SPIKE

Prime  

Pivot Interactives from Vernier Software & Technology  

  Best Language Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

Languagenut

Rosetta Stone English 

Raz-Plus/ELL Edition

  Best Virtual or Augmented Reality App or Tool

Finalists:

Gamar

CoSpaces Edu

HistoryMaker VR

  Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

Elephango

i-Ready

Headsprout   

MobyMax

Lexia PowerUp Literacy by Lexia Learning

Rosen LevelUp   

MATHiaFlex   

Reading Plus  

  Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

Knowledge Ai, Inc.

Lexplore

Yewno

MATHiaFlex 

  Best Coding App or Tool

Finalists:

CoderZ

Tynker

GameSalad, Inc. 

Robo Wunderkind

  Best Gamification App or Tool

Finalists:

TALi Health – DETECT and TRAIN  

MobyMax 

Adventure Academy 

guideWELD® VR Welding Simulator 

ST Math 

  Best Learning Management System

Finalists:

Edsby

Google Classroom

Edgenuity Learning Management System  

NEO LMS 

Coding Dojo 

  Best Blended/Flipped Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax

Raz-Plus/ELL Edition

Snowflake 

Treedom Inc.

ST Math  

Promethan Classflow  

EdIncites®, Incite® Classroom 

Learning Explorer  

Istation ISIP Progress Monitoring at Home

  Best Assistive Technology App or Tool

Finalists:

Lexion

Natural Reader

  Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication App or Tool

Finalists:

Edsby

ClassPager

Bloomz   

  Best Collaboration App or Tool

Finalists:

Google Classroom

Schoolbox 

Modo Campus  

  Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

Finalists:

LiveHint 

MobyMax

Study.com

UWorld Clinical Med Math  

  Best Classroom/Behavior Management App or Tool

Finalists:

ClassLink

classroom.cloud

Google Classroom

Insight  

Behavior Manager

TALi Health – DETECT and TRAIN  

  Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool

Finalists:

Promethean ActivPanel Elements Series 

Explee 

Slidetalk 

Aver M11-8M Document Camera

Aver Magic Presenter CB-310

  Best Higher Education Solution

Finalists:

Study.com

Ellucian Ethos

TrueDialog Inc. 

HuddleCamHD SimplTrack 2

ClassLink

Atlas Powered by New Horizons Computer Learning Centers

eLumen 

AVER TR530 AI Auto Tracking Camera

  Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining App or Tool

Finalists:

Edsby 

MobyMax 

ClassLink

UpGrade 

  Best Professional Development App or Tool

Finalists:

Finders Solvers (Keningau Vocational College)

PresenceLearning’s Teletherapy 101

Learn Promethean 

Trauma-Informed Practices for K12 Schools 

  Best Student Information System (SIS) App or Tool

Finalists:

SynergySIS

Cardonex

Skyward Qmlativ Education Management System 

  Best Global EdTech Leader 

Finalists:

Glynn Willett, Co-founder of MobyMax

Salman Kahn, Founder and CEO of Khan Academy 

  Best Global EdTech Company

Finalists:

Renaissance 

MobyMax

The Britannica Group   

Lexplore 

Soundtrap for Education

  Best Global EdTech Startup

Finalists:

Knowledge Ai, Inc.

Cypher

Save My Exams

Money Experience

  Best K-12 School Leader

Finalists:

Dr. Laura Stout, Executive Director of School Leadership at Corpus Christi Independent School District

Elizabeth Shaw, Chief Executive Officer at Chicago International Charter School

Dr. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent at Dallas ISD

Dr. Johnnie Thomas, Superintendent at Rich Township High School District 227, Matteson, Illinois

Shawn Wigg, Director of Mathematics, Duval County Public Schools

  Best Higher Education Leader

Finalists:

Roslyn Clark Artis, JD, EdD, President at Benedict College

Janet Napolitano, President at University of California

Christopher Brown II, President at Kentucky State University

Elmira Mangum, Vice President at Cornell University

David Johnson, Assistant Vice President, Technology Services and Support at University of Houston

  Best School District Technology Coordinator/Director

Finalists:

Adrian Cepero, District Technology Coordinator, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ

Chris Long, Educational Technology Coordinator, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington Beach, CA

Nora Laho, District Technology Coordinator and Instructional Technology Coach at Public Schools of CLK

  Best K-12 Teacher

Finalists:

Mossie Shephard, Gifted Education Teacher, Jackson Public School District

Chloe Peterson, Teacher at Elevate K-12

Judy Williams, Teacher at Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

  Best College/University Professor

Finalists:

Dr. Alfred Boyd, Assistant Professor of Education, Mississippi Valley State University

Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, MIT

Hope Rias, Assistant Professor at Bridgewater College

  Best EdTech PR Firm

Finalists:

Nickel Communications  

Pando Public Relations 

PR with Panache!

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