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December 15, 2006 2006 Awards of EXCELLENCE WinnersKristen Kennedy, Paul Jackson, and the T&L editors As our Awards of Excellence program nears the quarter century mark, we at T&L feel honored to have played a role in recognizing the outstanding products that have been central to transforming education and inspiring a generation of students and educators. In keeping with our longstanding tradition, this year's more than 100 entries were given a grueling test drive by educator judges and T&L editors in various locations around the San Francisco Bay Area (see "Awards of Excellence 2006 Judges"). Judges looked at quality and effectiveness, ease of use, creative use of technology, and suitability for a school environment in making their decisions. The bottom line: each award winner represents a best-of-breed offering or a breakthrough use of technology for teaching, training, or managing in an education setting. This year's trends in part respond to NCLB's AYP requirements, with a strong showing by core curriculum products in language, math and science, as well as several new resources for assessment and diagnosis. Balancing this is the record number of presentation and productivity tools as well as collaboration and communication offerings, which reflect the growing power of student-shared expertise, online community-building, and other Web 2.0 functions as essential components of the 21st century classroom. That said, please join us in congratulating the winners of the 2006 T&L Awards of Excellence. Top WinnerAceReader Pro Deluxe Plus (StepWare) Citing text-to-speech features, ease of use, and adaptability for both the home and classroom, judges across the board gave an enthusiastic thumbs up to this program, which offers broad and solid skill-building for more proficient reading both online and off. By training eye movement to scan quickly across an electronic page, the program encourages increased reading speed and comprehension. Users learn to rapidly skim text from online sites using a variety of cues, and training speed is automatically adjusted and customized to each user. Assessment and reading level tracking is also part of the package, with results available instantly and in quick-take visual displays. Judges also gave an A+ to AceReader's interactive flash card games that keep kids engaged and on track.
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