By Patrice Keville
Infobase is proud to announce that three Infobase online resources have been selected as winners of The ComputED Gazette’s 22nd Annual Education Software Review Awards (EDDIES). The EDDIES, according to The ComputED Gazette, “target innovative and content-rich programs and websites (including apps for iOS and Android) that augment the classroom curriculum and improve teacher productivity, providing parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence.”
In the review that accompanied the award, The ComputED Gazette describes the three resources as “fine products which are sure to impact 21st Century education.” Read the complete review here.
The three winners are:
The World Almanac® for Kids, in the “Middle School Online Research Source” category:
The ComputED Gazette describes The World Almanac® for Kids as “entertaining,” “reliable,” “priceless,” and “Infobase’s answer to the previously inadequate library reference section for research papers.”
This one-stop reference resource for intermediate-level students was recently relaunched with a dynamic new design, new and updated content, and exciting new features. The World Almanac® for Kids also won an EDDIE in 2013 and the Best Educational Software Award (BESSIES) in the “Middle School Database Website” category the same year.
Learn360, in the “Multi-Level Multimedia Resource Website” category:
The ComputED Gazette describes Learn360’s interactive STEM lessons in particular as “engaging, engrossing, and all-important these days.”
Learn360—the ultimate streaming multimedia resource and complete district solution for the K–12 educational market—has won many awards over the years, including a BESSIE in 2016, Tech & Learning’s Best of Show Award in 2016, and Tech & Learning’s Award of Excellence twice, in 2011 and 2012.
The Mailbox® School & District, in the “Teacher Tools: Online Teacher Resource Collection” category:
The ComputED Gazette calls The Mailbox® School & District “Infobase’s answer to the classic teacher’s nightmare….No more late night or weekend marathons putting together lesson plans….User-friendly and easily searchable, The Mailbox® is an elegant solution to what used to be a persistent dilemma.”
Packed with 52,000+ fun and engaging ideas, activities, and worksheets that help inspire imaginations while teaching essential skills, The Mailbox® School & District allows an entire institution to have unlimited, simultaneous access to this incredible and growing collection at one low price.
Click on the links below for more information about The World Almanac® for Kids:
Click here for more information about Learn360.
Click here for more information about The Mailbox® School & District.