Curriki Named SIIA Education Technology CODiE Award Finalist for Best Digital Aggregation & Sharing Solution
CUPERTINO, Calif. (PRWEB) May 08, 2018 -- Curriki today announced that its high-quality Open Educational Resource Library was named a 2018 SIIA CODiE Award finalist in the Best Digital Aggregation & Sharing Solution category. Finalists represent applications, products and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services and related technologies across the PreK-20 sector.
Curriki, a 2017 SIIA CODiE Award winner, hosts a free library of 262,500+ educator-vetted learning materials in all K-12 subject areas for educators across the globe to use for free.
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the premier awards for the software and information industries and have been recognizing product excellence for over 30 years. The awards offer 91 categories that are organized by industry focus of education technology and business technology. Curriki was honored as one of 152 finalists across the 39 education technology categories.
“I am impressed by the level of innovation and creativity demonstrated by the 2018 CODiE award finalists. These products are opening doors for learners of all ages by developing and utilizing new technologies to respond to student and educator needs.” said Ken Wasch, President of SIIA.
“It is a high honor for Curriki to be recognized by the SIIA CODiE awards among so many innovative companies,” said Kim Jones, CEO and co-founder of Curriki. “The nomination provides strong validation that we are providing educators, parents and students with the innovative tools they need to provide high-quality education to students across the spectrum and around the world.”
The SIIA CODiE Awards are the industry's only peer-reviewed awards program. Educators and administrators serve as judges and conduct the first-round review of all education nominees. Their scores determine the SIIA CODiE Award finalists, and SIIA members then vote on the finalist products. The scores from both rounds are tabulated to select the winners.
Winners will be announced during a CODiE Award Celebration at the SIIA Annual Conference & CODiE Awards in San Francisco on June 13.
Details about each finalist are listed at http://www.siia.net/codie/Finalists
About the SIIA CODiE™ Awards
The SIIA CODiE Awards is the only peer-reviewed program to showcase business and education technology’s finest products and services. Since 1986, thousands of products, services and solutions have been recognized for achieving excellence. For more information, visit CODiE Awards website.
About Curriki
The mission of Curriki, a nonprofit organization, is to eliminate the gap between those who have access to high-quality education and those who do not. Its online community of educators, learners and committed education experts works together to create quality materials that benefit teachers, parents and students globally.
Curriki vast free OER library is offered in many formats—from individual lesson plans, to instructional videos and units, to games and simulations. All content contributed by educators and select partners is available to others for use, adapt and share at no cost. In addition, Curriki curates resources into course-sequenced, standards-aligned units to enable educators to easily find materials, and offers curricula in Spanish.
Janet Pinto, Curriki, http://www.Curriki.org, +1 239-300-4385, [email protected]
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