Compass Business Solutions and GameSalad Support Future of Learning Scholarship
Henderson, NV (PRWEB) August 19, 2014 -- Compass Business Solutions develops and delivers courses that teach students about implementing, supporting and using communication solutions, and that also prepare students for Cisco and other certification tests. GameSalad Inc. is a leading provider of mobile game development tools with over 700,000 developers. They have paired up to sponsor The Future of Learning Scholarship which focuses on a student's perspective on how games can be utilized for learning.
“It is important to explore how new technologies can enable learning,” stated Jules Trono, CEO of Compass. “But more importantly a student has to be interested while learning to truly retain it. Each generation uses a different approach to successfully learn, and we are interested in seeing how the upcoming workforce finds a effective learning approach.” Compass offers job and vocational training to its students, focusing on certifications that are important to both students for job knowledge and employers for hiring criteria. Compass has been sponsoring this scholarship since it began in 2012.
"GameSalad’s tools have been embraced by the educational community across the country,” said Steve Felter, CEO of GameSalad. “By sponsoring this scholarship we are providing a vehicle for students to show us how they like to learn using easily created iPhone, iPad, Android or HTML5 learning games without the need to code.” GameSalad’s toolset has been accepted into classrooms, helping educators to broaden STEM education, decode the fundamentals of programming and software development, and prepare their students for the rapidly changing digital world.
The Future of Learning Scholarship will be awarded January 31, 2015, based on submissions received by January 15, 2015. More details about the scholarship can be found at http://borderless-learning.com/future-of-learning/.
Students or companies interested in learning more about Compass’ training programs in the US and globally can visit http://www.compassprogram.com, and can contact Lisa Santiago at +1 (760) 688-4045 or +1 (877) 234-0635 for more information. More information about GameSalad and its educational initiatives can be found at http://www.gamesalad.com and @gamesalad.
About Compass Business Solutions
Compass, the nation’s largest provider of videoconferencing and telepresence product line training, provides a one-stop resource for technical, sales and end-user training for all video, voice and data communication products. Compass training sessions follow a best practices approach to optimize job knowledge as well as supporting certification needs. Founded in 2008 by industry professionals who have been working with telecommunication and video technologies since 1989 and who helped launch Tandberg University in the USA in 2006, Compass Business Solutions was Cisco’s first authorized TelePresence Specialist Learning Partner in the US.
About GameSalad
GameSalad's Creator platform allows anyone to rapidly design, publish, and distribute sophisticated games for iOS, Android, HTML5, Kindle®, Windows® and Tizen® while eliminating the need to code. Since launching in 2009, over 750,000 developers have used GameSalad's accessible game creation platform to create over 200,000 games, including multiple #1 iOS games and more than 75 Top 100 Games in Apple’s U.S. App Store. GameSalad is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in San Francisco, CA, with offices in Austin, Texas.
Lisa Santiago, Customer Relations, Compass Business Solutions, http://www.compassprogram.com, +1 (760) 688-4045, [email protected]
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