Internships.com Named Finalist for 2014 SIIA Education CODiE Award
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 21, 2014 -- The Internships.com Building Block for Blackboard Learn has been announced as a finalist for The 2014 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Education CODiE Award in the Best Cross-Curricular Solution category. Nominees in this category represent applications, products, and services from developers of educational software, digital content, online learning services, and related technologies across the K-20 sector.
With over 75,000 active internship positions from more than 50,000 companies located across all 50 states, Internships.com is the largest marketplace dedicated to supporting students’ career goals. Internships.com and Blackboard, Inc. developed the free Internships.com Building Block to deliver an integrated, career-oriented experience within the Blackboard Learn™ education technology platform. The integration provides yet one more resource for students within the Blackboard Learn platform to help them succeed both inside and outside of the classroom by finding relevant internship and job opportunities. The Building Block has already been adopted by over 200 colleges and universities in North America.
The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries. Established in 1986, the SIIA CODiE Awards remain the only peer-recognized program in the content, education, and software industries.
Internships.com is proud to be named alongside the following finalists in the Best Cross-Curricular Solution category:
• xpLor, Blackboard
• myNGconnect.com for National Geographic Reach, Cengage Learning
• EmbarK12 Comprehensive, K12, Inc.
• Practice Operations, McGraw-Hill/CTB
• Centricity2, SchoolWires, Inc.
• SharpSchool Content Management System, SharpSchool
The winners will be announced during the CODiE Awards Reception & Dinner at the Education Industry Summit on May 13.
About Internships.com
Internships.com, a division of CareerArc Group, is the world’s largest internship marketplace bringing students, employers and higher education institutions together in one centralized location. Recognized by Forbes as a Top 10 Careers Website, Internships.com provides a wide variety of interactive, world-class tools and services to enable every student, employer and educator to better understand and optimize internship opportunities. For additional information about posting 2014 summer internships please visit: http://www.internships.com.
Synthia Salas, Internships.com, http://www.internships.com, +1 8182603164, [email protected]
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