(ATLANTA – May 3, 2016) — Promethean, a leading provider of educational technology and training, today announced that its collaborative learning application ClassFlow has been named as a finalist in four categories of the 2016 SIIA CODiE Awards. ClassFlow was honored in the following categories: Best Authoring/ Development Tool, Best College and Career Readiness Solution, Best Cross-Curricular Solution, and Best Social Sciences or Social Studies Instructional Solution.
The CODiE Awards are the premier awards for software and information industries, and have been recognizing product excellence for more than 30 years. The CODiE Awards include 91 categories that are organized by industry focus: education technology and business technology.
“Every year the list of CODiE Award finalists is a case study of how the ed tech industry is using new technologies in combination with knowledge about how people learn to respond to customer needs,” said Karen Billings, the vice president and managing director of SIIA’s Education Technology Industry Network. “They’re opening doors for learners of all ages.”
Winners will be announced during a virtual award ceremony on May 18, 2016. The top overall educational products will be celebrated at the Education Industry Symposium in Denver on July 26, 2016.
ClassFlow is a free, cloud-based collaborative learning application that gives educators the power to create lessons, deliver interactive content across a variety of devices, and assess student understanding. The newly enhanced version of ClassFlow also includes thousands of teacher-approved interactive lessons and student badges to reward behavior and encourage students to participate. As a result, educators can use real-time student responses to instantly customize and differentiate any lesson plan to create a dynamic learning environment both inside and beyond the classroom
“For ClassFlow to be recognized as a finalist in four award categories is a great honor for Promethean,” said Jim Marshall, the CEO of Promethean. “We are proud to be ranked along with so many outstanding leaders in education. These nominations provide strong validation that we are providing districts and schools with the innovative tools they need to help educators focus on providing the differentiated and personalized instruction that their students deserve, which is central to today’s modern classroom.”
About Promethean
Promethean is a global education company that improves learning productivity by developing, integrating, and implementing innovative 21st-century learning environments that help make everyone more engaged, empowered, and successful. Promethean’s main corporate offices are located in Blackburn, UK, and Atlanta, USA. Promethean is a member of the Net Dragon Websoft, Inc. (HKSE: 0777) group of companies. For more information, please visit PrometheanWorld.com.
About the CODiE Awards Program
The SIIA CODiE Awards were established in 1986 so that pioneers of the then-nascent software industry could evaluate and honor each other’s work. During the years that followed, the program evolved into three tracks (content, education, and software) and then further evolved into two (business technology and education technology) — but our core mission has always remained the same: recognizing excellence by honoring the software and information industry’s leading products and services. Award winners are able to leverage their CODiE Award as a prestigious representation of outstanding achievement and vision in the software and information industries.
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About NetDragon Websoft Inc.
NetDragon Websoft Inc. (HKSE: 0777) is a leading innovator and creative force in China’s mobile Internet industry. Established in 1999, NetDragon is a vertically integrated, cutting-edge R&D powerhouse with a highly successful track record which includes the development of flagship MMORPGs such as Eudemons Online and Conquer Online, China’s number one online gaming portal, 17173.com, and China’s most influential smartphone app store platform, 91 Wireless, which was sold to Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) in 2013 as the largest Internet M&A transaction in China at the time. Being China’s pioneer in overseas expansion, NetDragon also directly operates a number of game titles in over 10 languages internationally since 2003. In recent years, NetDragon has become a major player in global online and mobile learning space as it works to leverage its mobile Internet technologies and operational know-how to develop a game-changing learning ecosystem. For more information, please visit NetDragon.com.
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