Recognizing leading business professionals for their significant contributions to the education industry. Community voting for the top five spots took place in mid-April based on peer nominations and guidance from the EdNET’s Best panel. Congratulations to the outstanding finalists who were contenders in this race!

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Leaders to Watch

Top Five List for 2011 – in alphabetical order:

• Larry Berger, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Wireless Generation
• Nick Gaehde, President and CEO, Lexia Learning
• Paige Johnson, Government and Education Strategist, Intel
• Mark Nieker, President, Pearson Foundation
• Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO & President, DreamBox Learning

Recognizing products and services that have the potential to be “game changers” in education. This list of leading education products and services were shaped by the EdNET community, and final selections were made by the EdNET’s Best panel.

Shining Stars

Top Five List for 2011 – in alphabetical order:

• DimensionU™ Learning System, Tabula Digita
• Discovery Education Science Techbook, Discovery Education
• The Geometer’s Sketchpad, Key Curriculum Press
• SPARK Science Learning System, Pasco Scientific
• Teachscape Reflect, Teachscape

Recognizing teacher-recommended free online classroom resources. This list identifies free online resources that classroom teachers recommend, and nominations were provided and voted on by hundreds of educators from the WeAreTeachers online community.

Teachers Select

Top Five List for 2011 – in alphabetical order:

• BrainPOP Free Stuff – Animated online curriculum-based content
• Donors Choose – An online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need
• Glogster – Collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students
• Google Docs – Anytime, anywhere collaboration on research papers, spreadsheets, presentations, and surveys
• Verizon Foundation’s Thinkfinity – Teaching and learning materials