We are pleased to announce the finalists for The 2023 Tech Edvocate Awards. On August

31, 2023, the winners will be announced. Finalists can access their award seals by clicking here.

 

Best Lesson Planning App or Tool

Finalists:                                             

OER Commons  

TeacherFileBox      

Profile Planner  

Gale In Context: For Educators   

 

Best Assessment App or Tool      

Finalists:

MobyMax    

Otus 

Learnosity Assessment Engine    

MagicBox    

Renaissance 

Gale In Context: For Educators   

 

Best Early Childhood Education App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax    

Excite Reading   

Lalilo 

Gale Presents: Miss Humblebee’s Academy 

 

Best Literacy App or Tool

Finalists:

Reading Horizons   

MobyMax 

Imagine Language and Literacy  

Learning Ally Brain Based Literacy Instruction 

Accelerated Reader   

myON 

Edmentum Exact Path 

Gale In Context: Literature

Gale In Context: Elementary 

IXL English Language Arts    

Vocabulary.com  

 

Best Math App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax   

Math Nation   

ST Math  

MathsOnline 

Freckle 

Edmentum Exact Path 

Edmentum Courseware  

IXL Math 

 

Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax   

Robotical     

Imagine Robotify    

Twig Science   

Challenger Center  

LabXchange                                                                 

“How Does Satellite Internet Work?” Augmented Reality  

Labster

 

Best Language Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax                                                            

Imagine Espanol   

Youdao Dictionary Pen by NetEase Youdao

Youdao Listening and Speaking Trainer by NetEase Youdao 

Rosetta Stone for Schools  

 

Best Virtual or Augmented Reality App or Tool

Finalists:

Gamar    

Apollo 11 VR 

Labster

 

Best Personalized/Adaptive Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax 

Gradely  

Elephango

Freckle 

IXL 

 

Best Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

Namecoach      

AllHere    

Readabilty Tutor    

Merlyn, the AI assistant for education   

 

Best Coding App or Tool

Finalists:

GOMYCODE   

Imagine Robotify    

Tynker 

 

Best Gamification App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax    

Gimkit 

Adventure Academy 

 

Best Learning Management System

Finalists:

Google Classroom 

Edsby    

Blackboard Learn   

 

Best Blended/Flipped Learning App or Tool

Finalists:

Google Classroom

MobyMax     

Snowflake 

 

Best Assistive Technology App or Tool

Finalists:

Seeing AI                        

Natural Reader 

Presence (formerly PresenceLearning)   

 

Best Parent-Teacher/School Communication App or Tool

Finalists:

Edsby       

MobyMax     

AllHere     

Rise Vision     

SpacesEDU by myBlueprint    

 

Best Collaboration App or Tool

Finalists:                       

SpacesEDU by myBlueprint                                                                 

Gale In Context: For Educators    

Gale In Context: Literature   

Gale In Context: Elementary   

 

Best Tutoring/Test Prep App or Tool

Finalists:

MobyMax    

Study.com      

MathsOnline  

Tutor with Pearl  

Apex Tutorials by Edmentum 

Wyzant 

 

Best Classroom/Behavior Management App or Tool

Finalists:

Radix TeacherView 

Linewize’s Classwize Platform    

Behavior Manager   

 

Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool

Finalists:

Loom  

Logitech Zone Learn    

Promethean’s ActivPanel 9   

 

Best Higher Education Solution

Finalists:

PeopleAdmin                                                                 

Namecoach     

MedCerts     

 

Best Learning Analytics/Data Mining App or Tool

Finalists:

Edsby     

Otus     

Intellischool  

eduCLIMBER  

Gale Digital Scholar Lab  

 

Best Professional Development App or Tool

Finalists:

Share My Lesson  

Renaissance Professional Development  

Pipeline AZ 

 

Best Student Information System (SIS) App or Tool

Finalists:

Classes365    

Academy Connect 

SynergySIS 

Anthology Student 

 

Best Global EdTech Leader 

Finalists:

Glynn Willett and Wade Willett Founders of MobyMax     

Todd Brekhus, Chief Product Officer at Renaissance Learning 

Jamie Candee, President and CEO of Edmentum  

 

Best Global EdTech Company

Finalists:

MobyMax    

Otus     

Linewize     

LocknCharge   

Renaissance  

Edmentum   

Promethean, Inc. 

 

Best Global EdTech Startup

Finalists:

Edukoya

Gamar   

Classes365   

 

Best K-12 School Leader

Finalists:

Dr. Laura Stout, Executive Director of School Leadership at Corpus Christi Independent School District

Elizabeth Shaw, Chief Executive Officer at Chicago International Charter School

Dr. Usamah Rodgers, Assistant Superintendent at Dallas ISD

 

Best Higher Education Leader

Finalists:

Roslyn Clark Artis, JD, EdD, President at Benedict College

Janet Napolitano, President at University of California

Elmira Mangum, Vice President at Cornell University

 

Best School District Technology Coordinator/Director

Finalists:        

Adrian Cepero, District Technology Coordinator, Hackensack Public Schools, Hackensack, NJ

Chris Long, Educational Technology Coordinator, Huntington Beach Union High School District, Huntington Beach, CA

Nora Laho, District Technology Coordinator and Instructional Technology Coach at Public Schools of CLK

 

Best K-12 Teacher

Finalists:

Chloe Peterson, Teacher at Elevate K-12

Judy Williams, Teacher at Arizona School for the Deaf and the Blind

Aileen Gendrano Adao, Los Angeles Unified School District

 

Best College/University Professor

Finalists:

Sangeeta Bhatia, Professor, MIT

Hope Rias, Assistant Professor at Bridgewater College

Derek D. Bardell, Professor of Business Administration at Delgado Community College

 

Best EdTech PR Firm

Finalists:

Publicize  

PRlab   

Young & Associates