May 2009
Yuval Brisker Receives Best of Tech Leader Award
Yuval Brisker, CEO of TOA Technologies, has been awarded a Best of Tech Award from the Northeast Ohio Software Association (NEOSA). Brisker was recognized as Best of Tech Leader at a presentation dinner held Tuesday, May 19 at Corporate College East, from a field of fourteen nominated CEOs. He founded TOA Technologies in 2003 as a way of predicting when an appointment will actually happen and then informing the customer, keeping them in the loop every step of the way, improving customer service and retention. Learn more at www.toatech.com. Congratulations, Yuval!
May 29 | Permalink
Carnegie Learning Program to Help Texas Students
Columbus (TX) High School students struggling in math will have the opportunity for extra help next school year, as the Columbus Independent School District Board has approved the purchase of the Carnegie Learning Program for high school math. The program is designed to target students who fail the math portion of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills test by serving as a supplement to the high school math curriculum with computer and workbook applications. Learn more at www.carnegielearning.com.
May 26 | Permalink
Carnegie Learning Wins CODiE Award
Carnegie Learning's Adaptive Math Solutions software has won the 2009 CODiE award for Best Mathematics Instruction Solution. The 24th Annual CODiE Awards, presented May 5th by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) are the only peer-reviewed awards within the software and content industries. “We are extremely honored to be recognized for our achievements by the SIIA, particularly this year, as great attention and expectation are focused on the delivery of improved, effective instruction in this country,” said Dennis Ciccone, Chief Executive Officer of Carnegie Learning. “We are pleased to be among the companies delivering curricula that advance education reform and create replicable, long-lasting results in mathematics understanding and performance.” Learn more about the company's award-winning solutions at www.carnegielearning.com.
May 12 | Permalink
Atlanta Public Schools Choose Carnegie Learning
Atlanta Public Schools has purchased Carnegie Learning Georgia Mathematics 1 and Georgia Mathematics 2 textbooks and Adaptive Math Software for all high school students enrolled in the District's Math Support program. Implementation of the instructional materials will begin immediately and extend through this summer and throughout the 2009-2010 academic year. In addition to Atlanta Public Schools, over 130 George middle and high schools have adopted Carnegie Learning to meet new, more rigorous high school math requirements introduced by teh Georgia Department of Education in fall 2008. Learn more at www.carnegielearning.com.
May 7 | Permalink
Landslide Now Available on the Force.com AppExchange
The Landslide Sales P3 System is now available on the Force.com AppExchange from salesforce.com. Salesforce.com users can now quickly and easily add Landslide's Sales P3 System allowing companies to leverage their investment in Salesforce CRM to build a sales production system that transforms individual performers into a world-class team of consistent sales producers empowered to drive high-volume sales, high-value sales and higher sales velocity. Applications built on the Force.com platform can be distributed to the entire cloud computing community through the Force.com AppExchange marketplace at http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/. Learn more about the Landslide Sales P3 System at www.landslide.coom.
May 5 | Permalink
Carnegie Learning Partners to Improve Math Instruction in Latin America
Carnegie Learning has formed a partnership with Carnegie Mellon University and universities in Mexico, Central, and South America to develop Cognitive Tutor math software for secondary school students that is adapted to the regional contexts and languages of their countries. The goal of the partnership is to understand how innovative, research-based math instruction can integrate with educational systems in these countries to help improve student math performance. This project expands upon an earlier collaboration among Carnegie Mellon University and universities in five Latin American countries that promotes infrastructure growth and supports the effective uses of educational technology in secondary schools. Learn more at www.carnegielearning.com.
May 5 | Permalink
