Web Marketing Association Names Best Music Web Site Following 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) November 8, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Music Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet's premier website award competition.

"Music Web sites excel in design, use of technology, and content," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "Users come to music sites for the content, but they stay for the experience. Music sites can build the most loyal following by effective uses of technology to stream rich media content to user's online enjoyment."

Music websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Advertising Web Site Following 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) November 8, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Advertising Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet's premier website award competition.

"Advertising sites tend to score well in content and design, but lag in interactivity, copywriting, and ease of use," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "Because these sites tend to be showcases for a firm's work, they score significantly above the average in innovation. Flash seems to be the dominate technology in advertising sites in order to enhance the user experience with movement and sound. Unfortunately, this sometimes has a negative effect on the site's ease of use and navigation."

Advertising websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Web Marketing Association Names Best Event Web Site Following 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) November 8, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Event Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet's premier website award competition.

"Events Web sites have generally been in line with the overall Web standards of excellence, but have slightly underperformed the average in five of eight years evaluated," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "They tend to be information driven and relatively conservative in adopting new technologies leaving them right at the average for current web development."

Events websites represent a highly competitive industry within the WebAward competition. Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including:

Pearson Wins Three 2011 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE Awards

New York, NY (PRWEB) May 26, 2011

Acknowledging Pearsons continued leadership in education technology innovation, the Software & Information Industry Association recognized three of the companys online programs with prestigious 2011 CODiE Awards. Hospitality and Tourism Interactive, an experience for exploring careers in the hospitality industry; MyMathLab Algebra I and II, a homework and assessment program; and Words Their Way Online Workshop, an interactive professional development tool, were honored as the best in the industry in the celebrated technology awards competition.

Established in 1986, the CODiE Awards honor outstanding achievement across the software, digital information and education technology industries. Nominated products undergo an intensive review by subject matter experts, analysts, journalists and other respected authorities in education technology. This years 30 education CODiE winners were selected from more than 425 nominations.

Technology is transforming learning for students of all ages and abilities, said Gary June, Chief Global Marketing Officer at Pearson. We are honored to receive this recognition from our peers at the SIIA, as it reinforces our strategy of investing in and leveraging technology for learning solutions that are proven to increase student performance and workforce training. Pearsons three CODiE winners exemplify how targeted, online learning prepares students for success in college and careers, as well as supports the continued professional development of educators.

Winner of the Best Education Game or Simulation Category, Hospitality & Tourism Interactive uses activity-based learning to allow college students to gain practical experience in developing customer service, service quality and leadership skills. Set in the virtual world of Little Wolfe Island, Hospitality & Tourism Interactive features 16 properties on the island, including a fine-dining restaurant, casual dining establishment, full-service hotel, boutique hotel, tiki bar, casino, water park and ecotourism rainforest tour. Students meet characters (avatars) that share information about their jobs and give activities to complete. To watch a video about Hospitality & Tourism Interactive, click here.

Earning the CODiE Award for Best Mathematics Instructional Solution, MyMathLab Algebra I and II features e-Courses by award-winning author Elayn Martin-Gay. Pearsons groundbreaking online math program provides a wealth of learning tools and resources for students of all levels, including personalized study plans; homework, quizzes and tests with immediate feedback; a fully interactive eText; more than 1,500 videos per course; and a Student Organizer for help with note-taking and practice. MyMathLab is used by more than 3 million students and 60,000 educators at over 2,000 schools, colleges and universities. Last year alone, more than 97 million assignments were graded in MyMathLab. Colleges and universities using MyMathLab have improved student performance by up to 30 percent, while achieving cost savings of nearly 30 percent over traditional lecture courses. To watch a video about MyMathLab, click here.

Winner of Best Professional Development Solution, Words Their Way Online Workshop is Pearsons online, interactive professional development tool that provides educators the practice and guidance needed to successfully teach their students phonics, vocabulary and spelling.

The online professional development tool features videos of real-life classrooms that demonstrate this instructional approach, giving teachers the opportunity to see it in action. Words Their Way Online Workshop is a mastery course with the versatility to be completely self-paced or integrated into in-service sessions for teachers at all grade levels. This instructional approach, developed by Pearson authors Donald Bear, Marcia Invernizzi, Shane Templeton and Francine Johnston, teaches word study along a continuum of five stages: emergent, letter name-alphabetic, within word pattern, syllables and affixes, and derivational relations. Click here to watch a video of the Words Their Way Online Workshop.

About Pearson

Pearson, the worlds leading learning company, has global reach and market leading businesses in education, business and consumer publishing (NYSE: PSO).

For more information, press only:

Lisa Wolfe, L. Wolfe Communications, 773-227-1049, lwolfe(at)lwolfe(dot)com

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New Type of School Helps 17-Year-Old Surfer, Coco Ho, Graduate High School With Honors While Competing on The Association of Professional Surfers (ASP) World Championship Tour

Honolulu, HI (PRWEB) June 14, 2009

Coco Ho, the youngest surfer on the ASP World Championship Tour graduated this June with honors from Elite Element Academy, (E2A) making her one of E2A's most high profile success stories. E2A is one of the first schools set up to offer individualized, interactive education for students who are pursuing their dreams. The online school supports students' pursuit of life experiences while providing a college prep education and fulfills the needs of students who don't have the time to sit in a classroom all day.

Do you ask where the balance is between the desire to excel in something - a sport, drama, or music - and the heavy demand of necessary academics - the reading, writing, science and mathematics? In the past, parents of students pursuing a special talent often ended up sacrificing their children's education. With the help of the internet, Elite Element Academy can provide the opportunity for both. Students no longer have to give up on a dream in order to pursue an education.

Kanoe Ahuna, the founder of Elite Element Academy, was familiar with the sacrifices made to pursue her dreams, she was on the World Body Boarding tour before the internet and had to complete some of her undergraduate college classes through correspondence courses, sending her papers via snail mail from different tour locations around the world. More recently, Kanoe was encouraged to start an online school because of the combination of her work in education and her son, Kilikai's need to travel. Kilikai is a primary student and competes in motocross races across the US, from California to Florida. In her travels, Kanoe kept meeting parents who were looking for a school to support their children's academics while supporting their children's pursuit of being the best in their sport, and this need was fulfilled with the creation of Elite Element Academy (E2A).

E2A is a K-12 Independent Global Learning Community. The vision of E2A is to provide a global learning environment by combining top educational resources, tools and support, allowing opportunities for the non-traditional students. The mission is to offer high quality, individualized instruction while supporting students' special talents. All work is available online and students have access to their work 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Students are supported by professional, licensed teachers and receive a Macbook along with Mac's Mobile Me accounts to allow constant communication with teachers along with most innovative online resources for class learning projects. Teachers are available to help students with their classes from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., currently, Hawaii time, Monday through Friday, following a traditional school calendar. E2A was created to support children traveling for sports, or other special talents but the school is also perfect for families who travel throughout the year for other reasons too.

Many students have already been benefiting from the opportunity E2A provides. Coco Ho, a 2009 graduate, has been attending E2A for the last two years and has said, "E2A is the only way," referring to the opportunity to compete on the Women's Championship Tour and graduate form high school with honors this June. Four of the Junior World Surf Team competitors, Keanu Asing, Kyle Galtes, Matty Costa, and Kaimana Jaquias, also benefited from attending E2A when they were able to compete in Ecuador last April. They competed during the day, completed schoolwork in the evenings, and shared their experiences with other E2A students on the E2A campus life online community board. They were able to work together on a group learning project and created a website on their Ecuadorian experience, earning credit for one of their required community leadership projects.

E2A is a private school and requires an Academic Coach, usually a parent, to maintain weekly communication with their student's lead teacher and structure study time for the student. All teachers are licensed and certified by the State of Hawaii. E2A currently services students from Hawaii to Florida but is now accepting international students as well. All orientations and Academic Coach trainings can be completed via the Internet and by using video conferencing and screen sharing capabilities.

Elite Element Academy, a non-profit, K-12 virtual academy, is an affiliate of the Western Association of School and Colleges, WASC and a member of Hawaii Association of Independent Schools, HAIS. For more information visit: http://www.eliteelementacademy.com or call 877-800-3536 to set up an informational presentation.

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Web Marketing Association Names Best Real Estate Web Site Following 2006 WebAward Competition

West Simsbury, CT (PRWEB) December 22, 2006

http://www.webaward.org - The Web Marketing Association is pleased to announce the Best Real Estate Web Site Winner as part of the 10th annual international WebAward Competition, the Internet's premier website award competition.

"The Real Estate industry is very competitive when it comes to Web development and companies can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts that the award judges provide," said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. "The real estate industry is making a big push to make itself available online and can continue this effort by leverage the judges' feedback."

Each website is judged on the same seven criteria including: