Five Organizations Receive This Year's EdNET Awards

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At EdNET 95 in San Diego, Calif., winners were selected for the EdNET HERO, Pioneer and Rookie of the Year Awards, sponsored by IBM K-12, Market Data Retrieval, T.H.E. Journal and the Peter Li Education Group. The EdNET HERO Award recognizes an organization's positive impact on education through technology and telecommunications. The winners were Davidson & Associates (For-Profit Category) and Global SchoolNet Foundation (Not-For-Profit Category). The EdNET Pioneer Award recognizes an organization's significant contribution to expanding the educational technology and telecommunications markets. The winners were Apple Computer (For-Profit) and the California Department of Education, Educational Technology Office (Not-For-Profit). Finally, Ingenius received the EdNET Rookie of the Year Award, which recognizes the industry's most promising innovation by a small new company or free-standing development group in a larger organization. Nelson B. Heller & Associates, Highland Park, IL, 708-441-2920.

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