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Six Red Marbles Develops Award-Winning Product

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For the second time this year, the Lab Generator CD-ROM, developed by Six Red Marbles for Holt, Rinehart and Winston, is a winner! 

The product is a database containing hundreds of editable science labs that are searchable by topic, difficulty level, duration, or state standard. The Lab Generator was also honored in the AEP 2007 Distinguished Achievement Awards, winning the category for best middle school technology product in science education.

Most recently, the Lab Generator was one of two HRW products that won the Technology and Learning Magazine’s Awards of Excellence.

The Awards of Excellence honor innovative software and Web products that break new ground in some important way or are best-of-breed examples that demonstrate clear superiority over similar products. 

 

Article is excerpted from Yahoo. 

Two Holt Products Win Technology & Learning Magazine’s Awards of Excellence

Friday October 12, 2:31 pm ET

Holt Lab Generator and Lesson Tutorial Videos Garner Honors

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire/ — Two products from Holt, Rinehart and Winston (http://www.hrw.com) — a leading publisher of textbooks, learning resources, and technology for middle and high school grades — were selected as exemplary education products in Technology & Learning magazine’s 25th Annual Awards of Excellence. These products, the Holt Lab Generator CD-ROM and the Holt Lesson Tutorial Videos, join thirteen other major awards won by Holt education resources in the last 4 years.

"We are pleased to be recognized by the Awards of Excellence for two of our outstanding products," said Allen Wheatcroft, president of Holt. "Our technology products are practical for the classroom and attuned to the educator’s needs, which follow a long tradition of Holt’s commitment to education. Our math videos and science lab generator use digital delivery to engage students and enable teachers to easily customize their lessons."

Read more at Yahoo.

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