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Georgia Department of Education to Announce Program for Providing Free Training to Teachers on How to Use Innovative Online Education Resources From Thinkfinity.org
Teachers throughout Georgia will be eligible to receive free training to use the innovative resources of Thinkfinity.org, through a grant from the Verizon Foundation that will be announced at 9 a.m. Wednesday, May 7. Thinkfinity.org is the Verizon Foundation’s comprehensive online portal to more than 55,000 educational and literacy resources for teachers, parents and students. — StreetInsider.com

Next-Gen Educator Earns USDLA Award for Innovative Mediasite Course
A professor and her Mediasite coursecast won the highest accolades at the United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA) National Conference. Professor Diane Zorn won the USDLA Excellence in Teaching for Online Distance Learning award for her use of Sonic Foundry’s market-leading webcasting platform in a fully-online, rich media Philosophy course at York University. — PRNewswire

The Boston Digital Bridge Foundation Wins National Verizon Tech Savvy Award
The Boston Digital Bridge Foundation’s Technology Goes Home @ School Program at the Lilla G. Frederick Middle School has been selected as the national winner of the Second Annual Verizon Tech Savvy Awards. Through the Technology Goes Home program, Boston public school teachers provide computer and technology training to students and their parents after school or on weekends. — Media Newswire