{"id":8674,"date":"2020-05-12T03:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/?p=8674"},"modified":"2020-05-12T03:44:56","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T22:14:56","slug":"mad-learn-named-edtech-awards-2020-trendsetter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/mad-learn-named-edtech-awards-2020-trendsetter\/","title":{"rendered":"MAD-learn named EDTECH AWARDS 2020 Trendsetter!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><i>Congratulations and a very big acknowledgment to edtech\u2019s best and brightest innovators, leaders, and trendsetters!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2020 has kicked off on a rough note as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak continues to surge across the globe. Although we are facing the pinch along with millions of businesses worldwide, news from the EDTECH AWARDS brightened our day. We are thrilled to announce that MAD-learn has been named a 2020 EdTech Awards Trendsetter!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-11-at-22.00.23.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8676\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-11-at-22.00.23.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-11-at-22.00.23.png 590w, http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-11-at-22.00.23-230x300.png 230w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cBeing recognized for our virtual and remote work and learning opportunities for students, along with our ability to bring STEM and technology creation to ANY classroom, signifies the importance today of breaking down walls and intermingling curriculum in innovative ways. Why not build an app about the Holocaust in your history class?\u201d <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">says Alefiya Master, founder and CEO of MAD-learn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finalists and winners for <\/span><b>The EdTech Awards 2020<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were announced to a worldwide audience of educators, technologists, students, parents, and policymakers interested in building a better future for learners and leaders in the education and workforce sectors. Celebrating its 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> anniversary, the US-based EdTech Awards program is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the largest recognition program in all of education technology, recognizing the biggest names in edtech \u2013 and those who soon will be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis year has been different, to say the least. However, despite formidable challenges brought about by world events\u2014including locked-down cities, standstill travel, and closed offices, businesses and schools\u2014we endure,\u201d said Victor Rivero, who as Editor-in-Chief of EdTech Digest, oversees the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhile The EdTech Awards salutes all those on the front lines of help, with an extraordinary shift to online learning, really acknowledging the innovators, leaders, and trendsetters\u2014particularly in our field\u2014is more important than ever,\u201d said Rivero.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Awards recognizes people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere. Featuring edtech\u2019s best and brightest, the annual program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters across the K-12, Higher Education, and Skills and Workforce sectors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Awards recognize people\u2014and the products they produce and lives they shape\u2014 with three main honors:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Leadership Awards\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Cool Tool Awards<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Trendsetter Awards<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s finalists and winners include:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/edtechdigest.com\/2020-finalists-winners\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/edtechdigest.com\/2020-finalists-winners\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The EdTech Awards were established in 2010 to recognize, acknowledge, and celebrate the most exceptional innovators, leaders, and trendsetters in education technology. This year\u2019s finalists and winners were narrowed from the larger field and judged based on various criteria, including: pedagogical workability, efficacy and results, support, clarity, value and potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Past winners and finalists include Claned, Soundtrap, Blackboard, Discovery Education, DreamBox Learning, Edmodo, Edthena, Flipgrid, Freshgrade, Promethean, Scholastic, Schoology, SMART Technologies and more. MAD-learn now joins those ranks. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an absolute honor for MAD-learn to have been recognized as an edtech company impacting the lives of thousands of students around the world in helping them become creators of technology, not just consumers of it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations and a very big acknowledgment to edtech\u2019s best and brightest innovators, leaders, and trendsetters! 2020 has kicked off on&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8674"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8677,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8674\/revisions\/8677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mad-learn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}