Dear Friends & Colleagues. --> Please spread the word about CFY's 2007 Family Learning Software Award!
--> Visit http://www.cfy.org/flsa_top.html for more information and nominating materials. Computers for Youth is accepting nominations from software developers for educational software titles for its 2007 Family Learning Software Award. Deadline for submissions is September 29th. The CFY Family Learning Software Award will be presented at the 2nd Annual Computers for Youth Tech Awards Night Ceremony in April 2007. The nomination process provides software developers with SIGNIFICANT VISIBILITY AND EXPOSURE - to an important and hard-to-reach demographic: - MEET THE BUYERS: Top nominated software products will be reviewed by a panel including "Ed Tech" executives from the nation's most prominent school districts (e.g., NYC, Los Angeles, and Chicago.) These school districts are responsible for software purchases of over $5 billion annually and collectively serve more than 10% of America's schoolchildren. - MEET THE PLAYERS: Join us at the Award ceremony in April where students will demonstrate the final five software products to more than 200 executives from the software and technology industries. Share the spotlight with digital leaders from around the country. Last year's winners were honored alongside the CEO of AOL and the CIO of Bell South. - MEET THE USERS: Our Student Software Specialist Team, which consists of inner-city, middle school students from low-income neighborhoods, will test your product, review it, and pass along their recommendations for who should be the 2007 Family Learning Software Award recipient. Please forward this posting widely to software developers. If you have questions, please contact Kallen Tsikalas at 212-563-7300 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] About Computers for Youth --------------------------- Computers for Youth (CFY) is a 501(c)3 non-profit that helps underserved children succeed in school by improving their learning environment at home. CFY partners with public schools in low-income neighborhoods and offers all sixth grade families a computer designed by CFY to be used as a family learning center with educational software, tailored web content, and Internet access. Every participating family attends an interactive, half-day training, and then receives ongoing technical support. CFY also works at the school level, coordinating parent workshops and training teachers how to use home technology to improve student performance. CFY is one of the largest non-profits of its kind, serving thousands of families each year. Its comprehensive program supports parents as learning partners, opens educational opportunities, and reduces the learning gap between low-income children and their more affluent peers. ==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o== Kallen Tsikalas Director of Research & Learning Services Computers for Youth 505 8th Avenue, Suite #2402 New York, NY 10018 [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.cfy.org ==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o==o== _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
