[Bridging_the_digital_divide] AEP Inducts Teachers to Hall of Fame

[Jason Barkeloo]

> EDUCATIONAL PUBLISHERS INDUCT TEACHERS TO HALL OF FAME
> "Sesame Street" Creator Among Hall of Fame Inductees
>
> Joan Ganz Cooney, whose vision led to the phenomenally successful 
> children's television program, "Sesame Street," and Joan Irwin, who 
> has guided a line of professional publications to international 
> praise, share a fundamental trait with Tom Snyder, who expanded his 
> knowledge of computer programs into an award-winning software company. 
> That trait? All three began as teachers.
>
> On December 2, 2004, these three teachers will share one more 
> achievement: Each will be inducted into the Association of Educational 
> Publishers Hall of Fame. Inductees are nominated by AEP members and 
> chosen by the Board of Directors on the basis of lifetime work and 
> contributions to the field of educational publishing. They are 
> presented to the Hall of Fame by a close friend or family member who 
> outlines their unique careers.
>
> The ninth annual AEP Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held at 
> the prestigious Waldorf=Astoria Hotel in New York City, with 
> approximately 300 members and guests in attendance.
>
>  In 1995, Joan Ganz Cooney was presented with this nation's highest 
> civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The award 
> underscored a lifetime of innovative educational programs for children 
> fostered by the woman who earned her B.A. in teaching and found a way 
> to teach millions of youngsters at a time. As president of Sesame 
> Workshop (formerly Children's Television Workshop), producers of the 
> seminal educational television program, "Sesame Street", Cooney taught 
> the world that television can be a major beneficial force in childrens 
> education.
>
> Still in production, "Sesame Street" today is seen by hundreds of 
> millions of children in nearly a hundred countries. The various 
> programs developed by Sesame Workshop have earned numerous Emmys.
>
> Cooney, herself, has earned a Daytime Emmy for Lifetime Achievement 
> and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1990. Her 
> induction into the AEP Hall of Fame is the latest in a list of honors 
> recognizing her contributions to the wider community. These include 
> presidential commissions on social issues and membership on numerous 
> boards, such as the Council on Foreign Relations, the National 
> Institute of Social Sciences, the International Radio and TV Society 
> and the National Organization of Women.
>
> During the 13 years that Joan Irwin was Director of Publications for 
> the International Reading Association, she presided over a tremendous 
> growth of the companys journals, books, newspapers, electronic, and 
> online services. Today, the IRA's publications provide news, research 
> and support for 80,000 members worldwide in the teaching profession. 
> Irwin, a teacher of reading and literature at all school levels, 
> stamped her tenure as Director of Publications with an insider's 
> knowledge of the outside help that would most benefit a teacher. Under 
> her tutelage, IRA has garnered several awards for quality.
>
> Irwin recently brought her knowledge to the Association of Educational 
> Publishers where she has just completed a three-year term on the Board 
> of Directors. In that time, she worked to promote the Global Learning 
> Initiative, a far-reaching project AEP sponsors in association with 
> the renowned Bologna Childrens Book Fair. She is also a member of the 
> Advisory Board for Hampshire Educational Collaborative, which designs 
> online courses for teachers.
>
> She is currently the Vice President for Professional Development for 
> Peoples Publishing Group where she is developing a new series of 
> resources for K-8 professional development in reading instruction. The 
> venture will no doubt go well. As one of her IRA colleagues observed, 
> "Joan has left a legacy of success wherever she has served."
>
> The Wow! Factor apparently struck Tom Snyder nearly 25 years ago when 
> he first used a classroom computer to help him teach his elementary 
> and middle school students. Recognizing the teaching potential of the 
> nascent technology in the classroom, he began designing computer 
> programs to enhance the learning experience. By 1980 he had founded 
> Tom Snyder Productions and was deeply involved in using his teaching 
> skills to develop educational software products and services to 
> inspire students and teachers alike. His award-winning software 
> includes "Geography Search," "Fizz & Martinas Math Adventures," and 
> "Decisions, Decisions," which earned many awards including a Codie 
> Award for Excellence in Technology.
>
> Snyder branched into television products, co-creating and producing 
> the TV cartoon hit "Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist" and 
> "Squigglevision," a TV show based on his popular CD-ROM series 
> "Science Court" which taught science, math and language concepts using 
> humor and interactive experiments. Both "Dr. Katz" and 
> "Squigglevision" earned top television awards for Tom Snyder 
> Productions. In addition, Snyder took home a Childrens Special Emmy in 
> 1998 for the animation of the HBO childrens special, "The Tale of the 
> Watch".
>
> In 2001, Tom Snyder Productions was acquired by Scholastic, the global 
> childrens publishing and media company. Today, Tom Snyder Productions 
> is a leading developer and publisher of interactive educational 
> software for K-12 classrooms, producing such well-known products as 
> Timeliner 5.0 and Thinking Reader(tm). The company carries more than 
> 125 award-winning educational software titles, covering each 
> curriculum area, to help teachers integrate technology into their 
> classrooms. Snyder continues to employ his creativity as a consultant 
> to his former company, and by writing a musical and pursuing his 
> passion as an amateur rock musician and composer.
>
> About AEP
> AEP, a national, nonprofit organization, represents, supports and 
> promotes the publishers of supplemental educational resources, key 
> tools for reading and learning at school and at home. Its membership 
> includes the giants of the supplemental education industry, and spans 
> the gamut from magazines to television channels, books to interactive 
> computer software and CDs. Please visit http://www.edpress.org for 
> more information.
> >
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Jason Barkeloo
President
TouchSmart Publishing
http://www.touchsmart.net
tele 513.225.8765


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