Britannica ImageQuest Wins ISTE “Best of Show” Award
July 1, 2015
New honor from Tech & Learning magazine recognizes top educational technology products
CHICAGO, July 1, 2014—Britannica Digital Learning announced today that Britannica ImageQuest™ is a winner of an ISTE Best of Show Award from Tech & Learning magazine.
The winners were announced yesterday in conjunction with the annual conference of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), currently under way in Atlanta. The competition was open to developers of educational-technology products attending the conference. This was first time the awards were given.
“Selected Tech & Learning advisors scoured the show floor on the first day of ISTE, investigating the latest and greatest announcements from the participating vendors,” the magazine’s announcement said.
Britannica’s ImageQuest resource for schools and libraries provides nearly three million rights-cleared photos and other images for homework, classroom activities and lesson plans. Images come from more than 50 of the best collections in the world, including the Bridgeman Art Gallery, Dorling Kindersley Images, Getty Images, the National Geographic Society and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
ImageQuest has been praised by educators and reviewers, and a newly released version of the product includes a host of features that make finding and working with images easier and more efficient.
More information about Britannica ImageQuest and other Britannica products is available at 1-800-621-3900 and http://info.eb.com.
About Britannica Digital Learning
Britannica Digital Learning (BDL) provides reliable, high-quality products and solutions for educators and students in grades PreK-16. BDL products are created by scholarly experts, skilled editors, educators and curriculum specialists. They’re designed to ignite curiosity and collaboration in students and make teaching and learning more effective. Products include Britannica® School, SmartMath™ and Pathways: Science™. BDL is a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and is headquartered in Chicago.
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