Six MH Products Recognized For Excellence

 

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ McGraw-Hill Education, a leading global provider of electronic and print products for the pre-K through 12th grade, higher education and professional markets, has announced that six of its educational-technology products are finalists in the Software & Information Industry Association's (SIIA) 21st Annual Codie Awards, a program that honors outstanding achievement and vision in the software, digital content and education technology industries. SIIA will announce the award winners in May.

 

The finalists are:
  * AccessMedicine.com, McGraw-Hill Professional, Best Medical and Health
    Information Product
  * Anatomy & Physiology Revealed, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Best
    Instructional Solution: Students at Home
  * Image Vault, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Best Postsecondary Course or
    Content Management Solution
  * MathZone, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, Best Postsecondary Course or
    Content Management Solution
  * SimNet for Office 2003, McGraw-Hill Irwin, Best Instructional Solution:
    Non-core Content Areas
  * WebKey Express, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, Non-core Content Areas

 

"We're very pleased that McGraw-Hill Education's technological innovation and our ability to leverage rich digital content is again being recognized this year," said Henry Hirschberg, president, McGraw-Hill Education. "This SIIA honor is a reflection of our efforts to provide students and educators alike the best tools for learning through technology."

 

Established in 1986, the Codie Awards is the longest-running awards program in the software and information industry. The program acknowledges the industry's most innovative products and services through a combination of journalist and peer review. More than 1,000 nominations were submitted by more than 800 companies for the 2005 awards, breaking the record set in 2004. This year's 331 Codie Awards finalists span a wide cross-section of the software and digital content industry.

 

"The 21st Annual Codie Awards continue the tradition of honoring the best of the software, information and education technology industries," said Ken Wasch, president of SIAA. "When you consider the number of outstanding companies that competed this year, being named a Codie Awards Finalist is a significant achievement."