Press Release - Britannica Digital Learning

Britannica ImageQuest™ Wins ISTE “Best of Show” Award
New honour from Tech & Learning magazine recognises top educational technology products
SYDNEY, 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
announcements
the
latest
from
the
and
greatest
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.
Free trials for Britannica School are available to schools and consortiums. Interested
educators can call (+61 2) 9915-8800 or [email protected] for more information.
About Britannica Digital Learning
Britannica Digital Learning (BDL) provides reliable, high-quality classroom products and
solutions for educators. BDL experts produce curriculum-aligned resources for all ages
from preschool to high school that make creative and purposeful use of technologies widely
used in schools today—such as interactive whiteboards, tablets, smart phones and learnerresponse devices—making it easier for teachers to teach and for students to learn. Products
include Britannica School, Pathways: Science, ImageQuest™, SmartMaths and Britannica
eBooks.
BDL is a division of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. and maintains offices in
Chicago, Sydney, London, New Delhi, Paris, Seoul and Tokyo.

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