School Improvement Network Receives National Technology Award

Salt Lake City, UT, Apr 16, 2012 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) -- The winners of the 18th Annual Best Educational Software Awards (BESSIES) were announced last week, and School Improvement Network's top professional development platform, PD 360, was named the best scalable professional development website in the world.

"The Bessie Awards target innovative and content-rich programs and websites that provide parents and teachers with the technology to foster educational excellence," explain the editors of ComputerEd Gazette. "Winners are selected from titles submitted by publishers around the world." PD 360 is a professional development platform with over 1,800 PD videos, a community of 820,000 educators, and the site for courses conducted by some of the leaders like Michael Fullan and Heidi Hayes Jacobs. PD 360 has won dozens of awards over the years, and has turned around struggling schools all over the country.

"We thank the people at ComputerEd Gazette for their recognition of our company and PD 360," says Chet Linton, CEO of School Improvement Network. "We know that the educators and students who are helped by our product every day would agree about the value of PD 360. We're excited that groups like the ComputerEd Gazette are getting the word out about the amazing technology that's transforming classrooms all over the world." Click here to get a free 30-day trial of PD 360.

About School Improvement Network Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, Observation 360, the Learning 360 Framework, Equity 360, and Common Core 360, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,500 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at http://www.schoolimprovement.com.

About PD 360 PD 360 is an educational tool that has grown to become the world's first and largest online professional development platform. PD 360 answers the professional development issues for each teacher in any district--poor or affluent, rural or urban. Online professional development with PD 360 gives educators the most online tools in the industry including 1,800+ PD videos, 120 experts, 117 topics, with new content added every month and an 822,000-member online professional learning community (PLC). Learn more at http://www.schoolimprovement.com/pd360.

### School Improvement Network, PD 360, and their respective logos are trademarks of the School Improvement Network. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Press Contact: Duane Sprague School Improvement Network 801-758-9546 duane(dot)sprague(at)schoolimprovement(dot)com Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9403053.htm PRWeb.com

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