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6 for 6! AEI at the 2008 American Public Health Conference

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Academic Edge, Inc. went 6 for 6 in abstract submissions to the 2008 American Public Health Association annual conference. That’s a pretty seriously good batting average and we’ll be presenting some pretty seriously good research and development.

First up, an entire session of presentations on Expedited Partner Services, including the following:

Next, we have Peter Honebein and colleagues presenting the R&D results from their state-of-the-art web-based course Just Ask: SBIRT.

Finally, Drs. Goldsworthy, Honebein, and Schwartz will be discussing the evaluation of Every Square Inch: Preventing Pressure Ulcers, a DVD that targets increasing home care providers looking for and taking steps to prevent pressure ulcers among their patients.

Come visit the researchers in San Diego during the { read more }

WSTDtv CD-ROM Awarded 2005 BESSIE Award

Friday, November 13th, 2009

The Academic Edge, Inc. has been awarded a 2005 EDDIE Award for their newest software title “WSTDtv.”

2005 EDDIE AwardThe EDDIES awards recognize innovative and content-rich programs that are appropriate for use by educators to augment the classroom curriculum and to improve teacher productivity. Selection is based on academic content, potential for broad classroom use, technical merit, subject approach, and quality of management system.

Winners are selected from titles submitted from publishers from around the world. All winning titles are made available to school districts, teachers, and the public through { read more }

WSTDtv CD-ROM Honored by SIAA in the Best Instructional Solution: Social Studies Category

Monday, November 13th, 2006

An innovative interactive STD awareness and prevention program for tweens and adolescents has been selected as a finalist in the Best Instructional Solution: Social Studies category by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIAA).

SIIA CODiE 2006 FinalistThe program WSTDtv: Being informed is the first step to HIV/STD prevention was developed to educate middle school and early high school age learners about sexually transmitted diseases, social pressures, and risk awareness and reduction. WSTDtv was { read more }

WSTDtv CD-ROM Awarded Parents’ Choice Award

Monday, November 13th, 2006

An innovative interactive STD awareness and prevention program for tweens and adolescents has been awarded a Spring 2005 Software Parents’ Choice Gold Award from the Parents’ Choice Foundation.

SIIA CODiE 2006 FinalistThe program WSTDtv: Being informed is the first step to HIV/STD prevention was developed to educate middle school and early high school age learners about sexually transmitted diseases, social pressures, and risk { read more }

Harmony Island Awarded 2005 BESSIE Award

Monday, March 13th, 2006

The Academic Edge, Inc. has been awarded a 2005 BESSIE Award for their newest software title “Harmony Island.”

SIIA CODiE 2006 FinalistThe awards, judged by ComputED Learning Center, San Diego’s leading computer education resource, target innovative and content-rich programs and websites which provide parents and teachers with technology tools to foster educational excellence. The BESSIES have had the distinction of previously being co-sponsored by the CBS-affiliate in San Diego (KFMB-TV, Ch. 8).

Winners are selected from titles submitted by software publishers around the world. All submitted { read more }

AEI Receives FAS Grant from National Institutes of Health

Saturday, August 13th, 2005

The Academic Edge, Inc. recently received a two-year, $750,000, federal grant from the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcohol Abuse to continue development of its award-winning multimedia package that introduces parents and other care providers to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

NIAAA & AEIFASD is a set of physical and mental characteristics that occur among children whose biological mothers drank alcohol during pregnancy. FASD has long been known as Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. The Academic Edge produced a CD-ROM to help care providers understand FAS and to seek a diagnosis if they suspect a child in their care may have been prenatally affected by alcohol. The additional funding allows AEI to development version { read more }

WSTDtv Wins All Star Software Award

Friday, September 24th, 2004

An innovative interactive STD awareness and prevention program for tweens and adolescents has been awarded an All Star Software Award from Children’s Software Revue.

All Star Software AwardThe program WSTDtv: Being informed is the first step to HIV/STD prevention was developed to educate middle school and early high school age learners about sexually transmitted diseases, social pressures, and risk awareness and reduction. WSTDtv was funded in part through a grant from the { read more }