This annual award is presented to two teams of a school librarian and collaborating teacher who have conducted an exemplary technology program extending beyond the library to meet the needs of classroom students and teachers. The purpose of this award is to identify, promote, and sustain excellence in collaborative and innovative technology-based projects driven by the school library media center in support of curricular and instructional needs in elementary, middle, and high schools. 

Awardees will:

• Be honored at ISTE's annual conference and exposition
• Receive a one-year ISTE standard membership (two per team)
• Be featured in ISTE publications, on the iste.org website, and in press releases provided to local media
• Receive a $1,000 cash award payable to the school media center (one per team)
• Receive a $300 professional library from ISTE (one per team)
• Receive a $1,000 travel stipend for ISTE's annual conference (one per team)
• Receive a complimentary conference registration for each team member, if attending the conference
• Receive an inscribed award plaque (one per team)

Download information about nomination materials, criteria, and the judging rubric.

Learn more about SIGMS (Media Specialists Special Interest Group).

SIGMS Technology Innovation Award, primary school winner: Mary Carole Strother, library media specialist, and Bryce Kennaugh, 2nd Grade Teacher, Finch Elementary School, McKinney, Texas, USA, for “Adventures with Maybelle.” Learn more about the winning project.

SIGMS Technology Innovation Award, secondary school winner: Cynthia Cassidy, media specialist, and Michelle Cook, language arts teacher, Mount Olive Middle School, Budd Lake, New Jersey, USA, for “Who owns History?” Learn more about the winning project.

SIGMS Honorable Mention:

Primary school category:

Herricks UFSD, Searingtown School, Albertson, New York, USA; Karen Kliegman, library media specialist, and Noel Forte, Technology Integration Facilitator, for "Survivor MD."

Secondary school category:

Virginia Beach City Public Schools, First Colonial High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA; Jennifer Kelly, library media specialist, and Debbie Hague, social studies teacher, for "Conflict Everywhere."

View previous award winners.