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• Potential to positively impact educ<strong>at</strong>ion by way of enhanced student achievement, teacher <br />

effectiveness, cost reduction, and efficiency <br />

• <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong> focus and end-­‐user impact/market need <strong>for</strong> the innov<strong>at</strong>ion <br />

• Represent<strong>at</strong>ion of K-­‐12/postsecondary market levels <br />

• Level of originality and innov<strong>at</strong>ion <br />

The Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Incub<strong>at</strong>or winners <strong>at</strong> last year’s Ed Tech Industry Summit were: <br />

• The Language Express, which teaches social and life skills to 3-­‐21-­‐year-­‐olds <br />

• Game-­‐enhanced Interactive Science, which promotes scientific literacy and student interest in <br />

science careers <br />

Clever, which provides a modern set of APIs th<strong>at</strong> allow ISVs to – <strong>for</strong> the first time – plug directly into a <br />

school’s existing d<strong>at</strong>a infrastructure, won Most Innov<strong>at</strong>ive and Most Likely to Succeed <strong>at</strong> the recent Ed <br />

Tech Business Forum. <br />

For more in<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion about the Innov<strong>at</strong>ion Incub<strong>at</strong>or <strong>Program</strong>, or to apply, visit <br />

http://siia.net/etis/2013/incub<strong>at</strong>or.asp. <br />

About SIIA <br />

The Software & In<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion Industry Associ<strong>at</strong>ion (SIIA) is the principal trade associ<strong>at</strong>ion <strong>for</strong> the software <br />

and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government rel<strong>at</strong>ions, business <br />

development, corpor<strong>at</strong>e educ<strong>at</strong>ion, and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading <br />

software and in<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion companies. The SIIA <strong>Educ<strong>at</strong>ion</strong> Division serves and represents more than 200 <br />

member companies th<strong>at</strong> provide software, digital content and other technologies th<strong>at</strong> address <br />

educ<strong>at</strong>ional needs. The Division shapes and supports the industry by providing leadership, advocacy, <br />

business development opportunities and critical market in<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion. For more in<strong>for</strong>m<strong>at</strong>ion, visit <br />

www.siia.net/educ<strong>at</strong>ion. <br />

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