Awards and Recognition
 
Learning
Magazine's Teacher's Choice Awards
The Tools
for Teaching Video Toolbox has been awarded Learning
Magazine's 2009 Teacher's Choice Award for the Classroom.
In 2008, our Tools
for Teaching Parent Edition was honored with Learning
Magazine's 2008 Teacher's Choice Award for the Family.
Here's what they have to say:
"In 1994, Learning Magazine introduced the
first Teachers’ Choice Awards program. Over the years,
the program has grown to become one of the most recognized
and prestigious awards in the educational market. Learning
Magazine launched the Family program to meet the needs of companies
whose educational products work in the home environment. Teachers
who are also parents evaluated more than 200 products--including
books, games, electronics, software, and more--to choose the
best tools for at-home learning."
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The
Eric Hoffer Award, 2008
Fred Jones is first runner-up for this prestigious award for
the book, Tools
for Teaching.
Eric Hoffer, American Philosopher and Author was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Ronald Reagan in
1983.
The Eric Hoffer Award Mission Statement
The Hoffer Award was founded at the start of the 21st century
by award-winning author Christopher Klim (with permission from
the Eric Hoffer Estate) to honor freethinking writers and independent
books of exceptional merit. The commercial environment for
today’s writers has all but crushed the circulation of
ideas. It seems strange that in the Information Age, many books
are blocked from wider circulation, and powerful writing is
barred from publication or buried alive on the Internet. Furthermore,
many of the top literary prizes will not even consider independent
books or previously unpublished prose, choosing instead to
become the marketing arms of large presses.
The “Hoffer” honored prose is largely unpublished
and the books are chiefly from small, academic, and micro presses,
including self-published offerings. Throughout the centuries,
writers such as Emily Dickinson, James Joyce, Walt Whitman,
and Virginia Wolfe have taken the path of self-publishing rather
than have their ideas forced into a corporate or sociopolitical
mold.
The books and prose of the Hoffer Award are nominated by the
people and judged by independent panels. Since its inception
as the Writers' Notes Award, the Hoffer Award has grown in
prominence. Winners of the “Hoffer” are given prizes,
honors, and worldwide media exposure, as well as being covered
in the annual anthology, Best New Writing.
The Hoffer Award will continue to be a platform for and the
champion of the independent voice.
- 2008 Winner for Reference Books:
- The Roman Triumph, Mary Beard, Belknap Press
- 1st Runner-Up:
- Fred Jones Tools for Teaching, Fredric
H. Jones, Fredric H. Jones & Associates, Inc.
- Notables:
- The Uncertain Revolution, John T. Cunningham, Down
the Shore Publishing
- The Death of Socrates, Emily Wilson, Harvard University
Press
- The Complete Guide to Planning Your Estate, Sandy Baker,
Atlantic Publishing Company
What the panel said about Tools for Teaching:
Tools for Teaching offers the skills that are vital
to creating a successful classroom - an environment that is
productive and enjoyable to both teachers and students. In
an easy to follow format (featuring eight sections and 25 chapters),
Tools for Teaching synthesizes management of discipline, instruction
and motivation into a workable system that enables teachers
to reduce the stress typically associated with the profession.
The book includes practical and detailed examples and delightful
illustrations, as well as a DVD. Each chapter utilizes a highlighted
sidebar to provide an overview or preview to the chapter's
contents, and throughout, bold quotations and sidebars focus
attention on key aspects. This is a comprehensive guide all
teachers can utilize.
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The Mom's Choice Award
The Just for Mom Foundation
The Tools
for Teaching Parent Edition has been awarded the 2005 Mom's
Choice Award in the Children's DVD category. From their web
site:
"Our main goal in supporting this contest is to bring
new authors with positive messages to the world and to the real
buyers of children’s works, which are moms," said
Tara Paterson, a successful business-mom, and mother of two
boys ages 7 and 3. Ms. Paterson is President and Founder of
the Just For Mom Foundation, a not-for-profit work that is committed
to assisting mothers around the world. Ms. Paterson has been
seen on CBS’ 48 Hours, the Today Show, the Early Show,
and has been written about in the Washington Post.
Award Judges include, along with Ms. Patterson and others:
- Twila Liggett - Executive Producer/Creator of the Reading
Rainbow
- Julie Aigner-Clark - Creator of Baby Einstein
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The Golden Lamp Award
from the Association for Educational Publishers
Tools
for Teaching is one of four honorees in the Book category
for the AEP's Golden Lamp Award. The Golden Lamp Award represents
a major recognition in the field of educational publishing.
According to the AEP:
"Golden Lamp Award winners wear the most
prestigious crowns in educational publishing. They are models
for their peers and are recognized by consumers as providing
materials of the highest quality. To be considered for a Golden
Lamp Award, an entry must encompass consistent overall editorial
and design quality, content that holds the unwavering attention
of its audience, and originality and creativity that rise above
the rest. Additionally, a Golden Lamp entry must accurately
reflect its organization's mission or purpose."
Other nominees for the 2002 Golden Lamp Award in the Books
category include:
- Essay Book Series: American Museum of Natural History
- How to Start and Operate a Small Business: National Foundation
for Entrepreneurship
- World Book's Animals of the World: World Book Inc.
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The Independent Publishers
Award
(the "IPPY")
Tools
for Teaching has been recognized as a finalist for the
2001 Independent Publishers Award in the Education / Academic
/ Teaching Category. According to Independent Publisher Online:
"The Independent Publisher Book Awards, launched
in 1996, are designed to bring increased recognition to the
deserving but often unsung titles published by independent authors
and publishers. Established as the first awards program open
exclusively to independents, nearly 800 "IPPYs" have
been awarded to publishers throughout North America."
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The Telly Awards
The
Tools for Teaching Video Toolbox has recieved recognition
in two categories for the 2002 Telly Awards:
- 103v - Quality Training Videos
- 111v - Best Value for your Money
A special thanks to our video producer Linda Carpenter, and
editor Jesse Hernandez of KIDVISION, Phoenix, AZ.
According to the Telly's:
"The Telly Awards was founded in 1980, to
showcase and give recognition to outstanding non-network and
cable commercials. The competition was expanded several years
ago to include film and video productions. Since its introduction,
the Telly has become one of the most sought-after awards in
the TV, commercial and video industry."
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