The EdTech Awards

The largest and most competitive recognition program in all of education technology.

Recognizing the biggest names in edtech – and those who soon will be.

We celebrate who’s who—and what’s next.

The EdTech Awards recognizes people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.

Featuring edtech’s best and brightest, the annual program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters across the:

K-12
Higher Education, and
Skills and Workforce sectors.

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The EdTech Awards recognize people—and the products they produce and lives they shape— with these honors:

The EdTech Cool Tool Awards

new product or service (released in 2024 or later)
product or service – general
adaptive technology solution
administrative solution
artificial intelligence (AI) solution
arts, music, or creative solution
authoring tools solution
badging / credentialing solution
career planning solution
classroom management solution
coding, computer science, engineering solution
collaboration solution
college prep solution
communication solution
content provider solution
corporate training solution
curriculum and instruction solution
digital courseware solution
district data solution
early childhood solution
e-learning, blended, flipped, or remote solution
emerging technology solution
enrollment & admissions solution
games for learning / simulation solution
hardware for education solution
higher education solution
hiring, internships or apprenticeships solution
networking, information technology (IT), connectivity, or access solution
language arts solution
language learning solution
learning analytics / data mining solution
learning management system (LMS) solution
lesson planning solution
literacy / reading solution
maker / DIY tools solution
math solution
mentoring solution
mobile app solution (early childhood, elem., middle & high school, post-secondary)
mobile device solution
online courses solution
parent / student solution
personalized learning solution
presentation solution
professional development learning solution
professional skills (workforce, upskilling) solution
research / reference tools solution
resources / other helpful sites or tools for education
robotics (for learning, education) solution
science solution
security (cybersecurity, student safety) solution
social studies solution
special needs / assistive technology solution
STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) solution
student data privacy solution
student information system (SIS) solution
student study tools solution
tech toys for learning
test prep solution
testing & assessment solution
tutoring solution
skills solution (a.k.a. 21st-century skills) solution
video-based learning solution
virtual reality, augmented reality (VR / AR) solution
write-in: OTHER (name it)