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October 12, 2007
Shodor Wins Cisco 'Growing with Technology' Award
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Awards recognize small and midsize organizations on a national level for using the Internet and networking technology in innovative ways to fuel growth
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 10 -- Shodor, a Durham, North Carolina-based nonprofit organization serving educators and students has been recognized by Cisco for its innovative use of technology to improve math and science education nationally. Shodor was named a grand prize winner in the Nonprofit category of the Cisco Growing with Technology Awards 2007. Winners were announced Oct. 9 during a ceremony at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood Shores, Calif.
Accepting the award were Dr. Robert Panoff, president and executive director of Shodor, and Shodor's first intern, Monte Evans, who is now pursuing his master's degree in computer science at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.
"We're honored to receive this national distinction for our work," Panoff said. "We dedicate this award to the educators who are using our online tools in their classrooms, and to students like Monte, whose love of math, science and technology drives our desire to help all students to share this enthusiasm."
Evans' involvement at Shodor, which began during his formative years, while he was in middle school, inspired Shodor to further its involvement with local students through workshops, apprenticeships and internships. Through these programs, students learn the latest technologies, mentor one another and eventually practice their skills by creating, enhancing and testing components of the agency's Web site and network.
Shodor's use of the Internet and networking technologies is at the core of its dramatic growth and effectiveness in using computers to transform science and mathematics education.
From its early days in the 1990s, when many other education-focused organizations were utilizing CDs to capture and share their resources, Shodor recognized the power of the Internet and networking, and developed those components of their work.
"We started with one Cisco router and one Cisco switch in 1995," said Dr. Robert Panoff, President and Executive Director of Shodor, "and with just three computational science tools to our name, we were able to easily demonstrate the engaging world of computational science."
"Through computational science, math and science concepts can be demonstrated and explored by educators and students in a visual and interactive way," Panoff explained. "Through real-time manipulation of data representations on a computer screen, end results take shape right before your eyes, adding a new dimension and thereby making them much easier to explain and grasp."
Today, Shodor's bank of computational science education tools has grown to a substantial level and they are widely used at the national and international levels. Its Web site garners 3 to 3.5 million page views per month. Tools such as Interactivate (http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/) and the Computational Science Education Reference Desk (CSERD - http://www.shodor.org/refdesk/) are not only Web site award-winners (2007 Webby Official Honorees), but are also widely popular among students and educators alike -- helping to improve math and science education.
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