The Digital Learning Innovations Award is an award to recognize those who are utilizing new and innovative ways to incorporate digital learning into their work. This award has four categories: Student Voices, Education Leader (School Level), District Leader (District Level), and Policy Makers/Program Leaders (State Level).

Applications are due by September 18, 2020.

Winners of this award will be notified by September 29, 2020 and will be given free registration to attend the virtual 2020 Wyoming Innovations in Learning Conference, November 5-6.

Please consider nominating outstanding candidates for one of the following four categories:

Student Voices - K-12 school or district that is transforming education experiences and how the impact of these projects can be heard through the voices of their students.This category is looking to see how students embrace their own education and help to create or implement the innovation.
Example - The Shoshoni CodeWranglers program (2019 winners) turning students into skilled professionals able to create and innovate. Tools are only as good as the craftsman behind the tools. CodeWranglers is all about making craftsmen and craftswomen for the future.  Helping students obtain effective research, engineering, and problem solving skills are trademarks of the CodeWranglers program making it unique and innovative.

Education Leader (School Level including School Leaders):
Example - Last year’s winner, Karla Ludemann, opened up her classes for her students to experience a blend of online and face-to-face experiences. Whether that be in programming, computer hardware, robotics, egaming, or video editing, Karla has opened up opportunities for all of her students.  SPED students who sometimes struggle have found a place where they can feel successful in working with technology – whether it is robotics or egaming.

District Leader (District Level):
Example - Last year’s winner, Frankie Medlen, supports personalized learning throughout the district. Frankie also remove barriers along the way, she is flexible to the needs of educators and forward thinking–always helping to propel the district in new directions.

Program Leaders (Statewide Level):
Example - Last year’s winner, Don Day, Jr. from Day Weather, seized an opportunity to develop and support STEAM education by developing a program, “Iter ad Astra” (“A Road to the Stars”) to have junior high science students in Laramie County design, construct, launch, and recover a high altitude balloon system. His project has brought together curricula from various departments within the junior high school as well as community volunteers from various disciplines to engage with students who learn through hands-on development and experimental activities. Together students build, launch, and recover a “flying satellite.”