Teachers'  Favorite Awards:
Best Content Providers

In the spring of 2011, Berrien RESA hosted Teacher's Favorite Awards to select the Best Content Providers for the 2010-2011 school year.

Berrien RESA has been listing content providers' programs since 2000. As the most comprehensive database of videoconference content providers, it has been used nationally since 2002 and sponsored by Polycom since 2003. The Teachers' Favorite Awards program started in 2006 and runs annually in May.

Please visit the Berrien RESA-Polycom VC Content Providers Database for more details on these providers and other content providers. Or browse the full content provider list.

2011 Teachers' Favorite Awards

These providers received the top votes in their category (usually 20-60% of the vote).

• Best Zoos & Aquariums
  • Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
  • Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
• Best Space Science Museums & Organizations
  • NASA Digital Learning Network
  • Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum
• Best Gardens, Nature Preserves, and Parks
  • Camden Children's Garden
  • Cleveland Botanical Garden
• Best Science Museums and Organizations
  • Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum
  • COSI Columbus
  • LearnNCO
• Best Art Museums & Organizations
  • Amon Carter Museum
  • Center for Puppetry Arts
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art
• Best Music and Performing Arts Museums and Organizations
  • Cleveland Institute of Music
  • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
• Best Authors and Experts
  • Adora Svitak
  • Author Janie Panagopoulos
• Best American History Museums & Organizations
  
  • National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
  • Ohio Historical Society
• Best World History Museums & Organizations
  
  • Distance Learning Solutions, LLC
    
  • The Mariner's Museum
• Best War Museums & Organizations
  
  • The Holocaust Memorial & Education Center of Nassau County
  • The National WWII Museum
• Best U.S. Government Museums & Organizations
  
  • George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate
  • Library of Congress
    
• Best Career, Media, and Entertainment Museums and Organizations
  
  • National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Pro Football Hall of Fame
• Best Ecology and Earth Science Museums and Organizations
  
  • Carnegie Museum of Natural History
  • Kigluait Educational Adventures
  • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
• Best Multidisciplinary Museums & Organizations
  • Cleveland Museum of Natural History
  • Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
  • Whirlidurb
    
• Schools, Education Centers and Consortiums
  • Muskingum Valley Educational Service Center
  • TWICE
• Best United Kingdom Providers
  • National Space Centre (UK)
    
  • The Holocaust Centre (UK)
    
• Best Canadian Providers
  • Royal Botanical Gardens
  • Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
• Best Australian and New Zealand Providers
  • National Museum of Australia
  • Reef HQ Aquarium
• Best Other International Providers
  • Global Nomads Group
  • Megaconference Jr.

• Alaska SeaLife Center
• Author Ben Mikaelsen
• Author John Erickson
• Bass Performance Hall / Performing Arts Fort Worth
• Battleship New Jersey
• Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
• Boonshoft Museum of Discovery
  
• Botanical Research Institute of Texas
• Brad Tassell
• Challenger Learning Center, Center for Educational Technologies, West Virginia
• East Central Ohio Educational Service Center
  
• Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge
• Global Education Motivators
• Global Leap
• Indianapolis Zoo
• McDonald Observatory
• Milwaukee Public Museum
  
• Mote Marine Laboratory (SeaTrek)
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Australia
  
• National Maritime Museum (UK)
• National Archives (UK)
• Polycom Special Events
• Questacon - Australia's National Science and Tech Centre
• Sixth Floor Museum at Dealy Plaza
  
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Texas State Aquarium's Aquavision
• Texas Wildlife Association
• The Sheffield Museum of Rural Life
  
• The U.S. National Archives at Fort Worth
• The Works
  
• U.S. National Archives and Administration
  
• Vanderbilt Virtual School

This year we had 445 votes from 29 U.S. States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Highest voting states were New York, Ohio, and Texas.

• Amanda Lewis, Abbotsleigh Junior School, Wahroonga, NSW, Australia
• Elisabeth Miller, North Royalton Middle School, North Royalton, OH
• Judy Kuhns, Spring-Ford Area School District, Royersford, PA
• Stephanie Madlinger, Cooperating School Districts Virtual Learning Center, St. Louis, MO
• Patsi Magara, CABOCES , Portville Elementary School, Portville, NY
• Wendy Watson, Stewart County Middle School, Dover, TN