Short-List

The Pre-Jury has gone through a rigorous selection process to shortlist the WISE Awards 2009 finalists.

Given the quality of the proposals, 48 applications from the total 394 submitted applications were selected.

• Abdalla Amr, United Nations mandated University for Peace, Costa Rica

• Acker Carolyn, Pathways to Education, Canada

• Ayyash Suhair, Walks along the Masar Ibrahim Alkhalil (Abraham Path), Jordan

• Bormann Abigail, Books & Beyond, USA

• Chomba Mugo Bernard, Using ICT Solution to Empower Visually Impaired Learners, Kenya

• Crawford Rob, Leadership for Life Development Learning Community, Indonesia

• Dawood Anwar, Primary School at Wahat al-Salam/Neve Shalom, Israel

• George Varkey, SHAWCO Education Project, South Africa

• Gezguc Aylin, Vocational Education Today: for the Future of Turkey’s Young, Turkey

• Jacquemyn Erik, Girls Only Technology Club, Belgium

• Kieffer Tina, Happy Chandara School, France

• Lindsay Julie and Davis Victoria A., Flat Classroom Projects and Conference, Australia

• Mehta Sheetal, Project Nanhi Kali, India

• Nizam Naira, Bangladesh Global Connections and Exchange Project, Bangladesh

• Rahlves Marc, Escuela Nueva, Colombia

• Vehrkens Kenneth, Gateway to the Future, USA

Sustainability short-list

• Amjad Ali, Jinnah Mission High School, France

• Bellis Patrick, JISC infoNet, United Kingdom

• Bergstrom Joan, Wheelock College’s Center for International Education, Leadership and Innovation, USA

• Burt Martin, The Financially Self-P, Paraguay

• Buszard Deborah, The College of Sustainability, Canada

• Dongotey-Padi Joyce, Widows Alliance Network (WANE) for Sustainable Economic Development, Ghana

• Haj Hussein Isam, Combating corruption through education: anti corruption university course, Palestine

• Leicht Alexander, German implementation of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development through a multistakeholder partnership approach, Germany

• Nair Prakash, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

• Nigro Salvatore, Achieving Youth Potential through Education and Employment in the Middle East and Norht Africa, Spain

• Sanon Adolphe, Solar Didactic panel for the teaching of Physics, Burkina Faso

• Santally Mohammad, The promotion of Open Educational Resources in the Mainstream Educational System of the University of Mauritius, Mauritius

• Sanusi Zainal Abidin, Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Penang on Education for Sustainable Development @ USM, Malaysia

• Tchassep Junior, Halt to the Degradation of Biodiversity in Cameroon, Cameroon

• Professional Development Office (Education Institute), The Implementation of the National Professional Standards for Teachers and School Leaders, Qatar

• Vargas Luana, Introduction to Arboriculture - Interactive CD Training Set, USA

• Bagayoko Oumar, Telemedicine Network in Africa, Mali

• Beggan Andy, The Xerte Project: Xerte Online Toolkits, United Kingdom

• Costa Natacha, BAIRRO-ESCOLA (Neighbourhood as the school), Brazil

• Kam Matthew, Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE), USA

• Levy Peter, Curriki, USA

• Logan Allison, The Total Learning Initiative, USA

• Namuene Gilberth, VAVAN Information Communication Technology Agricultural Sustainable Project (VICTASUP), Cameroon

• Mitra Sugata, The Hole In The Wall: Self Organised Learning and Mediation Environments, United Kingdom

• Morais Delio, Distance Learning in the Amazon Forest, Brazil

• Richmond John, Teachers TV, United Kingdom

• Samanta Nanda, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), India

• Schulte Mark, Student News Action Network, USA

• Steed Cheryl, The Connect Program, USA

• Straumanis Andrei, Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning in Large Classes (Large-class POGIL), USA

• Underwood Heather, MultiLearn, USA

• Wagner Dan, Bridges to the Future Initiative, India and South Africa, USA