thought some of you might be interested in Marvell's announcement,
either from the side of someone that has an idea for an app, or for
all those watching to see what tablets do for K-12
guy
-------
09/27 11:15 Marvell to Fund Next Generation Education Apps
Marvell announces $100,000 application developer competition
to bring revolutionary new education applications to classrooms
around the world
NEW YORK, Sept. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- In its ongoing commitment to
improving America's education system through the adoption of new
technology, Marvell, one of the world's largest chipmakers,
announced today that it's launching a competition to recognize
and fund the most clever new education apps for classroom tablets.
The challenge invites ambitious, intelligent software developers
around the world to create apps that transform the way students
learn. Three winners will share prize money totaling $100,000,
along with access to Marvell's considerable engineering resources
for support and testing.
The $100K Challenge, unveiled at the NBC News' Education Nation
summit, is a part of Marvell's Mobylize campaign, the company's
long-range commitment to mobilizing technology innovation,
speeding education innovation and bringing to students everywhere
the inexpensive yet powerful tools they need to learn, connect
and collaborate in new ways.
The campaign and the $100K Challenge were inspired by Marvell's
new Moby tablet reference design. The classroom-friendly Moby
tablet reference design is a high-performance, low-power device
based on Marvell's ARMADA(TM) application processor and Google's
Android(TM) operating system. It's the platform for which
developers who enter the $100K Challenge will design their
applications -- and it's perfect for the part. It's equipped with
1080p HD, advanced 3D capabilities and full Flash internet. For
developers, the Moby tablet reference design provides far-reaching
possibilities. For students, it opens vast horizons, at a price
school districts can afford.
"Our aim is to revolutionize the delivery of education in
America," said Tom Hayes, Vice President of Corporate Marketing
at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. "We believe this contest will help
focus the immense talents of software developers on e-learning
initiatives, resulting in new ways for students, parents, teachers
and administrators to communicate, collaborate and advance
education."
Judges in the $100K Challenge are looking specifically for
applications that can be used in teaching math, science,
vocabulary, spelling and other courses common from kindergarten
to 12th grade. Application should feature an online component,
connecting to the web for the best user experience. It should
enable opportunities for social learning, so students can easily
collaborate with other students. It should offer support for many
languages, reflecting the diversity in schools around the world.
It should leverage the Moby tablet reference design's multitouch
interface. And the application's size should be less than 512MB.
Developers interested in entering the contest should log on to
www.mobylize.org for initial entry guidelines. Submissions will
be accepted October 10, 2010 through November 10, 2010, after
which each application will be evaluated by an independent panel
of judges, who are selected based on their accomplishments in the
fields of technology and education.
Winners will be announced at a reception sponsored by Marvell at
the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show, January 6 through 9, 2011 in
Las Vegas. The grand- prize winner will receive $50,000, with
$30,000 going to second place and $20, 000 to third. All winners
will enjoy the support of Marvell's extensive engineering
infrastructure on the way to finalizing their apps.
About Marvell
Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) is a world leader in the development of
storage, communications and consumer silicon solutions. Marvell's
diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver,
communications controller, wireless and storage solutions that
power the entire communications infrastructure, including
enterprise, metro, home and storage networking. As used in this
release, the term "Marvell" refers to Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
and its subsidiaries. For more information visit www.marvell.com.
For Further Information Contact:
Marvell Media Relations Marvell Media Relations
Daniel Yoo Tate Tran
Tel: (408) 222-2187 Tel: (408) 222-7522
yoo@marvell.com tate@marvell.com
[ For info on ISED-L see https://www.gds.org/podium/default.aspx?t=128874 ]
Submissions to ISED-L are released under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, share-alike license.
RSS Feed, http://listserv.syr.edu/scripts/wa.exe?RSS&L=ISED-L
