"Classrooms without walls. Education without barriers. Learning without limits."

In the Nov/Dec issue, Elluminate (and its Fire and Ice program) was named one of the Top 10 Best Corporations in Global Development 2008. We're listed alongside such heavyweights as American Express, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Elluminate, Google, GE, and Johnson & Johnson. The article discusses companies who "use technology and innovative expertise to enhance the lives of poor people and communities around the world." It also notes that "many companies are changing the way they operate by bringing in nonprofits as key partners in growth."

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Fire & Ice Program Featured on CNN.com

Recently, CNN reporter Brie Schwartz conducted extensive interviews that culminated in a great story about Elluminate's Fire & Ice program. The article emphasizes how the virtual classroom connects students from around the world, enabling them learn from each other and feel empowered to take action to combat climate change in their individual communities.

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Bringing Heroes Online

Elluminate's Fire and Ice enabled students to share information about home towns, schools, and heroes. Recently, schools in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Israel worked together online to write stories and help each other understand local cultural heroes.

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Elementary Schools from North America, Iraq, and Africa Collaborate Live to Promote Peace

The Machinto project is based on a Japanese picture book about a little girl who is killed in the Hiroshima bomb in 1945. The girl comes back to life as a dove who spreads peace and hope to children in the world who are affected by war. Over the past several months, students from various countries have leveraged the internet to communicate their feelings and thoughts about this topic by engaging in online forums, sharing photographs and artwork, and developing their own picture book about peace and friendship.

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Fire and Ice Project Named Finalist for Stockholm Challenge Award

Elluminate's Fire and Ice initiative was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Stockholm Challenge Award, a biannual international competition that showcases the world's best information and communications technology projects. The award recognizes those ICT projects that show convincing benefits to people and communities, wide social impact, and proof of future sustainability.

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Elluminate Named 2007 Tech Museum Awards laureate for Fire & Ice Program

Sponsored by The Tech Museum of Innovation, one of the country's premier science and technology museums, and presented by Applied Materials, Inc., The Tech Museum Awards honor individuals who are applying technology to benefit humanity and spark global change. Chosen by a panel of prestigious international judges, the Laureates must demonstrate the use of technology to significantly improve the human condition. Elluminate was selected from hundreds of nominations sent from 68 countries for its groundbreaking Fire & Ice online classroom series.

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Elluminate Named to Fast Company Magazine's Fast 50 List for Learning Across Borders Initiative

Fast 50 is Fast Company magazine's annual readers' challenge, a global search for people doing extraordinary things with a goal of reminding the world of all the good that's created when passionate people with big ideas and strong convictions are determined to make a difference. After a nationwide vote, the magazine's readers named Elluminate one of the top 50 favorite companies for its Learning Across Borders initiative.

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