ISTE recognizes 20 individuals who are up and coming and are already making a difference through their work. Winners have exemplified excellence through projects or artifacts that others can replicate. Nominations and applications are accepted starting in December. Candidates:

• Demonstrate the ability to apply technology to improve learning.
• Continuously improve their professional practice through the exploration of new techniques and the consistent evaluation and reflection on current practices.
• Share their solutions with others as a model that reflects ISTE’s mission to innovate teaching and learning, accelerate good practice and solve tough problems in education.

Award-winning examples may be: executing a new professional development program for their staff, developing game-based curriculum for their students, or integrating global collaboration and social responsibility into their work.