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 Finalists 2008Congratulations to the 2008 finalists! Their visionary education approaches have been selected for recognition from applications submitted by educators, school administrators, college faculty, volunteers and community leaders from across the country. About a dozen of the finalists will be selected as winners and honored by CIC with Cable’s Leaders in Learning Awards in June. Read the entire Press Release. |
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| Below is a list of Cable’s Leaders in Learning 2008 finalists and their local cable providers: | |||
 Cable Partnerships for Learning. . . for leaders who are working in partnership with the cable industry to expand and enhance learning opportunities for children and youth in or out of the classroom;
George S. Anthony - Staten Island - NY Time Warner Cable Ronald J. Blanchard - Lake Charles - LA Suddenlink Communications Donna M. Bownds - Fort Hood - TX Time Warner Cable Don Cerrone - New York - NY Cablevision Raedell Coogler & Jessica Fredricks - Haines City - FL Bright House Networks Thomas DeFilipi - Enfield - CT Cox Communications Marycay Densmore - San Diego - CA Time Warner Cable Dennis Graham - Cambridge - WI Charter Communications Eddie Pierson - Signal Hill - CA Charter Communications Jenann Wakefield - Grand Junction - CO Bresnan Communications Janet Watkins - Ellisville - MO Charter Communications |
Pushing the Envelope with Cable Technology and Programming . . . for leaders who push the envelope and/or redefine the education frontier through the use of cable technology and/or cable content;
Jim Heston - Waco - TX Time Warner Cable Laurel Lyda - Fair Oaks - CA Comcast Donna Thompson-Harris - Las Vegas - NV Cox Communications Dan Meyer - Mount Hermon - CA Comcast Deborah Stinson - Mattapoisett - MA Comcast Dr. Frank Watson - Pembroke Pines - FL Comcast |
Media Literacy Education . . . awarded in partnership with the National PTA to a leader who has advanced the teaching and learning of media literacy concepts and skills to children and youth. Media literacy is defined as the ability to access, understand, analyze, evaluate and create media messages on television, the Internet and other outlets;
David Considine - Boone - NC Charter Communications Kathryn Housepian - Perrysburg - OH Buckeye CableSystem Elana Yonah Rosen - San Francisco - CA Comcast Art Silverblatt - St. Louis - MO Charter Communications |
General Excellence . . . for leaders who have demonstrated excellence in expanding and enhancing learning opportunities by employing a diversity of traditional and non-traditional approaches to produce measurable improvements in education outcomes in formal or informal settings;
Jonathan Bergmann & Aaron Sams - Woodland Park - CO US Cable George Campbell - Lubbock - TX Suddenlink Communications Lisa M. Chambers - Columbus - OH Time Warner Cable Lester P. Claravall - Oklahoma City - OK Cox Communications Vicki Davis - Camilla - GA Mediacom Communications Geneva Dorsey - Minneapolis - MN Comcast Diane Downs - Louisville - KY Insight Communications Chuck Estep - Monroe - MI Charter Communications Bridget Federspiel - Dayton - OH Time Warner Cable Andrew Givens - Floyd - VA Citizens Telephone Coop Wendy Marie Hauver - New Port Richey - FL Bright House Networks Kyle Hughes - Clarkston - MI Comcast Jeff Lantos - Pacific Palisades - CA Time Warner Cable Michele Miller - Philadelphia - PA Comcast Sheena Nelson - Eveleth - MN Mediacom Communications Jason Ohler - Juneau - AK GCI Liz Pape - Maynard - MA Comcast Judith Russ - Landover - MD Comcast Dr. Cheryl R. Seals - Fort Walton Beach - FL Cox Communications Mary Tinucci - St. Paul - MN Comcast Bethany Wielicki - Clovis - CA Comcast RaSheda K. Workman - Newbern - AL Charter Communications Randy Wormald - Belmont - NH Metrocast Communications |
