Awards

2021 EdTech Breakthrough Award – Classroom Technology Innovation of the Year for MimioConnect Blended Learning Platform

The mission of the EdTech Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work, and success in a range of educational technology categories, including Student Engagement, School Administration, Adaptive Learning, STEM Education, e-Learning, Career Preparation and many more.

2021 Tech & Best Remote & Blended Learning Tools for Secondary Education – MyStemKits Virtual STEM Activities and MConnect

Tech & Learning Names the Winners of the 2021 Best Remote & Blended Learning Tools. T&L’s judges deemed these products as standouts for helping students, parents, and teachers succeed in these new learning environments.

2021 Tech & Best Remote & Blended Learning Tools for Primary Education – MyStemKits Virtual STEM Activities and MConnect

Tech & Learning Names the Winners of the 2021 Best Remote & Blended Learning Tools. T&L’s judges deemed these products as standouts for helping students, parents, and teachers succeed in these new learning environments.

2020 Tech & Learning Virtual ISTE Best at Show Award – MimioConnect, MyStemKits and Robo 3D, and Boxlight EOS Professional Development  

ISTE offered its first virtual conference in November that consisted of a full week of workshops, sessions, and expert advice. ISTE judges were able to check out the latest technology on display in the virtual exhibit hall to evaluate those products that were nominated for Tech & Learning’s annual Best of Show at ISTE. The judges rated their impressions of individual products on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as value, uniqueness in the market, and the product’s ability to solve specific problems for educators and administrators.

THE Journal 2020 New Product Award Winner – MimioConnect Wins Best Remote/Distance Learning Program

The Education Group of 1105 Media, THE Journal’s parent company, launched the awards program this year to recognize leading product and service providers in the education sector. The awards honor the outstanding product development achievements of manufacturers and suppliers whose products or services are considered to be particularly noteworthy in the transformation of education technology.

THE Journal 2020 New Product Award Winner – MyStemKits Virtual STEM Kits Wins Best STEM/STEAM Program/Curriculum and Robotics System/Curriculum

The Education Group of 1105 Media, THE Journal’s parent company, launched the awards program this year to recognize leading product and service providers in the education sector. The awards honor the outstanding product development achievements of manufacturers and suppliers whose products or services are considered to be particularly noteworthy in the transformation of education technology.

2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence Winner – MyStemKits powered by Mimio (Software)

Tech & Learning is pleased to announce the winners of its 39th annual Awards of Excellence Contest. This select group represents products that are unique in the K-12 market, help schools solve specific problems, and drive innovation during a challenging time for education. Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts who applied their years of experience and expertise to their selections.

2020 Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence Winner – The Distance Teaching Essentials (DTE) Program by Boxlight-EOS (Education Enterprise Solution)

Tech & Learning is pleased to announce the winners of its 39th annual Awards of Excellence Contest. This select group represents products that are unique in the K-12 market, help schools solve specific problems, and drive innovation during a challenging time for education. Winners were selected by a panel of industry experts who applied their years of experience and expertise to their selections.

2019 Tech Edvocate Award Winner– Boxlight’s MimioClarity Classroom Audio Distribution System (Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool)

The Edvocate narrowed down the top edtech companies, products, people and more to those innovations that transform the way people learn and how educators teach. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator and two PreK-12 parents. The MimioClarity audio system was the winner for Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool.

2019 Tech Edvocate Award Finalist– Boxlight’s Mimio MyBot Educational Robotic System (Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool)

The Edvocate narrowed down the top edtech companies, products, people and more to those innovations that transform the way people learn and how educators teach. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator and two PreK-12 parents. The Mimio MyBot educational robotic system was a finalist for Best STEM/STEAM Education App or Tool.

2019 Tech & Learning ISTE Best in Show Award – MimioClarity and Mimio MyBot 

Tech & Learning presented its eminent awards program honouring great products at ISTE. Winners were selected by an anonymous panel of professional users and editors who scoured the exhibit hall during the annual conference and selected this year’s winners based on their potential of having the greatest impact in the classroom.

2019 Cool Tool Award WINNER: THE EDTECH AWARDS 2019 – MimioSpace for Hardware for Education
2019 Cool Tool Finalist Award: THE EDTECH AWARDS 2019 – MimioFrame for New Product or Service
2019 Cool Tool Finalist Award: THE EDTECH AWARDS 2019 – C3 MicroCloud for Networking, IT, Connectivity, or Access Solution

In an age of rapid technological change—innovators, leaders, and trendsetters are our greatest treasures. If our age is golden, they’re lighting the way. The EdTech Awards salutes creators and champions of the sufficiently advanced technologies that sometimes wow us, seek to help us, and ultimately move us forward.

2018 Gold Winner in the Reader’s Choice Awards – Boxlight Projector

Boxlight’s projector has been recognised by educators for being vital to the job of educating and supporting America’s K–12 students. More than 1,100 education technology professionals voted for the tools they think have the most positive impact on the mission of education. The winners this year are recognised for the impact they have on teaching and learning.

2018 Award of Excellence Tech & Learning Magazine – MimioFrame (Honorable Mention)

The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program honours best use of edtech in a classroom, school, or district. A panel of educators tests entries and selects the winners. To be honoured and/or selected with a Tech & Learning Award of Excellence isn’t just a badge of participation. It is an endorsement that your product or service meets the standards of innovative edtech educators working in classrooms today.

2018 Tech Edvocate Award Winner– MimioSpace (Best Collaboration App or Tool)

The Edvocate narrowed down the top edtech companies, products, people and more to those innovations that transform the way people learn and how educators teach. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator and two PreK-12 parents. MimioSpace was awarded the best collaboration app or tool for 2018.

2018 Tech Edvocate Award Finalist– MimioFrame (Best Classroom Audio-Visual App or Tool category)

The Edvocate narrowed down the top edtech companies, products, people and more to those innovations that transform the way people learn and how educators teach. The finalists and winners were ultimately selected by a panel comprised of two edtech thought leaders, two PreK-12 teachers, one college professor, two K-12 administrators, one college administrator and two PreK-12 parents. MimioFrame was selected as a finalist for the best classroom audio-visual app or tool for 2018.

2018 Tech & Learning ISTE Best in Show Award – MimioSpace 

Tech & Learning presented its eminent awards program honouring great products at ISTE. Winners were selected by an anonymous panel of professional users and editors who scoured the exhibit hall during the annual conference and selected this year’s winners based on their potential of having the greatest impact in the classroom.

Impact Regional Business Awards, Boxlight, Education

The IMPACT Regional Business Awards recognise leading organisations in top industries that are driving economic development and job creation, while enhancing metro Atlanta quality of life. Boxlight was selected as a finalist in the field of Education.

2018 Cool Tool Finalist Award: THE EDTECH AWARDS 2018 – Boxlight P9 Projectors

Boxlight’s P9 Projectors have been named a finalist for The EdTech Cool Tool Awards of 2018. Now in its 8th year, the US-based program is the largest and most competitive recognition program in all of education technology, recognising the biggest names in edtech – and those who soon will be.

“We celebrate who’s who and what’s next in edtech,” said Victor Rivero, who as Editor-in-Chief of EdTech Digest, oversees the awards program.

The EdTech Awards recognises people in and around education for outstanding contributions in transforming education through technology to enrich the lives of learners everywhere.

Featuring edtech’s best and brightest, the annual program shines a spotlight on cool tools, inspiring leaders and innovative trendsetters across the K-12, Higher Education, and Skills and Workforce sectors.

Bett Awards 2018: Tools for Teaching, Learning and Assessment – Labdisc

The Bett Awards are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found throughout technology for education. The awards form an integral part of Bett each year, the world’s leading showcase of education technology solutions. The winners are seen to have excelled in ICT provision and support for nurseries, schools, colleges and special schools alike with a clear focus on what works in the classroom.

2017 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award: Labdisc

EdTech Digest has awarded Boxlight’s Labdisc a Cool Tool Award in their 2017 Awards Program. The distinguished panel of industry influencers and veterans who conducted this year’s evaluation proceedings recognised our portable STEM lab as a “cool tool.” Cool Tool awards honour new, emerging, and established technology solutions that transform education and enrich the lives of learners everywhere. This year’s program featured dozens of categories, including best new products or services, mobile (app) solutions, academic gaming solutions, emerging technologies, professional development solutions, leaders setting a trend and more.

Tech&Learning – Best of TCEA 2017 – Labdisc

Tech&Learning, the publication focused on technology in the learning space, has named Boxlight’s Labdisc as one of the Best in Show Winners for TCEA 2017.

Tech & Learning presented its prestigious award to honour great products at TCEA 2017. The products were selected by a panel of educator judges, who scour the exhibit hall floor during the conference to determine the technology and software that will have the most impact in the classroom.

Tech&Learning – Best of BETT 2017 – Labdisc

Tech&Learning UK, the British publication focused on technology in learning space, has named Boxlight’s Labdisc as one of the Best in Show Winners for BETT 2017.

Heather McLean, editor at Tech&Learning UK, commented: “The competition between each of our entrants was incredibly high and both I and my co-judges were faced with a difficult task in selecting the winners. In the end, the results were incredibly tight thanks to the fantastic quality and innovation shown by all our entrants. “However, the winners each stood out from the crowd for their all-round excellence, and the value they will contribute to both educators and students over 2017 and going forward.

Bett Awards 2017: Tools for Teaching, Learning and Assessment – MimioStudio with MimioMobile

The Bett Awards are a celebration of the inspiring creativity and innovation that can be found throughout technology for education. The awards form an integral part of Bett each year, the world’s leading showcase of education technology solutions. The winners are seen to have excelled in ICT provision and support for nurseries, schools, colleges and special schools alike with a clear focus on what works in the classroom.

District Administration 2016: Readers’ Choice Top 100 – MimioStudio with MimioMobile

The District Administration Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products awards program informs superintendents and other senior school district leaders about products their colleagues around the country are using to help their districts excel in a variety of areas, such as technology, sustainability, and curriculum instruction. This year’s Readers’ Choice Top 100 Products—compiled from 1,500-plus nominations from the magazine’s readers.

2016 Award of Excellence Tech & Learning Magazine – MimioTeach

The 34th Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program honoured new and upgraded software, hardware, network, and Web products. A panel of more than 30 educators tested over 120 entries and chose the winners. Among the high-quality offerings being honoured are resources addressing management, safety, communication, differentiated learning, assessment, and other key areas in education.

2016 Cool Tool Award: MimioMobile App with MimioStudio Classroom Software

EdTech Digest has named Mimio a Cool Tools Award finalist in their 2016 Awards Program. The distinguished panel of industry influencers and veterans who conducted this year’s evaluation proceedings recognised our collaborative and powerful MimioMobile classroom app and MimioStudio classroom software as “cool tools.” Cool Tool awards honour new, emerging, and established technology solutions that transform education and enrich the lives of learners everywhere.
This year’s program featured dozens of categories, including best new products or services, mobile (app) solutions, academic gaming solutions, emerging technologies, professional development solutions, leaders setting a trend and more.

2016 Tech & Learning ISTE Best in Show Award – P12 Projector Series

Tech & Learning presented its eminent awards program honouring great products at ISTE. Winners were selected by an anonymous panel of educator judges, who scoured the exhibit hall floor during what has become the largest education technology conference in North America. The judges rated their impressions on a sliding scale, evaluating areas such as quality and effectiveness, ease of use, and creative use of technology. They also solicited in-person demonstrations to decide which solutions will have the most impact in the classroom and are deserving of Best of Show distinction.

American Business Awards 2015

Education/Instructional Solutions – DeskBoard Boxlight was named as a finalist for Best New Product of the Year in Education/Instructional Solutions for the DeskBoard.

2015 Readers’ Choice Top Products District Administration Magazine

The MimioTeach™ interactive whiteboard has been recognised for making a positive difference in education by K-12 leaders who named it to District Administration magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Top Products for 2015.”
The winners were compiled from 2,100-plus nominations from the magazine’s readers over the past year. The Readers’ Choice Top Products has been announced online and in the December 2015 issue of District Administration.

2015 Award of Excellence Tech & Learning Magazine

The MimioMobile™ App with MimioStudio™ 11.3 classroom software has been chosen as ‘Best Upgraded Product’ in Tech & Learning magazine’s annual Awards of Excellence program. This marks the fourth year in a row that this prestigious award program has honoured a Mimio product. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program honours new and upgraded software, hardware, network, and Web products. A panel of more than 30 educators tested more than 150 entries, in order to select those that demonstrate excellence in educational technology.

2014 Award of Excellence Tech & Learning Magazine

The MimioMobile™ App with MimioStudio™ 11 classroom software has been chosen as ‘Best Upgraded Product’ in Tech & Learning magazine’s 32 nd annual Awards of Excellence program. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program honours new and upgraded software, hardware, network, and Web products. A panel of more than 30 educators tested more than 150 entries, in order to select those that demonstrate excellence in educational technology.

MimioConnect® online interactive teaching community has received the coveted eSchool News 2014-2015 Reader’s Choice Award. This annual program honours 50 of the best products and services in educational technology, as chosen by the publication’s readers.

BOXLIGHT’s DeskBoard was awarded ISTE 2014’s Best of Show from Tech & Learning magazine.

Computer Hardware Product – ProjectoWrite5
BOXLIGHT was honoured as winner of the People’s Choice Stevie® Award for “Favourite New Product” and a silver award for “Best New Computer Hardware Product” in the 2013 American Business Awards.

The MimioTeach™ interactive whiteboard has been selected for a 2013 Top 100 Districts’ Choice Award by District Administration magazine. The award is given to the top 100 innovative products that a record number of K-12 leaders and administrators name as having had a positive impact on their schools. Winners include hardware, software, books and materials, websites, and facilities products that are helping educators enhance learning.

MimioProjector™ interactive projector has been chosen as an ‘innovative solution that breaks new ground’ in Tech & Learning magazine’s 31st annual Awards of Excellence program. The Tech & Learning Awards of Excellence program honours new and upgraded software, hardware, network, and Web products. A panel of more than 30 educators tested more than 150 entries, in order to select those that demonstrate excellence in educational technology.

Fastest Growing Tech Company
Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year
Tech Innovator of the Year
BOXLIGHT was honoured as three time bronze Stevie® Award winner in the 2012 American Business Awards.

MimioStudio 9 software and the MimioTeach interactive whiteboard were among 83 education technology products honoured in Tech & Learning magazine’s 2012 recognition program. This category salutes already-released products that have made significant enhancements since their previous version, and that have evolved with the changing technology to continue to offer the highest quality experiences for educators and students.

Mimio® is the recipient of the prestigious CODiE Award for its MimioStudio™ 7 software, in the category Best Educational Use of a Device-Specific Application. The peer-reviewed award recognises the interactive teaching technology software as one of the education industry’s finest products.

Mimio has received the coveted red dot award in the product design category for the MimioClassroom™ product suite. The red dot awards are the world’s largest and most distinguished design competition, first introduced in 1955. 2011 red dot award winners were selected by a jury of 36 design experts who reviewed 4,433 products from over 60 countries for the prestigious honour.

Mimio wins 2011 Best in Tech Award for Student Assessment Systems

2011 Best in Tech Award for Student Assessment Systems from Scholastic Administr@tor. Scholastic Administr@tor is trusted by administrators nationwide to provide insight into the best education solutions as well as the most effective technology strategies. Every product chosen as the Best In Tech has been handpicked and carefully evaluated by expert administrator reviewers.

BOXLIGHT was honoured as Business of The Year for 2011 by the North Mason Chamber of Commerce.

BOXLIGHT’s LAMPS 4 LIFE program was awarded Commercial Integrator’s BEST Award in the Warranty and Service category.

Customer Service Department of the Year
BOXLIGHT was selected as a finalist for an American Business Award for “Best Customer Service Department of the Year”.

Mimio named finalist in 2011 American Business Awards. The North American Inside Sales/Sales Operations team has been recognised as a finalist in the American Business Awards “Support Team of the Year” category for 2011.

MimioTeach a finalist in the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards

The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) named the MimioTeach system a finalist in the 2011 International Design Excellence Awards – a celebration of design excellence in products, sustainability, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research and concepts.

CEPro Magazine selects best products of the year for their annual awards. In 2010 CEPro introduces the ‘Commercial Product’ category. BOXLIGHT’s ProjectoWrite2 is a finalist.

Pacific Media Associates names the BOXLIGHT ProjectoWrite2 their pick for best products of 2010.

2010 Best in Tech Award for Whiteboard Solutions from Scholastic Administr@tor. Scholastic Administr@tor is trusted by administrators nationwide to provide insight into the best education solutions as well as the most effective technology strategies. Every product chosen as the Best In Tech has been handpicked and carefully evaluated by expert administrator reviewers.

ProjectoWrite2 wins top 5 products of InfoComm 2010

ECOO Best Education Solution 2009. The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario recognises hardware and software solutions of industry leaders which may be instructional, administrative, or designed for increased productivity for the K-12 level.

ECOO Best Technology Product 2009. The Educational Computing Organization of Ontario recognises industry leaders with the most unique and innovative hardware or software solution that captures the imagination of educators.

2009 Teachers’ Pick Award for Interactive Classrooms. One of the industry’s best regarded publications, Scholastic Instructor, uses teacher testers from around the United States to review and evaluate each product.

Scholastic Administr@tor awards Mimio a Best in Tech Award, 2009 for Whiteboard Solutions. Scholastic will recognise Mimio at a formal awards ceremony during the 2009 National Educational Computing Conference (NECC) in Washington, D.C.

District Administration magazine recognised Mimio as a “Readers’ Choice Top 100 K-12 Product of 2007 – 2008.” Staff and readers rated favourite hardware, software, and Internet products.

Mimio received “Best of 2007 Teachers’ Pick Award” from Scholastic’sInstructor magazine. Mimio Interactive Board was a winner in the whiteboard category.

Mimio Interactive + Capture with Studio 5.3 software and wireless upgrade received the “2007 Award of Excellence” from Technology & Learning magazine. The award recognises “best of breed” products that help educators use technology to teach, train, and manage.

Virtual Ink won “Best New Technology” distinction from LatinChannels Enterprise: Mexico, 2005.

For two consecutive years, Mimio received District Administration magazine’s coveted “2002 Top 100 Products” award. The awards program honours superior products in the K-12 education market.

In the computer peripheral category IDG’s Macworld magazine awarded Mimio the “2001 Editors’ Choice Award” for excellence and innovation.

Virtual Ink won three “Best of VARVision” awards at VAR Vision Fall 2001: Best Vendor, Best Presentation, and Best Peripheral.

MacAddict bestowed its “Freakin’ Awesome” rating on the Mimio Macintosh in 2001.

Mimio was awarded the “District’s Choice” award from Curriculum Administrator magazine, June 2001.

Mimio won the “Best of Show” award at MacWorld, January 2001.

Inc 500 Hall of Fame

BOXLIGHT is one of a small handful of companies in the United States to be inducted into the Inc 500 Hall of Fame for being named to the Inc 500 list for five consecutive years. This award recognises companies that have been on Inc magazine’s list of fastest growing private companies in the United States. BOXLIGHT was a member of every consecutive year from 1994-1998.

Deloitte & Touche “Fast 500 Technology Companies”

BOXLIGHT has been recognised in this elite group since the program started in 1996.

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Finalist

BOXLIGHT has been awarded this honour three times.