| Applicant Call for 2009 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award
The Space Foundation and the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF) are accepting applications for the 2009 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award until January 16, 2009. The AMF, Space Foundation, and NASA, annually present the Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award in a continuing effort to recognize outstanding contributions by K-12 educators and district level personnel in the field of educational technology. The award is named after Alan Shepard, one of the nation’s original seven Mercury astronauts, the first American to fly in space, one of only 12 humans who have walked on the moon, and a former AMF board member.
Alan Shepard award recipients demonstrate excellence in the development and delivery of technology programs, which focus on aerospace and/or aeronautics. Applicants must explain how their programs ultimately benefit the students in their school or district. All K-12 school and district level educators from across the nation are eligible.
The Alan Shepard award will next be presented during opening ceremony of the 25th National Space Symposium on March 30 in Colorado Springs. The award recipient will receive travel and lodging to Colorado Springs for the presentation of the commemorative trophy and monetary award. Additionally, the recipient will be recognized at a special dinner following the opening ceremony and the winner's name will be placed on a plaque honoring past recipients that is housed in the Center for Space Education at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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