FY 2001 Phase I Awards, by Topic

Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

1.    Development of Innovative Technology and/or Devices, for Use in Schools to Detect Guns and Other Weapons in a Non-Obtrusive Manner.    [1 Award]

• USDigiComm
  12460 Crabapple Road, Suite 202-348
  Alpharetta, GA 30004
  — Design of Technologies Other than Standard Metal Detection Devices

2.    Development of Innovative Software Applications for Use in Schools, to Collect, Synthesize and Analyze School-Based Crime and Disciplinary Data.    [2 Awards]

• Informant Technology, Inc.
  231 Cannon Way
  Lansdale, PA 19446
  — Creating Safer Schools in Our Communities Using Information Technology

• Cleverex Systems, Inc.
  51 Monroe Street, #704
  Rockville, MD 20850
  — Safety in Numbers: A Proof of Concept Demonstration of a Middle-Tier Toolbox that Allows Maximum Flexibility when Designing and Implementing an Automated School-Based Crime and Discipline Application

Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services

3.    Development of Technology for Access and Success for Students and Adults with Disabilities in Education and the Workplace, with a Focus on the Built or Electronic/Information Environments.    [6 Awards]

• Cybernet Systems Corporation
  727 Airport Boulevard
  Ann Arbor, MI 48108-1639
  — Mouse-Like Interface for the Hand/Arm Disabled Individual: Head and Eye Tracking System

• Intelligent Automation, Inc.
  7519 Standish Place, Suite 200
  Rockville, MD 20855
  — TalkTiles: A Multi-sensory Language Development Tool and Communication Aid

• Learnimation
  53 West 90th Street 4
  New York, NY 10024
  — On-Line Instructional Tools for Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving to Learning Disabled Students

• Sigma-K Corporation
  511 Clayton Road
  Durham, NC 27703
  — Cursor Control Camera Headset with Voice Recognition Capabilities

• Technology International Incorporated of Virginia (TII)
  429 West Airline Highway, Suite S
  La Place, LA 70068
  — Tools for Presentation of Visual Transitions of Audio Inputs from Music

• Touch Graphics
  140 Jackson Street
  Brooklyn, NY 11211
  — An Audio/Tactile Accomodation for Improving Access to High Stakes Mathematics Assessments for Students Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired

4.    Research on Improving the Sensory or Motor Health and Functional Status of Individuals with Disabilities of All Ages.    [1 Award]

• SORDAL Incorporated
  12813 Riley Street
  Holland, MI 49424-9201
  — NASA Polymide Foam for Prosthesis

5.    Development of Assistive Technology to Improve the Functional Ability of Students and Adults with Disabilities.    [2 Awards]

• AbleLink Technologies, Inc.
  1879 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Suite 100
  Colorado Springs, CO 80918
  — Pocket Compass^TM: A Palmtop Computer-Based Intelligent Aid for Individuals with Mental Retardation to Increase Independence and Self-Determination in Decision Making

• AbleLink Technologies, Inc.
  1879 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Suite 100
  Colorado Springs, CO 80918
  — Pocket Voyager: Making Palmtop Computers Accessible to Individuals with Mental Retardation

6.    Development of Technologies to Improve the Transition from School-to-Work and Employment for Students and Adults with Disabilities.   [1 Award]

• Vcom3D, Inc.
  3452 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 260
  Orlando, FL 32817
  — Virtual Interview Exercises for Workplace Success (VIEWS)

7.    Research in Positive Behavioral Supports and Independent Living/Community Integration to Allow Individuals with Emotional, Behavioral, or Life Support Needs to Participate in Educational, Vocational, and Everyday Life Activities.    [1 Award]

• Positive Behavioral Solutions, Inc.
  15 Walnut Lane
  Fletcher, NC 28732
  — Positive Solutions: A Web-based Program for Improving Challenging Behaviors

8.    Research on Technologies or Strategies for All Aspects of Early Intervention in Infants, Toddlers, and Small Children.    [1 Award]

• Extended Home Living Services, Inc.
  5230 Capitol Drive
  Wheeling, IL 60090
  — Home Assessment and Modification in Early Intervention Strategy

9.    Research, Development, or Outcome Measurements in Cross-Cutting Disability and Rehabilitation Related Technologies and Software.    [0 Awards]

Office of Vocational and Adult Education

10.    Development of Instructional Materials and/or Assessment Instruments that will Assist Secondary Teachers in Teaching and Documenting Student Achievement in One (1) of Five (5) Career Clusters with Established Standards.    [3 Awards]

• Brainbench
  14901 Bogle Drive, Second Floor
  Chantilly, VA 20151
  — Health Science Career Cluster Assessment Project

• Bright Futures Press
  1100 Logger Court, Suite F-110
  Raleigh, NC 27614
  Interactive Knowledge
  3201-B North Davidson Street
  Charlotte, NC 28205
  — CyberScenarios for the Transportation, Distribution and Logistics Career Cluster

• MW Productions, Inc.
  800 Potrero Avenue
  San Francisco, CA 94110
  — IT Online -- A Simulation Model That Engages Secondary Students in IT Problem Solving

Office of Educational Research and Improvement

11.    Development or Adaptation of Emerging and Cutting-Edge Technologies for Improving Teaching and Learning in Pre-Kindergarten to Postsecondary Education, or for Supporting School/Classroom Management and Comprehensive School Reform.    [21 Awards]

• Applied Sciences Laboratory, Inc.
  P.O. Box 21158
  Albuquerque, NM 87154
  — Student Advisement and Motivation System

• Architecture Technology Corporation
  P.O. Box 24344
  Eden Praire, MN 55424-9998
  — An Educational Agent-based Standards Evaluator (EASE)

• Carnegie Speech Company
  4619 Newell Simon Hall, 500 Forbes Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15213
  — NativeAccent Kids: An English Pronunciation Trainer for Non-native Children -- Extending Teacher Time and Helping Non-Native Children Catch Up in School

• Cerebellum Corporation
  2890 Emma Lee Street
  Falls Church, VA 22042
  — Word Up! Software for Remedial Reading Instruction and Computer Training for At-Risk Secondary School Students

• Communication Disorder Technology, Inc.
  501 North Morton Street, #215
  Bloomington, IN 47404-3730
  — Early Literacy Training System

• CYBER Learning Corporation
  1177 Rose Lane
  St. Paul, MN 55112
  — Research into the Design and Development of a Web-based Universal Design Strategies to Improve Science Education in the United States

• Cybernet Systems Corporation
  727 Airport Boulevard
  Ann Arbor, MI 84108-1639
  — Astronomy Distance Learning System

• Digikata, LLC
  365 East Jefferson Avenue
  Pomona, CA 91767
  — Open Source Development of Information Appliance Technologies for Comprehensive School Reform

• Education Career Alternatives Program (ECAP)
  P.O. Box 162179, 3257 North Beach Street
  Fort Worth, TX 76161-2179
  — A Wireless Support System to Mentor Career Career-Change Teachers by Using Personal Digital Assistants (PDA's)

• Imagination Station, Inc.
  800 East Campbell, Suite 340
  Richardson, TX 75081
  — Reading Evaluation and Assessment Development or READ

• KidBibs International
  P.O. Box 822
  Granbury, TX 76048
  — Development of a Database to Generate Instructional Recommendations for Students and Adults

• Knowledge Analysis Technologies, LLC
  4001 Discovery Drive, Suite 2110
  Boulder, CO 80303
  — Latent Semantic Analysis for Auto-Tutors and Assessment in Vocabulary, Writing, and Comprehension

• LetsGoLearn, Inc.
  705 Wellesley Avenue
  Kensington, CA 94708
  — Accelerating the Literacy Achievement of Students Through Technology: The Desing and Development of an Individualized, Assessment-Driven, Internet-Based Literacy Intervention

• MAXIM Systems, Inc.
  1455 Frazee Toad, Suite 100
  San Diego, CA 92108-4314
  — The Use of Network Centric Computing to Provide an Integrated Information Technology Solution in Schools

• NanoSonic, Inc.
  P.O. Box 618
  Christiansburg, VA 24068
  — Nanotechnology Demonstration Tool Kits for Secondary School Science Education

• REVEAL Technologies, LLC
  2101 6th Avenue, North, Suite 120
  Birmingham, AL 35203
  — Ed-ACUMEN: Assessment Rubrics, Advanced Pattern Recogition Algorithms and School Reform

• Roeing Corporation
  2433 South Ninth Street
  Lafayette, IN 47909
  — Increasing Student Learning Through the Use of an Interactive Wireless Network of Handheld Computers

• South Dakota Health Technology Innovations, Inc.
  1400 West 22nd Street
  Sioux Falls, SD 57105
  — Integration of Intelligent Tutoring Systems into Middle School Biology Education

• Technology International Incorporated of Virginia (TII)
  429 West Airline Highway, Suite S
  LaPlace, LA 70068
  — Web-Based Adult Learning Interactive Multimedia (ALIM)

• The Providence Group
  158 East Cambridge Avenue
  Greenwood, SC 29646
  — Web-Based Training for Health Teachers and Other School Personnel for the Enforcement of Title IX and Prevention of Sexual Harassment

• Walker Reading Technologies, Inc.
  923 Tenth Street, SW
  Rochester, MN 55902
  — Remote Access to Natural Language Parsing and Enhanced Text Presentation Technology for Improved Reading