2010
2010 Winner Profile
Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association
- Project Description: The nonprofit Hampton Roads Telecommunications Association has used ThinkPlex, a set of three portals, to bring accredited online courses to a third of Virginia's K-12 students and offer professional development courses for teachers. By 2011, the association expects ThinkPlex to be offering all core high-school coursework required of Virginia students. Advanced-placement and college-credit courses are also online. Already 7.75 million people are using the service.
- Project type: Web 2.0
- Business Functions: Community Education
- Business Goal: Social
- CIO: Chuck Williams, Director of IT
- CEO: Bert Schmidt, President & CEO
- Headquarters: Norfolk, Va.
- Industry: Media
- Revenue (2009): $14 million (through June 2009)
- Website: www.whro.org
