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1ST PRIZE
In 2007, Curriki was recognized by UNESCO as a laureate of the King
Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa Prize for the Use of information, communication
and Technology (ICT) in education, Curriki.
Curriki is a social entrepreneuership organization that supports the develop-
ment and free distribution of open source educational materials to improve
education worldwide. The online community gives teachers, students and
parents’ universal access to a wealth of peer-reviewed K-12 curricula, and
powerful online collaboration tools.
Curriki is building the first and only Web site for open course of instruction
and assessment. Founded by Sun Microsystems in 2004, the organization
has operated as an independent nonprofit since 2006.
Curriki originated from the idea that technology can play a crucial role in
breaking down the barriers of the Education Divide – the gap between those
who have access to high-quality education and those who do not. Their initial
focus is on K-12 curricula in the areas of mathematics, science, technol-
ogy, reading and language arts, and foreign languages. The site has already
been translated into Spanish, French, Hindi and Bahasa, the native language
in Indonesia where they have trained nearly 1000 new teachers.
Curriki’s repository of open source curricula offers easy access to online
materials that can be customized to meet the needs of any local community.
Users can select and modify existing content to shape their own customized
THE 2007’S WINNERS