Illinois Digital Educators Alliance is an affiliate of the International Society for Technology in Education, also known as ISTE. IDEA members are eligible to receive the prestigious Making IT Happen awards which ISTE announces each year. Deserving members are nominated and approved by the members of the IDEA Executive Board, and the names are then submitted to ISTE for consideration. Our Making IT Happen winners are listed on ISTE's Making IT Happen website each year.

ISTE describes the award as follows:

Making IT Happen is an internationally recognized awards program for educators and leaders in the field of educational technology integration in K–12 schools. The program identifies and rewards educational technology leaders around the world for their commitment and innovation.

Please nominate a colleague who is deserving of this award. Nominee must be a member of IDEA in good standing. Nominees will NOT submit information about themselves. The nomination window, including submission of your narrative and any supporting materials must be received no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, December 6th.

NOMINATE for ISTE MAKING IT HAPPEN

The Making IT Happen award will be presented at the annual conference, IDEAcon, at the The Renaissance Convention Center in Schaumburg, IL on February 24-27, 2020.

Applications will be acknowledged upon receipt. If you have any questions, please contact our Awards Co-Chairs Eric Hansen and Lisa Bergoff at awards@ideaillinois.org.