“Congratulations and well done to the winners of the INTERFACE Awards 2015,” said Greg Adams, Editor of INTERFACE. “This year the entries were of a very high calibre and we have top quality winners.”

Our 2015 winners are …

Best Teaching with ICT

WINNER: Kerri Thompson, Tamatea Intermediate School, Napier – #NZreadaloud

RUNNER-UP: Marc Rowlinson, Northcross Intermediate School, Auckland – Raspberry Pi 3D Cases, Coding and Blogging

Best Digital Resource

WINNER: Benjamin Himme, Carmel College, Auckland – Pathwayz

RUNNER-UP: Sarah Burnett, Upper Harbour Primary School, Auckland – Number Knowledge

Best Coding Project

WINNER: Callie Ballara, Samuel Marsden Collegiate School, Wellington – Robots

RUNNER-UP: Leigh Harvey, Wanganui Intermediate School, Whanganui – RubbishBot

“Also, a big thumbs up to all our finalists this year. The standard of your work is extremely high and you should all be very proud of what you’re achieving with ICT in your teaching.”

Our winners each receive a certificate, a logo to display and a great prize. There’s a Pavilion x360 (RRP$899) for ‘Best Teaching with ICT’, courtesy of HP, a Go Pro Hero 3 Silver Edition (RRP$340) for ‘Best Digital Resource’, and a set of five Raspberry Pi starter kits (RRP$595) for ‘Best Coding Project’.

And finally, thanks to everyone who voted and helped us choose the winners. You all went into a draw to win one of 10 $20 gift cards for the App Store or Google Play. We’ll announce the winners next week.