Public Voting Opens for Cooney Innovation in Children's Learning Contest

The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop announced that public voting for its National STEM Video Game Challenge for collegiate and professional developers is open until February 25th. Annually awarding cash prizes and business planning support for winning entries, the Cooney Center Prizes for Innovation aim to "inspire, nurture, and scale breakthrough ideas in children's digital media and learning." Last year's "Breakthroughs in Literacy Learning: Innovate with The Electric Company" contest awarded $10,000 to developer Electric Heroes for its project exploring children's learning using digital media. Project Noah won the $50,000 prize in 2010's "Breakthroughs in Mobile Learning" contest. Cooney Center website visitors have the opportunity to vote once for as many of the current contest's 35 entries as desired, with the top-voted team earning an exhibitor full access package for Game Connection and the San Francisco Game Developers Conference in 2012, along with a cash prize. Contest rules and details are available at the Cooney Center's website.