In this 5th year of the Technish, we selected what we considered to be the best at the conference in several traditional, people, and just plain old goofy categories. This year we wish to emphasize that these are selections of this private publication, and are not to be connected to any other organization. There were so many fine products at the show, selection was even more difficult than in previous years. A great deal of the difficulty is based on the responsiveness of producers to educators' requests. Products have vastly improved.
Part is based on the show's annually increasing size.
Part is based on the fact that there just aren't enough people to cover all of the presentations. The reasons are less important than the fact that this is what we liked best of what we saw. With that in mind, these were our choices for this year. This category was new last year and was not any easier this year. Ultimately the decision came down to practicality, decision authority level, and the publisher's change from a tech head to a classroom teacher again.