News & Events

Information about Peggy's upcoming appearances, recent press, and other news.

 

Meet Peggy at...

Florida Educational Computing Conference, Orlando, Florida, January 21-24

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida, March 14-16



 

Parents' Choice Foundation Names Peggy Healy Stearns to their Sandbox Summit Advisory Board

Peggy has been named to the Advisory Board of the Sandbox Summit™, a project of the Parents’ Choice Foundation™. The Sandbox Summit promotes research that addresses how technology affects the ways kids play, learn, and connect in today’s world. The group also organizes high-energy panels, hands-on demonstrations, and conferences. The goal of the Sandbox Summit ™ is to ensure that the next generation of players becomes active innovators rather than passive consumers of technology


Peggy In the Press

 

Stationery Studio, designed by Peggy with art by Peter H. Reynolds, was named ALA Notable Software for 2007 by the American Library Association. This is the latest accolade for Stationery Studio, an innovative program that is really two tools in one – an introductory word processor and a tool for creating stationery with customized lines and layouts for handwritten activities. Click here for more information.

 


 

 

Stationery Studio was honored with the 2007 Parents' Choice Recommended Software Award.

 

 

 

Click here to see Peggy's other awards.


Two of Peggy's software programs have been selected for inclusion in Scholastic's Tom Snyder Productions 21st Century Tools Bundle. The software titles in this bundle are research based and aligned with national and state standards, complementing all aspects of your elementary curriculum. Click here for more information.

FableVision has released the Spring Holidays & Seasons Collection, an add-on for Peggy's award-winning Stationery Studio. This new collection includes dozens of additional designs by Peter H. Reynolds and the artists at FableVision, plus five new ready-made activities. The Spring add-on follows on the heels of the successful Fall Holidays and Seasons collection. Click here for more information.

FREE Stationery Studio trial version! Great news for all those who’ve heard the buzz about Stationery Studio! You can now download a FREE trial version at http://www.fablevision.com/stationerystudio/product.htm. Click on the green circle to download. This is a full-working version with one exception - you can print and save only 10 or the 226 borders and shapes. But the software never expires, so feel free to write and print away.

The Parents' Choice Foundation is featuring Peggy's articles and software on their website. Parents' Choice, the nation’s oldest non-profit guide to children’s media and toys, gets over one million unique visitors a year, a number that is growing rapidly thanks to their new collaboration with TiVo. Check out the activities below along with a wealth of other free resources at the Parents' Choice Foundation.

Create a 3D Town & Nurture Young Explorers

Inspiring Gratitude: Cool Stationery for Thank You Notes

Create a Letter Writing Kit to Help Kids Connect

Apple continues to feature Peggy’s software!

Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast: Peggy is enjoying connecting with kids through her volunteer work with the soon-to-open Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast and their “Dig It” outreach program in the schools, which introduces children to archeology and the Ais Indians. The Children’s Museum exhibits, designed by the same folks who created Disney World, will feature numerous interactive exhibits including a full size Spanish Galleon.

 


 

Featured profile on the State University of New York Alumni Website
http://alumni.buffalo.edu/profile_stearns.html

Technology and Learning article:
http://techlearning.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=60400212