MultiMedia & Internet @Schools product reviewer Alice Kurtz was recognized last week as an American Star of Teaching by the United States Department of Education.

Kurtz, a 5th/6th grade teacher at Weber Elementary in Iowa City, is the recipient of the 2008 Iowa American Star of Teaching Award.

She was nominated for the award by a group of parents of current and former students.

You can read about the surprise recognition ceremony in an Iowa Press-Citizen newspaper article posted online at http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200810171517/NEWS01/310170011.

Congratulations, Alice! Your colleagues, readers and friends at MultiMedia & Internet @Schools magazine applaud you!