Weymouth Design’s Contexticon Site for the New Testament Language Project Selected as a 2009 MITX Interactive Awards Finalist
Contexticon® Recognized for Outstanding Achievement
BOSTON, MA (October 21, 2009) – Weymouth Design today announced its Contexticon site for the New Testament Language Project has been selected as a finalist in the Education and Learning category for the 14th Annual MITX Interactive Awards. Held annually by the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange, the MITX Awards recognize excellence in the creation of web innovations designed, produced or developed in New England. Begun in 1996, the MITX Awards has grown to the largest and most prestigious awards competition in the country for technology innovations and celebrates the best creative and technological accomplishments emerging from New England.
“The MITX Awards celebrates the union of the big idea and innovation. Every year the synergy between creative ideas and technology becomes more transparent. Our finalists are some of the world’s most forward thinking marketing and creative experts who help national and local brands connect with their audiences through the use of technology” said Kiki Mills, president of MITX. “MITX is proud to be the foundation for our region’s vibrant digital community, and to recognize and keep our creative minds, marketing strategists, technology developers and consumers at the forefront of evolution.”
The Contexticon, developed for the New Testament Language Project, is an online learning environment that enables modern readers to better understand biblical writings in their original contexts. The target audience for the project includes students and scholars of religious studies, clergy, and bible study groups. A highly intuitive and immersive front-end interface was developed in Flash. A customized back-end system was developed to faciliate updating by bible scholars from around the United States. A subscription-based e-commerce system was also part of this project.
“It is an honor to be recognized by our peers for the Contexticon,” noted Tom Anderson, President and CEO of Weymouth Design. “Scholars at the New Testament Language Project had this brilliant idea, backed up with years of research and development, and our creative and development team were able to bring this idea to digital life. The key thing for me is that new web technologies can create new ways of teaching and learning, and Contexticon does this.”
Weymouth Design will be recognized with the other finalists in the category of Education and Learning at a gala awards ceremony traditionally attended by over 1,100 of the region’s top interactive marketing and technology professionals. Winners will be announced at the ceremony in the Boston Marriott Copley Place on Tuesday, November 17th. Tickets can be purchased at www.mitxawards.org/interactive.
The 2009 MITX Awards are sponsored by: PricewaterhouseCoopers, DLA Piper, Google, Microsoft New England Research & Development Center, Sitecore, Blue Sky Factory, Fidelity, Reebok, Technology Review and The Jordan, Edmiston Group, Inc. Creative sponsors include: Atom Group, iBeam, massAV and Viewpoint Creative.
About Weymouth Design
Weymouth Design is an interactive and graphic design agency, located in Boston and San Francisco. The agency, which was founded in 1973, does websites, rich Internet applications, branding programs, market launch campaigns and annual reports. Unlike most interactive and graphic deign agencies, Weymouth Design has photography and video in house, along with back-end site programming and development. Clients range from major consumer companies to major educational and medical institutions, to biopharmaceutical and technology firms. Weymouth Design Website: www.weymouthdesign.com,; Weymouth Design blog: blog.weymouthdesign.com
About MITX
Established in 1996 The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region's premier professional organization for the Internet business & marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,500 professionals in New England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With more than 70 events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. For more information please go to www.mitx.org.
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