During an award ceremony at the Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Microsoft Corp. tonight announced the winners of the 2011 Global Forum Educator Awards.

First Runner-Up: Marina Vasileva (Macedonia): “Grandma’s Games”: Encourages students from kindergarten to college to survey family members and preserve traditional games and culture through information communications technology. Students created videos and lesson plans for the games, and one student created a Kinect for Xbox 360 game based off a family tradition.