At pullUin software we are proud of our accomplishments. Here is our news section.

Please Note! News is now posted on our weblog at http://www.pulluin.com/blog. Please see that location for information about what we are doing.

January 2006
We will be attending the largest tradeshow for bird retailers, Birdwatch America, in Atlanta, GA January 13 - 15, 2006.
More information may be found at http://www.birdwatchamerica.com/show.html (opens in a new window).

December 2005
We will be exhibiting at the White House Conference on Aging through CAST. This is an honor to participate in this event that only takes place every 10 years.
More information may be found at http://www.whcoa.gov/ (opens in a new window).

November 2005
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software, will be attending the Rio Grande Birding Festival in Harlingen, Texas November 9-13, 2005. She will have a booth and will be taking presales for the National Geographic Handheld Birds program.
More information about this event may be found at http://www.rgvbirdfest.com/ (opens in a new window)

October 2005
pullUin software, inc. will have a booth at the Technology Incubator during the National School Boards Association Technology Leadership and Learning Conference in Denver, Colorado, October 26-28, 2005. They will feature the National Geographic Handheld Birds program and Creature Control: the Quest for Homeostasis science curriculum.
More information about this event may be found at http://www.nsba.org/t+l/ (opens in a new window)

October 2005
Jeremiah Dibley, Director of pullUin software and Donna Hardie, Instructional Designer and Curriculum Developer will be presenting “Video Games in Education...Are They Worth the Risk?” for educators and professionals at the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2005 International Convention in Orlando, Florida October 18-22, 2005.
More information about this event may be found at http://www.aect.org/events/Orlando/default.asp?clientid= (opens in a new window)

September 2005
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software, was interviewed for a news story called "Video Games Help Train Budding Health Care Workers" that was featured on KMEG news. The story may be found at http://www.kmeg14.com/news/healthwatch/1759166.html (opens in a new window). pullUin was also mentioned in a related story called "Exergames Make Gamers Sweat" which may be found at http://www.kmeg14.com/news/healthwatch/1763626.html (opens in a new window).

September 2005
The software program "New Dawn Estates" was included in a wrap-up article in USA Today following the Games for Health Conference.
The story may be found at http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2005-09-26-video-game-therapy_x.htm (opens in a new window).

September 2005
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software, was a featured speaker at the Games for Health Conference in Baltimore, MD at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. This conference addressed how game and game technologies can meet health care needs. Lindsey Jennewein and Tabitha Lurz were also attendees of the conference and hosted a demo booth.
More information may be found at http://www.gamesforhealth.org/events.html (opens in a new window).

September 2005
VERMILLION-BASED SOFTWARE COMPANY OBTAINS PATENT COVERING FIELD GUIDES FOR MOBILE DEVICES
pullUin software of Vermillion will release patented digital guide for birders this fall
(click above title for Adobe PDF of full press release to open in new window)

March 2005
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software will be a speaker and panel member at the Serious Games Summit at the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco.

March 2005
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software will be a featured speaker at the National SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Conference in Omaha. Her topic: Rural SBIR Success Stories.

December 2004
Mark Prensky
(www.marcprensky.com
www.socialimpactgames.com) has joined pullUin’s group of distinguished consultants that provide expertise and guidance in the design and development of inquiry-based educational simulation games.

December 2004
pullUin software of Vermillion, South Dakota recently received an endorsement from the National Geographic Society for their PDA (personal data assistant) software Handheld Fieldguides: Birds of North America. This software integrates illustrations and written content from the National Geographic Society to assist birdwatchers, citizen scientists, educators, and students throughout the continental United States to both identify birds and record information about sightings.

December 2004
pullUin software has been selected by the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society to work with the University of South Dakota to produce online clinical skills training for their nursing education program.

November 2004
A South Dakota SBIR Phase 0 grant has been awarded to pullUin software to gather data and prepare a SBIR Phase I grant application to design, develop, and test a prototype simulation game module. This game will teach science concepts and integrate alcohol abuse prevention content that targets the unique needs and challenges of our Native American population.

September 2004
Mary Derby, President of pullUin software, was a featured speaker at the Games for Health Conference hosted by the Academic ADL Co-Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in September of 2004. This conference addressed how game and game technologies can meet health care needs.

June 2004
pullUin software is consulting with gameLab (www.gmlb.com) to produce an educational simulation game for middle school science classrooms.

May 2004
pullUin software received the 2004 South Dakota SBIR Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the South Dakota Technology Summit in Sioux Falls.