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Fox Macon: Gray Elementary Students Increasing Test Scores

Apr 19th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

“Over the past six to eight weeks, the improvement in the overall view of everything they are doing has just been tremendous.  It only makes them better.” says Marty Harrington of Gray Elementary School. Teachers using Qtopia at Gray are hoping that this improvement in understanding math skills will carry over to CRCT test scores.



Carmi Times: Unit Five board gets first-hand look at high-tech classrooms

Apr 18th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Barry Cleveland Carmi, Ill. As difficult as it may be to imagine, the day may come-and soon-when textbooks are obsolete and no longer extensively used in the Carmi-White County school system. Members of the Unit Five school board, administrators, other staff members and local media got a look at a new, state-of-the-art learning environment Monday [...]



Scholastic Best in Tech Today: Qtopia

Apr 17th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Qtopia &1:1: Bob Richardson Instructional Tech Coordinator Reviewer: Bob Richardson Position: Instructional Technology Coordinator & Teacher District/School: Orange County Public Schools, Central Florida Leadership Academy Products: Qtopia, Qwizdom (Q4s & Q7s)   Goals: The ultimate goal is to move to a 1:1 computing platform. We tested, and then added netbooks to the classrooms.  Every class has a [...]



NBC Macon: Gray Elementary Embraces New Technology Learning

Apr 15th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Local elementary school students are learning in a brand new way. Teachers now have instant access to student comprehension data, before moving on to the next lesson. Students are able to put video gaming and text messaging to use, while grasping a new concept.



The Telegraph: New learning tool brings video gaming to Gray Elementary classrooms

Apr 14th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

By CARYN GRANT – cgrant@macon.com GRAY — Peek into Marty Harrington’s Gray Elementary School classroom and you’ll see some kids playing video games on their computers while others are busy figuring out math problems on their screens. Those gamers aren’t troublemakers goofing off in class. Quite the contrary. They are the students who have completed [...]



NBC Texoma: Primary School Goes Hi-Tech With Qwizdom Program

Apr 13th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

ARDMORE, OK– The Plainview School District is taking your child’s education high tech using interactive technology that allows students to be more involved. Meredith Saldana takes a look at this unique system. Remember the days of blackboards and projectors? Well, at Plainview Primary School they’re taking kids out of the old days and firmly in [...]



Scholastic: Qwizdom Answers with Qs: Teacher Carlos Fernandez

Apr 13th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Reviewer: Carlos Fernandez Position: 8th Grade American History Teacher School: Raa Middle School Location: Tallahassee, FL Number of Students in School: 900+ Products: Qwizdom Q2 & Q7s Goals: The Q2s and Q7s allowed me to bring a higher level of technology usage into the classroom. My goals in the beginning of the year consisted of [...]



Newbury Today: Encouraging healthy choices in schools

Apr 11th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage, News Tips

New interactive technology funded by Newbury Rotary Club will help encourage healthy lifestyle choices among pupils Primary school children will be encouraged to make healthy lifestyle choices by new interactive technology funded by Newbury Rotary Club. The new technology called Qwizdom will be taken to schools across West Berkshire by the Life Education Centres Thames [...]



eSchool News: Qwizdom launches game-based platform for learning and practicing K-8 skills

Mar 23rd, 2011 | By admin | Category: News Coverage

Qwizdom has developed a free online learning platform for students in grades K-8, called Qtopia, with thousands of ready‐to‐use practice materials—including educational activities, games, and homework—that are accessible from any internet-connected computer. “What we have created is an online community for students and teachers that makes learning successful, measurable, and fun,” said Darin Beamish, CEO of [...]



Scholastic: Learning by Clicker

Mar 22nd, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Forget attendance and simple answers—today’s schools are using personal response devices to disrupt the traditional ways students are taught. By Pamela H. Derringer As more schools introduce clickers, or personal response devices, into every classroom, the way these small devices are being used is becoming more sophisticated, more intrusive, and more vital to teaching and [...]