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 [...]

By Ashley Ames• Democrat Staff Writer • Published: March 09, 2011 In Carlos Fernandez’s eighth grade American History class at Raa Middle School, the students don’t raise their hands. They simply press a button, and Fernandez knows exactly who has answered, what they answered and if it was correct. It’s all part of Raa Middle School [...]

Scholastic stopped by Qwizdom’s boot at FETC and included in their round up of the latest and greatest tech for schools. Heres what they had to say: “Qwizdom’s Qtopia offers thousands of interactive activities, games, and challenges. It’s all standards based, and students can move through the material at their own pace. Free.”   To [...]

A 2-year grant brings new technology to schools. By Stephanie D. Schulte – March 12, 2011 Last Friday, the conference room at the Temecula Unified School District office was filled with local teachers learning how to use new classroom technology thanks to a generous 2 year federal grant, known as an EETT or Enhancing Education Through Technology grant. [...]

By MEGHAN McCOY mmccoy@breezenewspapers.com A student response system that engages an entire class during a lesson was implemented five years ago at Gulf Elementary School to increase interaction for every student. Principal Donnie Hopper said the student response system, Qwizdom, is all about engaging students, so everyone can participate. Wednesday morning a Gulf Elementary fifth [...]

For five years, Gulf Elementary has used a student response system known as Qwizdom. Each student has a hand-held remote which he or she uses to answer multiple-choice teacher-designed questions displayed on a Smartboard. The students’ results are sent electronically and instantly to the teacher’s hand-held remote so he or she can quickly analyze student [...]

TALLAHASSEE, FL (WFSU) - Students at Raa Middle School are making the jump from a traditional classroom, to one filled with new technology. As Lynn Hatter reports, gone are the days when just a paper, pencil and textbook were all that was needed. In Carlos Fernandez’s 8th grade class, students are engaged in a race car game. But [...]

  A history class at Raa Middle School is using innovative technology to teach students in a fun way. Smart classroom technology helps one of Raa’s American history classes. The students have a wireless clicker to answer questions, and the students with the most correct answers race cars virtually at the end of the rounds [...]

Last week, students all over Florida were preparing for their science FCAT exams. At Wolf Lake Middle School in Apopka it was no different, except these students were using a new high tech gadget to help boost their confidence and their scores. The students call them “clickers” but formally, they are known as student response [...]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Leon CountyMiddle School students are taking on an old topic and applying some new-age technology in the classroom. 8th graders at RAA Middle School are using smart-boards and wireless devices to get a hands-on lesson in American history. Instructor Carlos Fernandez says the interactive smart classroom gives students a way to interact, compete and get [...]