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Scholastic Video Review of the Q7 Tablet: Ken Royal kicks the tires

Apr 16th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

Ken Royal (www.twitter.com/kenroyal) gives the Q7 tablet a pretty thorough test drive in this video review, posted today at www.scholastic.com.



THE Journal: Qwizdom To Ship Large-Screen Classroom Clicker

Mar 29th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

By David Nagel
3/26/2010
Ed tech developer Qwizdom will launch a new wireless student response system next month, one that offers a 2.3-inch (diagonal) LCD screen and cell phone-style keypad for student interaction and formative testing on the fly.
The system, the Q6, is the latest in Qwizdom’s line of student response technologies, which also includes the entry-level [...]



Bronx Times Reporter: Hand-held computers engage students at Archimedes

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

By Patrick Rocchio
Monday, March 22, 2010 9:09 PM EDT
New state-of-the-art technology makes learning easier and grading more reliable at Archimedes Academy for Math, Science, and Technology, its principal said.
The school is using new computerized technology that includes a hand-held device called “Quizdom” for the children in the charter middle and high school charter located at [...]



The Bronx Times: Hi-Tech In Use At Archimedes Academy

Mar 17th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage

By Peter Milosheff
Archimedes Academy, on Thursday, March 11 at 1:00 pm, welcomed guests for the first time, to show off how technology is dramatically changing the way kids are learning in some NYC public schools.
The school’s tech-savvy 6th grade Math and Science teachers opened their doors and allowed visitors to literally join the class and challenge themselves [...]



Tech & Learning: Bronx Cheer

Mar 16th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage

by Christine Weiser, Managing Editor
March 12, 2010
I’ve been reporting on education for a long time. I’ve been to countless education conferences, reviewed thousands of press releases, and talked to hundreds of educators about how they are changing the lives of young people through the effective use of education technology.
But I don’t get to visit them [...]



Qwizdom releases Q6 — most affordable, versatile SRS available for K12

Mar 8th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

Our newest hardware release, the Q6 student response system, is here!
The Qwizdom Q6 Student Response System is currently available for pre-order and will begin shipping April 30th. The new system is unique in that it offers more opportunity for collaboration than any previous system, with an easy-to-use keypad (similar to a cell phone), text input [...]



WXIN Fox 59: Students learn with new classroom technology

Mar 5th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage

Remember the days when students would raise their hand and then write their answers with chalk on the chalkboard? Well, those days are long gone.



Indianapolis News 6: White Board Trumps Textbooks

Mar 5th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage

The Indianapolis News 6 stopped by Rousseau McClellan Montessori School to check out how they use technology in the classroom.  This story covers one of our partners, PolyVision, and how this classroom is using the technology to learn vocabulary.
You can watch here.



Meet Gil Garcia: Austin Teacher, Techie and TCEA Tweetaway Winner

Feb 16th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

Austin High School teacher, Gil Garcia (@giltron on Twitter) won over $2,000 in education technology for his multimedia film-making classroom. Garcia and his 11th and 12th grade students were “in the field” at the Texas Computer Education Association Conference, shooting their own news segments, when he found out he had won. As the first educator to correctly answer a trivia question posted to Twitter, Garcia and his budding reporters headed back to school (just down the road) with a full suite of classroom technology.



TCEA Launch Video Preview: Check out the Q6 by Qwizdom

Feb 9th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News

02.08.2010 – AUSTIN, Texas – Most American educators are familiar with Qwizdom’s interactive classroom technology, but only those attending the Texas Computer Education Association Conference this February will have the unique opportunity to squeeze in hands-on time with the company’s newest hardware release – the Q6 student response system.
Available for pre-order in late march of [...]