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 [...]
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 [...]
Darin Beamish, CEO of Qwizdom, talks about the company’s history with SRS, as well as their new online learning platform, QTopia, and interactive software, WizTeach Click here to view video
As the popularity of open source increases and more free content is added to the Web every day, how will K–12 edtech companies survive? Enter the “freemium,” content which is made available free but which adds more robust features to a paid-for version of the product. ePals was an early leader with this business model, [...]
WESTMORLAND — If one listened closely, one could almost hear a pin drop in a highly attentive classroom. The sound of learning with mostly silent electronic gadgets keeps Westmorland Union Elementary School teacher Michelle Padilla’s class “focused and interested in what’s going on.” The school has equipped all 24 of its classrooms with Eno interactive [...]
We had a great time at FETC and TCEA. We got busy taking pictures and sharing our latest creation, Qtopia, with everyone on site. Qtopia provides free online access to thousands of ready-to-use activities, motivating games, avatar features, 24/7 online homework access with automatic grading, in-classroom review modes, and the ability for educators to use [...]
Check out these images from FETC! We had a blast! Learning about Qtopia with Ollie Oop! Getting schooled on Qtopia Trying out Qtopia! Learning about Qwizdom remotes!
12/10/10– (PUYALLUP, WA) — Qwizdom, the leader in audience response systems, announces the winners of the fall social media contest, How Do You Q? Educators were invited to blog about how they would and or do use Qwizdom’s Student Response System in their classroom via video, images, or words. Qwizdom selected one winner from each [...]