Posts Tagged ‘ Quizdom ’

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.



Qwizdom to preview their latest creation: Q6 student response system at TCEA 2010

Feb 15th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

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.



NBC Pittsburgh visits New Brighton Middle School

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

By: Jessica Fera, WPXI.com
[click here to watch the feature story at wpxi.com]
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. – Technology is not only changing the way millions of Americans live, work and play, it’s changing the way students are learning in one Beaver County School District.
“Little New Brighton is on its way to being a premiere district in Beaver County. [...]



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 [...]



Pictures from #FETC 2010…

Jan 16th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News

With FETC behind us, we’d like to give a big round of applause for the thousands of educators, administrators, staff and friends who all chipped in to help make FETC a big success. Follow us on twitter and we’ll see you at TCEA!



Qwizdom Providing Audience Feedback for FETC Presentations

Jan 11th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Press Releases

Check out our FETC Media Focals here

Attending FETC 2010?  At some point during your visit, you will find yourself in the audience of one of the fantastic presentations on educational technology.  This year several FETC presenters will have an extra interactive element to keep the audience engaged.  Qwizdom will be providing their Student Response System [...]



Nightly Business Report: Qwizdom at FETC

Jan 4th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage, Video

One year ago, Qwizdom was featured on the Nightly Business Report as part of their coverage of the “Business of Education” in Orlando and Miami-Dade. With FETC just a week + away, we’re posting the video for reference.



During FETC, Qwizdom to give and ‘tweet away’ over $30K in interactive classroom technology

Jan 4th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, Press Releases

Going to FETC? Click here to view our Media Focals.

Qwizdom will kick off the Florida Education Technology Conference (FETC) by giving and “tweeting away” over $30,000.00 in student response systems and software to educators attending FETC and across the nation. The company says it hopes to see the technology encourage teachers to ring in 2010 with interactive, [...]



Qwizdom in action at Garland ISD (Texas)

Dec 4th, 2009 | By admin | Category: Events, Press Releases, Video

Qwizdom in the classroom at Garland Elementary:

Untitled from SensibleCity on Vimeo.
Principal: “I’ve never seen kids so excited about learning. They are being competitive, especially our 8th Graders, who, when it comes to Qwizdom, they get excited. They are learning. They are in their teams.”



CBS News Minot, ND: Eye on Education: Quizdom

Nov 9th, 2006 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage, Press Releases

For Immediate Release: Qwizdom Featured on CBS in North Dakota:
How do you make the most of a lesson on motion?
Central Campus science teacher Mark Turner turned to technology.
Debbie Kuehn has his story in this week’s Eye on education.
It looks like a cross between a remote control and a calculator, but these Minot High students aren’t [...]