Posts Tagged ‘ qwizdom ’

Brownsville Herald: Qwizdom ‘clickers’ let students get involved instantly in classroom lessons

May 31st, 2011 | By admin | Category: News Coverage

In Bert Treviño’s eighth-grade physics class at Oliveira Middle School, “pop quiz” has a whole other meaning. Instead of groans, he’s met with excitement as students rush to grab a remote, or “clicker,” to participate.



CBS Greensboro Visits Dudley High School

May 20th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News Coverage

CBS Greensboro, NC visits Dudley High School to see how they are using Qwizdom classroom technology in preparation to compete against schools from 11 other states in the SMARTT EV (Electric Vehicle) Challenge.



ABC East Texas: Students at Pittsburg Elementary Learn with Technology

May 18th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News Coverage, Video

KLTV stops by Pittsburg Elementary to see how teachers use technology to engage students and measure class participation. Educator, Angela Brotherton, shares some of the encouraging responses she receives from students who are using Qwizdom in the classroom.



USC Football Player Visit’s Classroom, Plays Qwizdom

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

Byrnes, USC star Lattimore pays visit to Wellford school Running back competes with students in game of “Are You Smarter Than a Third-Grader?” Marcus Lattimore has been winning football games in a No. 21 jersey since his sophomore year at Byrnes. Maybe that’s why he didn’t have quite as much luck against Kara Gillespie’s third-grade [...]



Cheney Free Press: Technology takes over CMS math classroom

May 3rd, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

There’s no homework to turn in at the beginning of Don Eggart’s math class at Cheney Middle School. Instead, Eggart’s 23 students are at work within a minute after the bell rings, solving “warm up” problems and entering their answers on a remote control. A lot has changed in the classroom from Eggart’s middle school [...]



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 [...]



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 [...]