Posts Tagged ‘ student response system ’

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.



WFSU Tallahassee: RAA middle school goes digital

Mar 9th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News Coverage

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 [...]



From the Apopka Chief: High-tech gadgets help WLMS prep for FCAT

Mar 9th, 2011 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

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 [...]



Panama City News Herald: High-tech tools transform Wewahitchka Middle School

Nov 30th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

WEWAHITCHKA — Students at Wewahitchka Middle School have traded in their pencils and paper for laptops and interactive equipment to boost them into the new millennium. Thanks to a sizable state Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) grant and the dedication of teachers and administration, the middle school has become transformed into high-tech classrooms. Instead of [...]



NBC-Panama City: Students at Wewahitchka Middle learn with technology

Nov 11th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News, News Coverage

Wewahitchka– Students at Wewahitchka Middle School are getting their education in a 21st century classroom. A classroom many adults would find confusing. Chalkboards, paper handouts and pencils are being replaced by hand-held remotes, wireless tablets and laptops. The Gulf county school district is paying for this classroom retrofitting at Wewahitchka Middle School with a government grant. “Gulf [...]



Community Event at Austin ISD

Oct 18th, 2010 | By admin | Category: News Coverage

On October 5, 2010, Austin ISD opened up classrooms, at Bowie High School, to share with community and media how they are using technology to enhance education. The event included opening remarks by Principal Stephen Kane and two classroom visits. These pictures show the Qwizdom hand-held student response devices and an innovation station in use.



NBC New Orleans Checks Out Student Hand Held Remotes

Sep 30th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage, Video

NBC New Orleans stopped by two local New Orleans schools to check out how they are using Qwizdom’s hand held remotes in the classroom to raise academic achievement. “Today two New Orleans schools showed off new technology in their classroom… Parents and members of the community got a glimpse of how students are using hand [...]



Orange County Register: School uses hand-held technology to improve test scores

May 28th, 2010 | By admin | Category: Events, News, News Coverage

By JAIMEE LYNN FLETCHER LOS ALAMITOS–Oak Middle School has seen a significant jump in its state test scores since the introduction of a new learning technology that forces students to participate in classroom lessons and helps teachers better tailor their lectures, officials said. Social Studies teacher Todd Schmidt acted as the guinea pig for the [...]



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 [...]