Tech Gets Tough on Bullies
PSS was recently featured in THE Journal with their new behavior program, Review 360. It seems classroom behavior doesn’t get much media attention until bullying results in serious injury or worse.
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NBC Pittsburgh visits New Brighton MS (PolyVision)
By: Jessica Fera, 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. It really is,” said director [...]
Tech&Learning Magazine Visits Archimedes Academy in the Bronx (Qwizdom)
Bronx Cheer 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 [...]
Ch 6 News Indianapolis visits IPS 91
Channel 6 broadcasts from an Indianapolis Public Montessori school which recently hosted a classroom media event to demonstrate how eno Interactive Whiteboards and Qwizdom Student Response Systems are changing the way that children learn and engage. Story here: http://www.theindychannel.com/video/22590951/index.html
Pittsburg Gazette – Primary School students are ahead of the curve (PolyVision)
Cinthia Gomez shares a laugh with KLTV reporter, Lakecia Shockley, while photographer, Lynn Mitchell, looks on. Cinthia was interviewed prior to a technology showcase held in her classroom Feb. 10. She is a first grade student in Angela Brotherton’s class at Pittsburg Primary School. BY MARSHA NEELEY mneeley@etcnonline.com What have been considered traditional teaching methods [...]
Beaver County Times: New Brighton classrooms introduce interactive teaching devices
By Bill Utterback NEW BRIGHTON — On a wide screen in the classroom of New Brighton Middle School teacher Rick Schwartz, young Alexander, not yet labeled “The Great,” read Homer’s “The Iliad” from a scroll. A narrator reminded students that as he moved toward greatness, Alexander, inspired by Homer’s portrait of Achilles, always traveled with [...]
TCEA Launch Video Preview: Check out the Q6 by Qwizdom
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 [...]
Pittsburg Gazette Newspaper – Creating Digital Learners (PolyVision)
Arianna Cisneros BY MARSHA NEELEY mneeley@etcnonline.com Teachers at Pittsburg Primary School have a few more tools to use in the classroom to help motivate the young minds of their students. “We have the eno interactive whiteboards, made by Polyvision, in each kindergarten and first grade classroom on our campus and they are fabulous,” said Vicki [...]
Three Ways to Get Your Green Ed-Tech On at #FETC 2010
You can’t miss the message: FETC has set its sights on a green future for American classrooms. If by chance you aren’t familiar with the Planet Green (Discovery) series Living with Ed, Ed Begley, Jr. is that guy famous for arriving at Hollywood red carpet events on his bicycle (really putting those limos into perspective.) [...]
New SNMP launched for eChalk in time for #FETC
Ed and Edtech Journalists: Check out our new social media news portal for eChalk. All FETC related pitching, releases and interviews will be posted here:
Kinston Free Press: Greene County educators praise eChalk
SNOW HILL — Greene County educators and school administrators gathered last week at Greene County Middle School to show off eChalk, an online education network. The network, which has been in place in Greene County Schools since 2003, helps teachers communicate better with students and parents, Assistant Superintendent Pat MacNeill said. “We wanted our community [...]