By Melizza Rios

June 13, 2019 - “Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” -- Steve Jobs Collaboration is the catalyst for any company’s change, progress, and overall success. When a company’s stakeholders --... Read More

By Melizza Rios

May 29, 2019 - It’s the end of the school year and testing is OVER! That’s right…O-V-E-R, OVER. So, now what? For most, this time of the year means cleaning out desks, taking down bulletin boards, and trying to keep your students focused on... Read More

By Melizza Rios

April 29, 2019 - It’s spring and I am always looking for sunshine, warm weather, and any opportunity to spend a day outdoors. I often refer to my handy weather app so I can plan each day (48-degrees and rainy? Indoors with hot coffee. 70-degrees and... Read More

By Melizza Rios

April 19, 2019 - Math has been the bane of my educational career, starting from kindergarten (“Count what?”) to when I was studying to get my teaching credential and had to take an Educational Foundations of Math class (“There’s a difference... Read More

By Melizza Rios

April 08, 2019 - “The MORE that you READ, the more THINGS you will KNOW. The MORE you LEARN, the more PLACES you’ll GO!” -- Dr. Seuss April is Drop Everything and Read Month (DEAR; official day is Friday, April 12th) and Qwizdom OKTOPUS has free... Read More

By Valerie Bonnet

April 03, 2019 - I absolutely love the Qwizdom Student Response System (SRS). I have been a teacher for 20 years. I can no longer work without Qwizdom. Qwizdom has made my life so much easier. I use the remote answering system for every test I give,... Read More

By Melizza Rios

March 28, 2019 - “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think!” – Albert Einstein Educators can agree that an active learning approach can lead to greater improvements and gains than traditional “lecture and... Read More

By Melizza Rios

March 14, 2019 - To help you celebrate Pi Day, we have a free math lesson for you! This is an especially great lesson to use with your interactive whiteboard. For the free lesson on Radians, which includes a mini-lesson and question set, click here: Free... Read More

By Melizza Rios

March 12, 2019 - “The best protection any woman can have … is courage.” Elizabeth Cady Stanton March is Women’s History Month and the internet is teeming with resources to help your students recognize the strong imprint women have... Read More

By Melizza Rios

March 07, 2019 - As educators, we are constantly on the hunt for activities and plans that can add to our repertoire of lessons. This is probably done more when we’re preparing our students for state standardized assessments. Besides using released... Read More