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

By Melizza Rios

February 21, 2019 - "Alright, Everyone! I'm going to pause the video and ask you a question." Our children are responding to a variety of instructional methods to access learning, including interactive games, annotation tools for touch displays, and concept... Read More

By Melizza Rios

February 14, 2019 - Every day, first responders put their own lives on the line to ensure our safety. The least we can do is make sure they have the tools to protect and serve their communities. - Joe Lieberman Imagine the following scenarios that first... Read More

By Melizza Rios

February 13, 2019 - Fractions can be the most frustrating concept to teach! I struggled with making sure my students understood that in order to do anything with fractions (compare, add, subtract, etc), the fractions themselves had to have equal-sized... Read More