| Qwizdom Interactive Voting System Shortlisted for Coveted BETT Award |
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The Qwizdom interactive Classroom Response System was shortlisted for a BETT awards after facing stiff competition.
Qwizdom is proud to announce that it has been short listed for one of the most sought after awards in the UK education industry: the BETT Award 2005 in the category of Secondary Hardware.
The Qwizdom interactive Classroom Response System had stiff competition to reach this stage of the process as the BETT Awards have become the benchmark for educational Information Communications Technology (ICT) product development.
The Qwizdom system seems to generate much excitement wherever it is demonstrated. At its most basic, the system is akin to the ask the audience feature in the TV show Who wants to be a millionaire? The system encourages participation from all participants and can display results in a various graphical formats like a bar and pie charts. As it also tracks individual performance the teacher is able to print out reports and use the system to monitor class attendance.
Some minor features like the student having the option of being able to use a button on the remote to request help from a teacher, (without the need to draw attention to their lack of understanding by raising their hand) are very popular.
All activities can be linked to National Curriculum standards, and can therefore serve to enhance learning in key areas. Qwizdom has a range of key stage specific content designed to be used as interactive quizzes.
Paul Brown, the managing director of Qwizdom UK said in response to the short listing that: “To be short-listed for a BETT Award is an honour, we thank the users of our system for their recommendations and feedback as they have helped bring us to this point. Part of the Qwizdom approach is that learning and fun do not have to be mutually exclusive.”
Ray Barker, Director of the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) and Joint Chair of the Judges, comments: “The BETT Awards provide that much needed link between the ICT industry and the teaching community. The BETT Awards also play a key role in demonstrating how ICT can be embedded into subjects across the curriculum. The year-on-year rise in entries illustrates how important the BETT Awards have become in the eyes of teachers and suppliers alike.”
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| Raising Eyebrows to Raise Funds - Nov 26, 2004 11:52 IST |
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On a frigid, foggy Saturday morning perched on a hillside in Marin county, Steve Braun is huddled on the ground covering his two year old son Milo, while one of the other twelve men sporting nothing but pink, fuzzy, Santa hats is jumping up and down, covering his naked body with a blanket, in order to stay warm. The 2005 Pink Ribbon Men™ of Marin “calendar boys” are ready for their final group shot. They are shamelessly dropping their drawers in spite of the cold to help raise awareness and funds to support breast cancer education, research and patient services.
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| Alcoa Foundation Provides Grant to Native American Organization - Nov 26, 2004 11:48 IST |
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Grant funds will be used by the Arizona Native American Business Development Center, a department of the National Center, to assist Indian entrepreneurs in Arizona with their business development needs. According to Ken Robbins, President of the National Center “we provide an array of business assistance to our Indian clients such as writing business plans, feasibility studies, as well as helping them put together loan applications for start-up or expansion of their businesses. Last year, with just over $2 million in funding, we were able to secure $670 million in contracts and financing for Native American businesses. We are very grateful to companies like Alcoa who see the value of working with the Indian Community.”
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| Homebuilder YCH Communities L.L.C. Reports Dramatic November Sales of Green Valley (Fairfield) Homes; Release of 17 Homes - Nov 26, 2004 11:47 IST |
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In what is generally regarded as a slow home sale month, residential developer and builder YCH Communities L.L.C. experienced a dramatic first-phase sell-out of 17 homes in its new Green Valley Ranch development in Fairfield (California) on Saturday, November 6, 2004. The first set of 10 homes - 5 in The Classics and 5 in The Estates - were released at 10:20 a.m.; by 11:15 a.m., the homes were sold out, and the homebuilder released 7 more: 4 in The Classics and 3 in The Estates. The additional 7 homes were sold by 1:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon.
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| Getting Personal – Customization Trend Hot for Holidays - Nov 26, 2004 11:46 IST |
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Why look like everyone else when you can stand out? Look on the cover of any magazine or newspaper these days and you will realize that the customization trend is hot right now. Once a privilege reserved for the well-heeled, customization is now catered to the rest of us with product lines such as NIKE ID, Target-To-A-T and Reflect beauty products, along with independent boutiques offering everything from custom t-shirts to custom blended perfume. Savvy consumers are demanding products that they can customize to their lives, as well as truly personalized presents for the holidays.
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| Anthem - Official Selection at 2005 Central Nebraska Film Festival - Nov 26, 2004 11:42 IST |
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“Anthem,” the third digital motion picture written and directed by award winning writer, Dean J. Augustin, has been selected for screening at the 2005 Central Nebraska Film Festival (CNFF), January 28th and 29th.
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| New Invention Grand Final - The New Inventors ’04 Wednesday 24th 8pm ABC TV - Nov 26, 2004 11:41 IST |
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Murray McDonald Inventor/Director of FloorBotics was on the new inventor program episode 6 presenting the FloorBot robotic vacuum. Over the recent years Murray has been busy walking the tightrope of commercialisation with his product from design, development to selling the technology.
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| Who taught the teachers? “Grandfather” of self-help died fifty-five years ago - Nov 26, 2004 11:36 IST |
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“There’s a letter that Napoleon Hill, author of Think & Grow Rich, wrote to Haanel where Hill credits him for his success,” says Tony Michalski, publisher of Haanel’s works and a Certified Master Key Coach. “Tony Robbins. Depak Chopra. Every self-help author uses Haanel’s ideas. Most never give him any credit. It’s even been rumored that Bill Gates read The Master Key System! I guess that’s pretty influential. Luckily, people are discovering Haanel and seeking out his books in droves. He has a very cool—and devoted—cult following.”
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| Lee & Associates Completes Two Sales Transactions For - Nov 26, 2004 11:30 IST |
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Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura Inc., a full-service commercial real estate firm serving the San Fernando Valley and surrounding areas, has recently completed two sales transactions totaling approximately 34,836 SF and $4.2 million on behalf of Lee Properties Ltd.
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| Just in Time for Holiday Shopping, Elle B. Launches Jewelry Website - Nov 26, 2004 11:28 IST |
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Elle B., a company specializing in silver and glass beaded jewelry, has launched their website: www.ellebstyle.com. Elle B. jewelry makes use of sterling and fine silver, vibrant modern, vintage and Venetian glass, artisanal lampwork, ceramic, and semi-precious stone beads. Each piece is one-of-a-kind and handmade. Graceful movement and lively color make Elle B. jewelry playful and distinctive – “adornment for uninhibited women.”
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| Go Extreme This Holiday Season - Nov 26, 2004 11:26 IST |
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Present an award winning gift this holiday season to families involved in the most extreme sport of all – parenting. Whether they’re toting babies or dashing after toddlers, the award winning line of Sherpa™ Backpacks are sure to put a smile on their rest-weary faces.
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| Grace Episcopal Church Mesquite TX Holds Annual Fall Festival - Nov 26, 2004 11:26 IST |
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Just in time for Christmas, Grace Episcopal Church in Mesquite TX will be holding its annual Fall Festival on Saturday December 4th, 2004 from 8-12 AM. Come and look for those unique gifts for the holidays!!
The festival will be selling:
Books, magazines, and CDs
Videos and DVDs
Game Cartridges
Vendor booths will be set up for cosmetics, jewelry, purses, arts, and crafts. Baked goods will be available for those seasonal parties at work...stock up!
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| Local Chiropractor Claims He Can Get Angry Pro Ballers To Stop Behaving Badly - Nov 26, 2004 11:23 IST |
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Professional athlete’s angry behavior has been getting more intense and more outrageous with every passing month. Their outbursts and violence are on the increase. That was evident in last weeks riot between pro basketball’s Ron Artest of the Indiana Pacers and the crowd at the Detroit basketball arena. But a local Chiropractic Physician claims he can change all that in 29 minutes or less. “Ron Artest obviously has many issues to deal with. He has some behavioral disorders. And some of them I can’t help with” says Dr. Ray Gin, who practices in Laguna Hills, CA. “However, I am sure that I could help Ron with a simple 29 minute visit to my office!”
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| Jill Jovanovic Joins Brown Smith Wallace, LLC As Executive Assistant - Nov 26, 2004 11:21 IST |
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Jill Jovanovic has joined Brown Smith Wallace, LLC as the executive assistant who provides support to the managing members and other firm members.
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| These Rocker Moms are No Desperate Housewives - Nov 26, 2004 11:19 IST |
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When Joy Rose, founder and lead singer of the all-female band Housewives on Prozac was diagnosed with lupus in 1994, which subsequently led to a kidney transplant, the New York suburban mother of four knew it was time for a radical change. As a former singer and performer in the 1980’s, Rose always knew music was her passion. More than a decade later, music would become her saving grace that helped heal her body, mind and spirit. It was during her grave illness, while caring for four young children that Rose had an epiphany -- music was to be the creative outlet she was desperately seeking. Rose thought if she was feeling like this, there must be other women feeling a certain amount of desperation as well in their own lives.
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| “Edmonton Oiler Buys Private Box for Sick Kids” - Nov 26, 2004 11:15 IST |
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Despite the NHL lockout, Edmonton Oilers defenceman, Steve Staios hasn’t lost his community spirit. The Hamilton native has purchased a private luxury box at Copps Coliseum for children and their families living with cancer (Camp Trillium).
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| Voyages Of Inspiration - Nov 26, 2004 11:7 IST |
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It’s said that all a writer needs for inspiration is two hours’ time and two feet of level space. But there are places on earth where, if there is a writer present within an individual, that self cannot remain hidden. The places are themselves the muses. They call the writer forth. And this is what is offered to you in the series of seminars: CREATIVITY IN WOMEN, with Dorothy Allison, Jacquelyn Mitchard; ANCIENT CULTURES verses FICTION, with Margaret Drabble; WHEN FICTION TOUCHES THE WORLD, Breyten Breytenbach; THE WORLD OF DANTE, with Matthew Pearl, the winner of the prestigious Dante Prize; BORDER CROSSINGS: POLITICS IN FICTION AND ART, with Novelist and NPR Commentator, Andrei Codrescu and renown Art Historian, Peter Selz.
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| Jason Oesterlei Earns Qualified Pension Administrator - Nov 26, 2004 11:6 IST |
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Jason Oesterlei, retirement plan administrator of Benefit Plans Plus, LLC, recently earned his designation as Qualified Pension Administrator (QPA).
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| Soroptimist Sponsors Workplace Campaign to End Domestic Violence: November 25 event held on the International Day - Nov 26, 2004 11:6 IST |
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Every nine seconds, a woman in the United States is beaten by her spouse or intimate partner. That equals more than 1.3 million acts of brutality perpetrated upon women each year. Affecting every socioeconomic status, culture and country in the world, domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women. Soroptimist International of the Americas, an international volunteer service organization for business and professional women whose mission is to improve the lives of women and girls, works to prevent and end domestic violence. As an organization of working women, Soroptimist specifically targets the workplace, where many domestic violence victims can be found each day.
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| The Only Factor That Really Matters is Fashion - Nov 26, 2004 11:4 IST |
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Qimono Inc., Atlanta’s premiere graphic and lifestyle imagery group, has conceptualized an annual fashion industry guide geared towards merging the city’s fashion creative, professionals, trendy districts and purveyors of style. The ultimate in chic and panache, Fashion Factor, will preview January 2005.
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| Charles Dunn Company Awarded 220,000 SF Property Management - Nov 26, 2004 11:3 IST |
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Rip Malloy will serve as the on-site manager for the property and Delia Vides will serve as assistant manager, both under the strategic direction of Steven Ring CPM®, RPA, regional vice president in Charles Dunn’s San Francisco office.
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