Author Archives: Thomas Simonetti
NAO Robot Tours New England
Event a Success at Avenues: The World School
Over the weekend Teq co-hosted the Digital Learning Summit with Avenues: The World School. The sold-out event provided teachers and administrators with the inspiration, strategies, and confidence to actively pursue a transformation in teaching and learning practices.
To see and hear more, check out this video!
Posted in Events, News
Tagged Avenues: The World School, Digital Learning Summit, Professional Development
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Improving Student Achievement in the Bronx
Teq has been working with the Archdiocese of New York for months on a targeted plan to help teachers and students enhance student achievement in mathematics for grades 4, 6, and 8.
From the planning stages to execution, this video showcases the work of Curriculum and Professional Development Mentor Marc Brea and the professional development … Read more
Teq Breezes Through the Windy City
Last week, Teq took off for Chicago to present NAO at National Robotics Week.
Chief Learning Officer Joe Dixon gave two presentations at the Museum of Science and Industry that gave students their first look at the educational robot. From there, Dixon and a team of instructional technologists gave hands-on sessions with students … Read more
Posted in Events, Science, STEM
Tagged Chicago, Joe Dixon, Museum of Science and Industry, NAO, National Robotics Week, STEM
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Teq to present NAO at National Robotics Week in Chicago
Huntington Station, NY – Teq is excited show off its academic robot NAO in the Windy City for National Robotics Week 2013, at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.
On Monday and Tuesday, April 8 and 9, Teq’s Chief Learning Officer Joe Dixon will be giving demonstrations to show off NAO, an … Read more
Posted in Engineering, Events, STEM
Tagged Chicago, Museum of Science and Industry, NAO, National Robotics Week, STEM
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Custom Professional Development for the JEP
Classroom instruction isn’t one-size-fits-all and professional development for teachers shouldn’t be either. That’s why Teq recently partnered with the Jewish Education Project on a custom PD program, meant to give teachers training specific to the needs of their schools and students.
Instructional Technologists Gershom Tave and Ben Cebulash first got teachers certified on interactive whiteboards, and … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, News
Tagged interactive whiteboards, Jewish Education Project, pd, Professional Development
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Ideas from the Celebration of Technology and Learning
Teq Instructional Technologist Joe Sanfilippo isn’t shy of cameras. In addition to conducting several PD sessions at the Celebration of Technology and Learning in New Jersey on March 9, he got some face-time on-camera while interviewing participants about what they are doing to incorporate social media into classroom preparation and instruction.
Posted in Classroom Tools, Events, News, Social Classroom, Technology, Tips
Tagged Edmodo, new jersey, NJEA
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Student Safety: A Top Priority for Administrators
Superintendents like Dr. David M. Browne think about student safety all the time. In a world where tragedies like those at Sandy Hook are a reality, it seems administrators can’t think about safety enough.
Browne, superintendent of schools at Randolph Township in New Jersey, weighed the options last summer – well before Sandy Hook – … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, News, Technology
Tagged Audio Enhancement, new jersey, news, Randolph Township, SAFARI Montage, SAFE System, VIEWPath
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NYC Grant-Funded STEM Project a Success
New York, NY — About a dozen New York City teachers worked together recently to build wooden structures used to fling balls of wadded paper across a classroom. They weren’t developing new ways to frustrate janitors, the group was learning new ways to create accessible lessons in the areas of Science, technology engineering and Math … Read more
At Home at Mohonk
Teq Sales Representative Ryan Meehan just spent his fifth year at the NEIT Conference at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, New York. NEIT is a yearly gathering of technology specialists and librarians from New York area independent schools. In this video he talks about why he loves the conference.
