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A view from a hallway at Avenues: The World School in Manhattan.

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!

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Events: SMART Board Conferences & Bring a Friend

This Saturday, April 27, we’ll be hosting a SMART Board User Conference at Stimson Middle School in Huntington Station, New York. Here’s the list of courses for the day, and there are still tickets available (register online):

  • Learning with the iPad
  • SMART Board Basics
  • Intro to SMART Notebook
  • 20 Coolest Things (You Can
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National Robotics Week

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

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National Robotics Week

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

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NJEA Celebration of Technology and Learning

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.

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Jewish Day School Conference

North American Jewish Day School Conference (NAJDSC)

Rabbis Shimon Siegel and Gershom Tave traveled from Teq to Washington, DC, for the North American Jewish Day School Conference. This conference brought together more than 1,000 Jewish education leaders from a wide variety of Jewish Day Schools from across the country to advance the agenda of field-wide leadership and excellence.

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Digital Learning Day

Digital Learning Day 2013

Today is Digital Learning Day,  “a national campaign that celebrates teachers and shines a spotlight on successful instructional practice and effective use of technology in classrooms across the country.” Make use of the Digital Learning Day website to find exemplary models, toolkits, lessons, communities of practice, and many more resources.

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P-Credits for New York City Educators

We are once again offering our popular certification course, SMART Boards in Today’s Classroom at the SMART Showroom in Manhattan. Successful completion of this course will provide 3 P-Credits that can be used for salary differentials for NYC educators.

The course meets on Wednesday’s, from February 6 to May 15, and runs from 4:15 to … Read more

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NYSCATE 2012 Chalk

Chalking Thoughts at NYSCATE 2012

Attendees at the recent NYSCATE conference were surprised when they arrived at the Teq booth.  Instead of an array of SMART Boards and interactive technologies, we positioned four chalkboards around the perimeter of the booth and invited our visitors to chalk their thoughts about these:

  • Learning begins when…
  • My classroom is all about…
  • My favorite
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NJSBA

Successful Professional Development at NJSBA

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. –– Wall Township Public Schools Director of Technology Jeff Janover was pleasantly surprised this week during a 30-minute session at a New Jersey conference for statewide public school officials. Sitting in Learning with the iPad, he thought the discussion would be about a few apps available for classroom use.

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