Category Archives: Technology
NAO Robot Tours New England
Q & A with Teq!
Over the years we’ve been to your schools
Taught you iPad, SMART Board, and other great web tools
Now it’s your turn, so ask away…
It’s time for some Q & A, the Teq way
On May 29th join Joseph and Lin
Here are the rules and the prizes you’ll win
Do you have a … Read more
Posted in Apps, Classroom Tools, Tech Support, Technology, Tips, Web Tools
Tagged Professional Development, Q&A, SMART Board Resources
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Getting to Know Your SMART Board
Want to know more about your SMART Board? Download our SMART Board Quick Reference Guide. If you have just received a new SMART Board in your classroom, or just feel you need to know more about it, the quick reference guide will help you with setting up, familiarizing yourself with the different parts, and, most … Read more
Posted in Tech Support, Technology
Tagged Quick Reference Guide, smart board, SMART Board Resources, Troubleshooting
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Kids Coding, A New Literacy
Do you play video games, use computer programs, or have a phone or camera? Do you know that someone wrote (coded) a series of instructions to make those amazing technologies work? Did you know that you could do it too? It doesn’t take a genius. In fact, if you can read and write then you … Read more
Dude, Where’s My Floating Toolbar?
Are you working on your Mac trying to locate your SMART Board’s Floating Toolbar but have reason to believe it may have gone AWOL? Have no fear, Teq has recently learned of the miraculous way to lure it back to your desktop. It only takes a couple of minutes, and will save you a couple … Read more
Posted in Classroom Tools, Notebook, Tech Support, Technology, Tips
Tagged apple, Floating Tools, Interactive Lessons, Mac, SMART Board Resources, SMART Notebook
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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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NAO Academic Robot Featured in Study on Autism
When Teq launched its partnership earlier this year with Alderbaran Robotics — makers of the NAO Academic Robot — we were excited about introducing an exciting new tool for STEM education, computer programming and engaging students’ critical thinking skills. But the NAO, as it turns out, is also being used to study the effects that … Read more
Posted in Science, Special Education, STEM, Technology
Tagged autism, NAO, robotics, special education
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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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Infuse Learning: Empowering the BYOD Revolution
Infuse Learning is an “any device” student response system which is 100% free, and among the best resources we’ve seen for 1:1 classrooms.
If a device has access to the internet, then you can push questions and content out to that device, and receive completed work back. We especially like that this supports “drawing,” on iOS, Android, and … Read more
Posted in Technology, Uncategorized
Tagged 1:1, Assessment, BYOD, Infuse Learning, Response, SRS
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4 Ways SAFARI Montage Supports Common Core
The Common Core State Standards offer educators an opportunity to rethink and refocus the ways in which they facilitate learning in and out of the classroom. Schools and districts using SAFARI Montage can leverage the platform in several ways to support and deepen the implementation of the Common Core.
- Access to high quality content that
