Filed under: Clients In The News, Education, Trade Media | Tags: new orleans activclassroom, new orleans recovery district, paul vallas, promethean activboard
Superintendent Paul Vallas, a well-known reformer, has made technology pivotal in his recovery plans for New Orleans schools
New Orleans schools chief Paul Vallas recently passed his first major test when fourth and eighth graders in the city’s public schools posted significantly higher scores on the state exam–and his plans for using technology to help spur achievement might lead to even further gains.
Filed under: Clients In The News, Environment, Events, Trade Media, West Coast Green | Tags: Al Gore, Sustainable Industries Journal, West Coast Green
California’s “cleantech capital” lands green building conference
San Jose has attracted yet another ally in its drive to become the navel of global cleantech. West Coast Green, an annual residential green building conference, is relocating to San Jose for its September event and adding a strong “cleantech” focus to its agenda.
In October 2007, San Jose adopted a 15-year “Green Vision” that set ambitious targets: Create 25,000 cleantech jobs; cut energy use by 50 percent; source 100 percent renewable energy; build or retrofit 50 million square feet of green buildings; and recycle 100 percent of the city’s wastewater output, among others.
[Click here to read entire story at Sustainable Industries]
Also (hat tip to WCG’s new PR firm, Blue Practice):
- Santa Rosa Democrat: West Coast Green Gets Gore
- Green Building Elements: Gore to Deliver Keynote at West Coast Green
- Interior Design Magazine: Al Gore to Speak at West Coast Green
- Click here for more news & updates on Gore’s appearance at West Coast Green
Filed under: Clients In The News, Education, Technology, Trade Media | Tags: Activexpression, formative assessment, Promethean Activclassroom, student response and engagement
http://www.thejournal.com/articles/22178
Activexpression by Promethean
Activexpression
by PrometheanPROMETHEAN has launched a new student response solution called Activexpression. The handheld device allows teachers to create activities, quizzes, and polls-even spontaneously- and students to express themselves through full phrases, symbols, and numbers. A two-way communication feature enables students to share answers with the teacher and their classmates, and allows teachers to give feedback directly to individual students or to the entire class. The software included provides a “question master” to help with the creation of question banks that make use of a full range of response types.
