Qwizdom

Qwizdom is an interactive software program that is co-partnered with McGraw Hill Inc. It is marketed for grades k-12 and is accessible for college students or companies. The software is the lead market provider of the remote audience response system. The software is used through a plug in with Microsoft PowerPoint. To run this program you need a minimum of Windows 98 or 2000. You must have Microsoft Office and the software is compatible with Windows 7. This software comes with teacher supplementing software as well as tutorial books and how to effectively use the software in the classroom. This software combines drill and practice, tutorials, instructional games, problem solving, as well as authentic assessment tools. The program is visually appealing and very user friendly. I have used this in a 2nd grade setting and my students had no issues with the prompts and information presented. This software also gives time for responses’ and gives quick feedback for right and wrong answers. The drill and practice features use branching so that the questions get progressively harder as the students answer correct questions. This software has a support website that answers any tech questions and describes the software more in depth at http://qwizdom.com/education/index.php.
This program is especially ideal because it allows teachers to input information of their choice. The teacher can create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation using information from the upcoming test with true and false questions and multiple-choice. When the students use the program they can access it in a group or individually. The PowerPoint presentation will come up as always and the students will each have a remote with a number that the teacher has recorded. When the question is asked, the students can respond by selecting their choice on the remote. As the teacher, you then have the option to either show a graph with the percentages of the classes’ answers or it can go onto the next question or just log the answers. The teacher can choose to lecture on topics the classes didn’t do well on or to proceed. When the presentation is over the teacher has all of the results on the PowerPoint and the corresponding numbers. This way the “test” can be graded or just for informative use. This program also has instructional games for all ages and drill and practice.