Just Keep Writing Debuts!

We are excited to announce that our Phase I - Just Keep Writing section is now accessible from our Home Page! This special study area has been designed as a writing learning tool for elementary students (2nd-5th) and is also terrific for middle school students when needing a writing skill refresher. The Write Your Own aspect is having its final touches put on, to include interactive graphic organizers, and will be available in March.

We hope JKW is useful as an enhancement when your children are preparing for the statewide essay writing exam, as the content mirrors the state criteria. The cool cast of friends offer them helpful hints that will act as fun reminders when testing rolls around.

Have fun with our newest addition - and Just Keep Writing!

Parent/Student Tips for QW are LIVE!

Happy Friday QW Members!

The long awaited Parent and Student Tips link is available for viewing. It contains fabulous and creative ideas gathered from users across the country. Located on the Home Page inside QW, we welcome you to peruse the presentation and send in your own unique tip for us to include. We'll even send you a $50 gift card for doing so! Enjoy!

QW Releases newest study section - "Just Logical!"

Multiple Choice quizzing on specific skills which allows the learner immediate feedback per question - that's "Just Logical!" A few months ago, a request was made by South Forsyth Middle School teacher and Doctoral student, Jo-Anne Jackson, that QW look into this style of quizzing. It didn't take long to realize that her thinking was quite logical and would help students when studying specific skill areas - anything from verbs and nouns to division or map skills.

In taking Just Logical quizzes, the student continues to select responses to each question until they get the correct answer. By doing so, they are able to apply the same logic on the next question reinforcing the same skill. Each Just Logical quiz can measure up to three skill sets at a time, determined by the person creating the quiz.

QW is very excited to offer this new style of quizzing within our site and look forward to user input. Four sample quizzes can be found on the Home Page of QW by clicking on the Just Logical logo. Check it out - it's "JUST LOGICAL!"

Radio Interview with Angle Bush!

Thanks Angle Bush for a fun interview on Wednesday night. It was neat being featured as an "inventor." I typically put Thomas Edison in that category, not me :) -I sure appreciate the invitation to visit with you and your audience on your "Favorites" broadcast!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/your15minutes/2009/12/16/our-favorite-things-inventors-showcase

I hope everyone is having a great holiday season and let me be the first to say Happy 2010(almost!)

And the Winners Are...

QW was delighted to award the following teachers with holiday turkeys:

Beckville Elementary - Tracie Wise
Clarkston Elementary - Stephanie Attebery
Daves Creek Elementary - Lisa Shainker
McNeill Elementary - Jessica Drapela
Settles Bridge Elementary - Maria Petitt
South Forsyth Middle School - Pam Hodge
Terrace Elementary - Annie Mitchell
Travis Elementary - Reyna Gamero
Youens Elementary - Christina Sida

As a special bonus, QW also announced three classroom party winners - teachers who enrolled the most students by the designated deadline. Originally only one classroom was going to be chosen, but when three tied, we decided it would be nice to award all of them! They are as follows:

Beckville Elementary - Amanda Peavy
Daves Creek Elementary - Audra Fleeman
McNeill Elementary - Meka Sephus

Congratulations to everyone - we hope you have a safe and Happy Thanksgiving!

QW Contest for Teachers Kicks Off!

Qwizzy's World is sponsoring a contest for all participating QW School Campaign teachers. Just in time for the holidays, the prize will be a 10-12 lb. Turkey! One teacher's name from each school will be drawn on Nov. 8th, with Turkeys being delivered the week before Thanksgiving. Teachers qualify by being members of QW and the Campaign and earn tickets over the next 2 weeks. Based on student participation, there will also be one lucky classroom overall earning a large class party.

JennaBug on Qwizzy's World gets an upgrade!

The K-2nd pre-made quiz section of QW called "JennaBug" was recently upgraded. The section now includes even more practice quizzes for the younger set and quizzes can now be copied over to the main storage chart for full usage. This means that these short, fun quizzes can now be edited, taken, printed, scored and stored for performance tracking. These are great starter quizzes for this age group and are being used in schools as a jump-start for teaching these youngsters the art of learning how to study! Keep an eye out for more quizzes to be added...the input from teachers has been fabulous.