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The real leverage in improving student outcomes lies in the daily instructional feedback loop. At Zzish we've spent ten years focused on how real-time formative insight can meaningfully increase instructional precision inside the classroom.
When OpenAI acquired Global Illumination in 2023, many were surprised. The strategic logic: they weren't buying a game — they were buying a capability. On interactive platforms, infrastructure engineering, and why intelligence needs a stage.
Blockerzz worlds now have spatial birdsong that changes as you move through forests, and sunflowers that track the sun across the sky. Here's how we built them — and why mirroring the real world matters for learning.
We just crossed a subtle threshold: Blockerzz worlds now feel alive. Here’s how we shipped true 3D grass and wind‑animated leaf canopies in a browser tab—beautiful up close, fast at distance, and stable enough for real classrooms.
Blockerzz now lets players switch between six visual styles and three stud layouts — making the game world look and feel just like building with real plastic bricks. Here's how to use the new L and N keys.
We built a web app that runs multiple language models on the same quiz-generation task, scores the outputs with judge models, and compares quality, consistency, correctness, and cost. Here's the context, how it works, and what we found.
Game coding builds the world-builder mindset: agency, precision, resilience, shipping, and systems thinking that scale to real-world impact.
We're close to launching a beginner-friendly coding layer for Blockerzz, with instant browser access, visual coding, and easy sharing.
A practical guide to the best multiplayer classroom quiz games: what makes them work, what to look for, and why Blockerzz Gold Rush sets a new bar for excitement and teamwork.
Gold Rush turns classroom quizzing into an exhilarating multiplayer team game. Students create instantly recognisable avatars, choose team emblems, and teachers can form teams in seconds — all in the browser, on any device.
A friendly deep-dive into the technology behind Blockerzz: how we deliver a Minecraft-like 3D world instantly in the browser on any device, and why integrating learning and quizzes into gameplay is a serious technical achievement.
Monster Brawl brings thrilling sword combat to Blockerzz! Fight monsters, earn coins, and refill your strength by answering quiz questions. Works instantly in any browser on desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone.
Introducing Maths Escape Rooms in Blockerzz v2 - a revolutionary new way for children to learn maths through immersive puzzle-solving adventures. Works instantly in any browser on desktop, laptop, tablet, or phone.
Blockerzz v2 is now live with three new games, avatar and monster editors, day/night cycles, improved creative mode, and full VR support for all games on Meta Quest 3.
Blockerzz v2 is coming with tactile archery, arrows that stick, flowing water, climbable blocks, and 4x bigger default worlds - even on low-end devices.
Quizzes often get a bad reputation in the classroom. Many students see them as stressful or boring, but they can actually be a great way to learn if we make them more interactive and fun. With a fe...
Across the United States, the number of Emergent Bilingual (EB) students — sometimes referred to as English Language Learners (ELs or ELLs) — continues to grow. These students bring rich cultural a...
Every teacher has been there. You plan a great lesson, you put your energy into explaining it, and at first, students seem interested. But within minutes, eyes begin to wander, side conversations s...
The start of the school year is always a mix of excitement and preparation. Having the right tools can make the difference between feeling organized and feeling overwhelmed. Here are some options t...
Teaching gifted and talented students requires more than just giving them extra work. These learners thrive with thoughtful challenges, targeted support, and opportunities to go deeper. But finding...
Boost your IELTS Speaking score using Marvely, the smart tool with instant feedback and real exam-style practice.
We’ve created a free AI Trail Guide to ISTELive 2025. A printable PDF with all the top AI sessions, booths, and tools worth exploring. It’s..
Teachers, how many hours are you losing to grading each week? If you find yourself spending six hours or more marking quizzes, tests, and...
There’s an interesting and somewhat troubling trend unfolding in classrooms. Microsoft’s latest research shows that when students lean heavily on AI tools, their ability to think critically tends t...
Microsoft’s latest research shows that when students lean heavily on AI tools, their ability to think critically tends to slip. On the....
One of the biggest challenges we face as teachers is student engagement . Not just listening, but thinking, reacting, wanting to be part of the moment. Just this week, I spoke with Jan Bleyen...
Discover how one teacher used Quizalize to turn a video lesson into an engaging, game-based experience that kept students focused and...
How AI tools are helping teachers personalize learning and free up time for what matters most without replacing the human side of education.
The Easter break is one of the few times in the school year when we can truly pause. Not just to recover and to catch our breath, but to reflect. Lately, I’ve found myself reflecting on my journey with curriculum development over the past couple of years – whereby at one point, I spent weeks… Read More »Reflecting on Your Teaching Approach This Easter? (Teaching with Textbooks vs Using AI)
Need quick GCSE speaking prep? This smart, time-saving strategy helps teachers get students ready fast and with confidence.
With more than 18,000 students and 1,000 teachers, Brentwood Union Free School District in Long Island is one of our largest Quizalize deployments. Originally the English department saw Quizalize a...
Try 3 must try free language games for the classroom that boost student engagement and make learning fun. Easy to use, no prep required, and perfect for any lesson!
Get free NYST 2025 practice tests and sample questions for your students. Auto-graded, standards-aligned, and easy to use. Start now!
Discover how AI is transforming GCSE speaking exam prep for teachers and students. Learn how AI-powered tools provide real exam-style practice, instant feedback, and progress tracking to boost student confidence. Explore Marvely, a free AI tool designed for schools to simplify GCSE....
Simplify teaching with the Marvely Teacher Dashboard—assign activities, track progress, and support students in one easy platform.
Feedback is one of the most powerful tools for learning. Research shows feedback can have a monumental impact (we’re talking an effect that improves their test scores by an average of 8-15%, which is huge), but only if it’s done right.
See how Marvely is making language learning fun and practical for students with real conversations, instant feedback, and a fresh, modern approach. Teachers, it’s time to say goodbye to dull drills and hello to a classroom your students will actually enjoy!
Interview with - David Moran, Interim CEO at Venturers Trust and Co-Founder of StepStack. David's expertise in school improvement, technology integration, and leadership makes him a compelling voice in the field...
Toni, the Digital Curriculum Lead at Star Academy Trust, shares her invaluable insights on how to harness technology to empower students, engage parents, and create a future-ready learning environment...
Imagine a classroom where AI can immediately flag areas where students are struggling, allowing the teacher to intervene right when it’s needed. AI could even help predict which students might face challenges in the future...
After a teacher assigns a quiz, our AI reviews each student’s answers. For example, if a student finishes a math quiz with 10 questions, the AI automatically analyzes...
In this in-depth interview, we engage in a thought-provoking conversation with David Hoare, the Chairman of the Heart Academies Trust...
Learning a new language has never been easier, thanks to the wide array of language-learning apps available today. Duolingo, one of the most popular options, offers a gamified approach to learning ...
Preparing for foreign language exams often requires students to engage in simulated or actual conversations—a challenging task when opportunities to practice with native speakers are scarce in the ...
The landscape of education is rapidly evolving, driven in large part by the integration of digital technologies. To better understand this transformation, the 2023 Technology in Schools Survey was ...
The 2024 EdTech Impact Survey for UK MATs aims to gather data on how MAT leaders are currently bridging the gap between the abundance of EdTech...
The report presents 14 key statistics across several areas: student population, teacher demographics, technology adoption, and resource allocation. By understanding these trends, you can better strategize for your MAT's (Multi Academy Trust) future and empower your schools to thrive.
In December 2023, LEO Academy Trust, a MAT based in the UK, and Dr. Fiona Aubrey Smith released an in-depth research project on the use of technology across all schools within the trust. Over the p...
5 Reasons School Leaders, MAT Leaders and Educators Shouldn't Be Missing The Schools & Academies Show London. Check the full list before attending the event.
Our Co-Founder and CEO Charles Wiles recently had the wonderful opportunity to sit down for an AI interview with Website Planet. Read now!
Effortlessly boost SAT, GCSE and ALevel scores whilst bringing fun and engagement into the classroom at what can be a stressful time for all.
From today you can now assign all of ONA’s 6,500 curriculum aligned quizzes through Quizalize! Accurate, trustworthy content with epic, engaging games!
Introducing Vocabulary Quizzes, Reading Comprehension Quizzes and Fill-in-the-Blank Quizzes. These can be created in seconds using our AI tool saving you so much time...
Looking for the best 3 English Language Learner quiz types? You’ve come to the right place! Time saving, effective and engaging ELL teaching methods!
Personolize your teaching to suit the needs of every student in your classroom. Track the varying levels of understanding with Quizalize.
The best free tool for language teachers. Vocab quizzes, reading comprehension and more! Groundbreaking updates applied to any language.
2024 is just around the corner, and with a new year comes new resolutions!! It's a time for fresh starts and exciting possibilities, especially for students! But sometimes, setting resolutions can ...
If you want to learn more about investing on Crowdcube and becoming a shareholder in Zzish and Quizalize, we have created a guide...
BBC Bitesize is an influential learning resource in the UK and around the world and they are using their new tool to inspire every child to create their best digital future.
Zzish, the force behind Quizalize are crowdfunding. You can become a shareholder today and here’s everything you need to know!! No investing experience required!
The EdTech Summit 2023, held at the Birmingham NEC will be hosted in just over a week (22nd November), and we have been eagerly anticipating...
Get exclusive vouchers and discount codes by signing up to Quizalize Premium. Join the Teacher Saving Club and enjoy the benefits of improving your classroom teaching and engagement for a brilliant price!
Introducing a new feature to Quizalize! Create a quiz with our AI assessment tool by simply inserting a YouTube URL or a long text. Making a quiz has never been easier!
At Quizalize, we often get asked why we do what we do. In this blog post, Co-Founder and CEO Dr Charles Wiles explains why.
Calling all Southeast Asia teachers! Quizalize is excited to announce the Southeast Asia Teachers Competition! This is your chance to showcase your creativity and enthusiasm for using Quizalize in ...
In this blog post we aim to ease you into Blockerzz with easy step by step guides and tutorials. Whether you’re a Minecraft pro or novice, we want you to leave this blog feeling that you can take B...
To celebrate the launch of the virtual reality version of our popular Blockerzz classroom quiz games, we’re giving away free Meta Quest 2 VR headset...
This month’s Teacher Appreciation goes to Laura Hall. Teacher Hall teaches Spanish and French and has been doing so for 27 years. Her teaching duties are divided between a brick-and-mortar school i...
What does this mean for publishers? Smart publishers are realizing that the only business models that make sense for the future are those...
This month’s Teacher Appreciation goes to teacher Ceren Calici from Turkey. Ceren has been working as a Turkish language teacher...
Explore the ethical implications of AI in education and how Educational Technologists, Instructional Designers, Learning Technologists...
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Get ready to be inspired by Richard Perry (NY teacher with AI expertise) and Charles Wiles (Quizalize CEO) to discover ChatGPT's transformative impact, get useful tips, and explore implementation considerations...
Join Quizalize and teacher Hinako as she shares her experience with educators in Japan! Discover her expert tips and practical advice for personalizing learning and improving engagement in the clas...
みなさんはオンラインクイズを使ったことがありますか。今日は「Quizaliaze(クイザライズ）というオンラインクイズの「無料アカウント」でできることをお話ししたいと思います。全くオンラインクイズを使ったことがない方から、色々オンラインクイズをしているけど、他とどう違うの？と言った方におすすめの内容になってます。
This month’s Teacher Appreciation goes to teacher Renee Dawson from Atlanta. Renee coaches the Minecraft Student Ambassadors...
To celebrate the launch of Creative Mode, we would like to invite you and your class to create buildings (or even whole worlds) and enter our competition...
If you're new to AI and worried that you won't be able to keep up with other teachers who are already using these tools, don't worry! Check...
Ahead of the London Book Fair 2023, our team has curated a list of 5 things you must know before attending this highly anticipated event...
We’ve made using ChatGPT to create quizzes a breeze! Teachers can create quizzes in seconds using our new ChatGPT Quiz Creator. Try it now!
We were thrilled to be invited to pitch at Xoogler Demo Day at the Google HQ in London, UK, to a room full of present and former Googlers and their investor community. The event was a huge opportun...
As an AI tool, ChatGPT can help teachers save time by providing quick answers to various questions, helping them generate materials...
Receiving industry awards for Zzish and Quizalize and the hard work the team puts into making Quizalize as impactful as possible is an honour
We are always delighted to win awards, hearing that our work to promote education equity and give teachers superpowers is being seen and
We are delighted to announce that, following the close of our recent crowdfunding campaign, Zzish & Quizalize is the most successful EdTech company to...
It is quick and easy to create quizzes on Quizalize! Your class can start playing their first quiz within two minutes by following these three easy steps:
Who are Zzish and what is My Quizalize? Zzish is the award-winning company behind Quizalize and Zzish Insights, now leveraging its experience in edtech design and unlocking learning data to power M...
Differentiated learning means, in simple terms, tailoring instruction to meet the individual needs of all your students. By customizing your methods, mediums and processes for each learner, differe...
You asked; we listened! Our new Math Rich Editor allows the thousands of math teachers using Quizalize to create technical math quizzes...
My name is Charles, and I’m the co-founder and CEO of Quizalize... How it all started I was inspired to create Quizalize when I noticed that my son was falling behind at school. His over...
The three words that every teacher dreads, signaling the end of summer freedom... "back to school"! With the first day of the new school year coming up, starting to think about classroom organizati...
At Quizalize, we love gamification. So we’ve collected our favourite online classroom games and activities that will reinforce their learning and inject some fun into the classroom.
With more and more schools shutting in the wake of the Coronavirus outbreak, teachers are taking their lessons online as students are kept at home. The transition from school-based learning to onli...
When a school closure is inevitable, what can we do to make sure our students don’t miss out? With Japan and Italy among the growing number of countries shutting schools in the wake of the COVID-19...
This blog is part of a collaboration with our good friends at LINC, The Learning Innovation Catalyst. LINC supports educators as agents of innovative classroom transformation, equipped to pre...
It’s every teacher’s dream to be able to track student progress easily and painlessly — think of how much more effective we could be in the classroom if we had access to data on students’ level of...
Teacher workload is one of the most contentious talking points in the profession. In particular the volume of grading we are required to do.
Repetitive failure as the path to success. That each time we try to accomplish a task there are two results: success or failure.
Wow, what a tremendous response we’ve had to our Design-A-Game Competition, which saw hundreds upon hundreds of budding computer game designers submit ingenious ideas for Quizalize’s next new game....
If you teach science lessons about the human body, then here’s something great you might not have seen before - an educational Augmented Reality experience! Virtuali-tee encourages students to expl...
“Essential for assessing comprehension in the classroom." - Tamaini W., World Languages Dept. Chair, Atlanta, GA Like most teachers, Tamaini, a World Languages Department Chair from Atlanta, loved ...
“The assessment app I never knew I needed” - John H., 8th grade Soc. Studies, Deer Park, NY Having effective conversations about academic progress with your students just got a little easier. Ask J...
We recently surveyed thousands of teachers who use Quizalize. 98% said they would recommend Quizalize to other teachers. We also had some amazing comments which we'd love to share with you. (Please...
February, 16 marks the start of the 2018 Chinese New Year for 1.5 billion people around the world. This two week long celebration presents an explosion of vibrant colours and festivities. Teach you...
Great news! We’ve expanded our popular range of TEKS-aligned quizzes to include TEKS Math Algebra 1! Easily track your students' progress towards mastering the Algebra 1 TEKS! We've created engagin...
The SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on February 6, at 3:45 p.m. (EST). It is the most powerful operational rocket in the world, with the ability to lift nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb) into orbit. This epic machine has taken a red Tesla car, belonging to Elon Musk… Read More »SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launch – take your class above and beyond!
We've made some big changes to make it even easier to access those valuable student insights - helping you support your students more effectively. A new insights overview page Teachers tell us they...
If you teach in Texas, we’ve got some exciting news that will make your life easier! We’ve created hundreds of engaging student quizzes using past paper questions from official STAAR tests (available at tea.texas.gov). The quizzes are free to use and help your students master TEKS standards across many subjects. You can play them as… Read More »Teaching in Texas? Introducing TEKS Mastery with Quizalize & Zzish
Generating a classroom environment where students feel secure and confident in their own capabilities can endorse a hard working and positive attitude among students. Education, however, commonly focuses on academic achievements and rewarding the most successful students, which can discourage those whose are less academically skilled. As a twenty-first century teacher how do you approach… Read More »Building Student Confidence with Whole Class Games
Teaching can often be perceived as simply passing knowledge from one person to another, however a teacher’s role is never that simple as students have unique learning needs. As a teacher, how do you address this challenge in your classroom? We believe that differentiation is key to effective teaching and should be incorporated into lesson… Read More »The Easy Way to Differentiate your Teaching
Teachers say that using Quizalize has increased student interaction in the classroom, with many teachers telling us how much their students love our basketball game.
The Importance Of Interactive Formative Assessments Unlocking wonderment in subjects is essential to the mastery of tests and memory retention. Where traditional pedagogy is failing to properly engage the young generation of digital natives, interactive formative assessments might just have the answer to both optimized learning and teaching. Schools and education authorities are constantly looking… Read More »Interactive Formative Assessments: The Secret To Optimized Learning
We are giving away a $50 Amazon voucher to the teacher who can create the best Quizalize feedback video! In this video we would like you to answer the following questions: How has Quizalize helped ...
You can now import all of your Quizlet Sets into Quizalize. Note: The import function does not work with older versions of Internet Explorer. Here's how to do it: Log into Quizlet and select one of...
I learned of Quizalize when they followed me on Twitter (thanks, Quizalize, btw!). Intrigued, I headed to the site to check it out. It was very easy to make a new quiz. Click the + New Quiz button ...
By Jenny Shen Quizalize is an online platform for classroom polling and assessing that can be accessed by computer, tablet, or mobile phone. Teachers can create quizzes to test students’ knowledge ...
Learn how to create a review game with this simple video and start engaging your students in class. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA0oeg8SEas
By David Kapuler Quizalize is a fantastic learning tool for educators to create game based learning quizzes. What separates Quizalize apart from similar sites is the detailed reports generated as w...
Ancora una risorsa per la gamification in classe. Si tratta di Quizalize strumento progettato per creare quiz basato sul gioco . Ciò che contraddistingue Quizalize rispetto a servizi analogh...
We recently launched the new Quizalize which now provides teachers with much more student insight using Zzish. To celebrate the launch of this, we are giving away a $200 Amazon voucher to the teach...
By Vini Bance I believe that real teachers should not be spending hours on end completing complex data tasks. They should have more time in class, with students and a healthy work-life balance so t...
Make the most of your experience using Quizalize with these amazing hacks. This article will show you how to use all of Quizalize’s functionalities to make fantastic quizzes to use in the classroom or to give for homework. Video questions It is possible to add Youtube videos to the questions with the following code: videoq:w5GtWYGCdMA:2:48:0//yourquestion… Read More »Quizalize Hacks