Last week I found myself talking to hundreds of educators and administrators at ISTE 2014 in Atlanta. While it is always exciting to share our work with people, I feel the greatest part of these shows is in simply listening to people who are out in the field and...
In the last few months I have been obsessed with smartwatches which are the latest gadget hype. These watches are intended to be a remote extension of your phone, cramped with a lot of smart functionality and average price tag of about $200. For those of you old...
Is great teaching the key to raising student achievement? Absolutely! This is the message we hear over and over again from our customers and partners in the US, Canada and the UK . But knowing what great teaching looks like, or helping good teachers improve is...
In my book ‘The Essential Guide to Classroom Walkthroughs’, there are case studies of successful implementations of classroom walkthroughs and classroom observations described, as well as references to the research on classroom walkthroughs and...
I don’t sleep very well. I tend to go to bed late and wake early. I drink coffee. I drink a lot of coffee. For quite some time (years actually), I’ve thought, “Maybe…just maybe…. I should sleep a bit more than I do.” but this was just a general feeling, a...
