A New Approach to Accountability
Media-X partner, McREL, teamed up with student assessment developer, Measured Progress, on this White Paper detailing the call for a significant re-balancing of the formula that schools use to assess students. This paper details how utilizing curriculum-embedded...
eWalk Limits Incidences of Teachers having to Ask for Help
I was perusing through one of my LinkedIn discussion groups and came across an article authored by Mr. Henry Gray. The article is entitled Ask for Help. I included the first two paragraphs of Mr. Gray's article as I thought it provided some insight as to the many...
Validating the Classroom Walkthrough – AGAIN
It seems that over the years I have found myself referencing the benefit of classroom walk-throughs on many occasions as I speak about the things we do in our building. Just recently I had the opportunity to speak with two members of my faculty and as the conversation...
Building eWalk Templates to Manage Other Observation Platforms
I had previously written an article about the new evaluation system in my state of Georgia and how the new web platform no longer accommodated eWalk. The new platform offered one template to record data and in my opinion was awkward, not user friendly, and was...
Should You Conduct Classroom Observations the Week Before a Holiday? ABSOLUTELY.
And here is why. Is your school accountable for the education of young people? Is your school measured based upon the academic achievement of your students? Do your teachers have enough time to effectively cover all the standards in the curriculum? Are all of your...
BYOD in Public Education: The Next Leap in Tech-Based Learning
Once upon a time, in the land of academia, teachers loathed the very presence of cellphones in their classrooms. To curb this practice, we tried everything. Collecting and keeping the mobiles in our desks. Lining them up across our whiteboards. Reading student texts...
Classroom Observations Support Teachers More Than They Know
I recently had a parent meeting where the parent and the student were unhappy with a teacher. They were making accusations that the teacher was unreasonable, rude to the student, was picking on the student, and would not help the student with school work. We had...
Video Games in the Classroom
Today's children and young adults have grown up with video games, and according to Psychology Today, approximately 99 percent of American boys and 94 percent of American girls play them regularly. Video games have become a nearly ubiquitous aspect of home...
Teachers Will Let You Know What is Going On – If You Ask
A teacher will often provide me with an explanation if I ask questions on the eWalk walkthrough template or if they feel an explanation is needed. This is an effective method of gaining insight into the intricacies of the class room and why teachers do what they do....
I Knew Because I Had Been In The Classroom
I visited a classroom the other day and I could not have caught the teacher at a worse time. When I arrived and sat down, I could tell the he was frustrated. The teacher was on the way out the door and a fellow teacher in a nearby room, who was on planning, was on the...
