My goals for using Swivl’s Pro+ Multi-Camera feature one morning were very straightforward: to capture simultaneous observations of all my reading groups for review later and to reflect on my personal tone and professionalism while speaking with my students. However, the recording process, reflection, and collaboration afterwa...

Keysha McIntyre is a Swivl Pioneer and district level school improvement coach in Atlanta, Georgia. She began implementing the use of video during classroom observations to help facilitate conversations with coaches and their teachers. Her experience has shown her that video creates a more reliable lens on what actually happens ...

A review of the wonderful posts on the Swivl blog will highlight the many benefits of using the Swivl system to implement individualized observations with students. Being able to review any lesson via video is great, but the additional features that the Swivl+ system provides cannot be overlooked. As teachers, we often pride our...

I first learned about Swivl 3 years ago at a state technology conference. I am astounded by the advances that they have made in that short time, including the C3 and C5 multi channel audio. Their latest addition of multi-camera capabilities with Swivl+ has me very excited. In our first official foray into the Swivl+ world, ...

As teachers, we always are striving to learn more and to help our students perform better in the classroom. In 2016 I learned about Swivl and I am amazed at what a powerful tool it is in the classroom for the teacher and for the student. FOR THE TEACHER I began using Swivl to record my lessons and to upload the video to ...

Jeremy Shaw is a Swivl Pioneer and Instructional Technology Coach in Snow Hill, North Carolina, who has been active in integrating technology into classrooms to lift student achievement and increase engagement in his district. In his blog, he shares his experience of using Swivl Pro+ to facilitate the individualized observation ...

Tesla motors has shown us how the features of a modern product aren’t fixed once you buy them. They can evolve. Overnight, owners can gain access to major new features like Autopilot. Our C-Series Robot is a modern product. As of today you can download a firmware update that allows you to do something new that you didn’t ex...

Swivl Pioneer Yvonne Post shares her experience working with kindergarten teachers in San Antonio, Texas. Yvonne is an instructional coach who uses Swivl for her own reflective practices to advance her professional growth. She was one of the Pro+ Beta Users during the initial trial of Pro+ and the Swivl+ app. Yvonne used Pro+ as...

For as long as modern schools have existed, collaboration has been critical to the teaching profession. It has also been a constant struggle to make effective. Finding time for in-person collaboration during the school day is a challenge. In addition, accessing the expertise to address very specific student needs was not always ...

Earlier this year we purchased Swivls for each building in our district to be used by our teachers in their work in the classroom, as well as their work with our instructional coaches. The Swivls are great when we want to record classroom situations to be shared with others, but they can also play a role in our coaching processe...