Everyone is familiar with athletic coaches. Most are familiar with instructional coaches, too. But what about student coaches? Of course, these are teachers. Teachers encourage …
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Making the Transition Back to School
It’s a question everyone in education is asking: What will next school year look like? While the answer will vary across schools and districts, we know for certain we will not be going back to normal. …
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Developing Teacher Agency Through Edited Video
This blog is focused on the use of Swivl Teams. Teams is now Reflectivity – learn why we changed our name → Teachers should be empowered to face the challenges they experience in their own …
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edTPA Success with Swivl
The edTPA is a performance-based, subject-specific assessment and support system used by teacher preparation programs throughout the U.S. One of the more difficult tasks of the edTPA is Task 2, the …
ECEs get a “Head Start” with Swivl
From in-home observations to flipped classrooms to mentor/ mentee relationships, Swivl is the obvious choice to collect crisp, clear audio and a 360° video recorded view of what is going on in early …
Positive Video Recording Practices in Schools
We get it. Recording videos in the classroom can be stressful for students, teachers and parents alike. Swivl is here to help everyone become comfortable with video by offering some suggestions for …
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Student Empowerment Part 2
Authors Rick Jetter, Ph.D. and Rebecca Coda provide the justifications for and strategies to make your organization dependent on student input for genuine transformation felt by everyone from school …
Student Empowerment Part 1
This was one of a two-part webinar series that explores strategies for encouraging more authentic student voice in your class and promoting student agency in the decision making processes that …
Swivl’s Role in Research
We were joined by researchers from: University of Alaska-Fairbanks, University of Illinois-Chicago, Michigan State University, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to discuss how video is an effective …
21st Century Skills
Jeremy Shaw is an Instructional Technology Coach in Snow Hill, NC, who is presenting on using technology and small group lesson formats to build 21st Century skills in students. Blog …