Conduct Classroom Walkthroughs with Your Kindle Fire

Midvale -- Free-Press-Release.com-- Jan 6, 2012 -- Classroom walkthroughs have always played a central role in professional development for teachers, never more so than the present. With the education sector coming under increased scrutiny, and a growing number of districts transitioning into merit pay systems, observing and refining teacher performance is more important than ever.

PD developer School Improvement Network has been helping administrators and teachers create powerful, impactful classroom observations for years now. Through Observation 360, the company’s premiere observation tool, mentors have the ability to conduct observations from an iPad or Android, and to communicate feedback in real time as the program automatically recommends professional development videos to teachers. Observation 360 has not only helped educators create more efficient and lastingly impactful classroom walkthroughs, its functions have changed the professional development industry.

And, as technology evolves, Observation 360 remains relevant by constantly upgrading and evolving with it. Most recently, developers at School Improvement Network have made Observation 360 compatible with the Kindle Fire, Amazon’s most cutting-edge eReader.

“We know that Observation 360 is being used by a growing number of people, with a diverse set of digital needs,” says Cory Linton, Vice President of School Improvement Network. “We want to make sure that everyone, no matter where they are or what device they’re using, has full and ready access to our product. Incorporating the Kindle Fire into our system is just another step toward that.”

Click here to find out how Observation 360 can improve your classroom walkthroughs, and receive a free demonstration and a free quote.

Anyone can join the School Improvement Network community, and sign up for a free trial of PD 360 and My Portfolio by visiting and clicking on the “free 30-day trial” icon.

About School Improvement Network
Founded in 1991 by teachers, the School Improvement Network provides comprehensive, research-based professional development anytime, anywhere. As the home of The Video Journal of Education, PD 360, the Learning 360 Framework, Equity 360, and Common Core 360, School Improvement Network resources focus on the most relevant topics, feature the top experts, and show educators how to put theory into practice. School Improvement Network works with thousands of schools and districts in every state and around the world and has visited over 3,500 classrooms to document best practices in action. Learn more at .

About Observation 360
Observation 360 (available on all Apple and Android devices, and now the Kindle Fire) is the only classroom walkthrough tool with prescriptive technology. The prescriptive technology automatically recommends relevant training videos from PD 360's vast, on-demand library, based on the observation results. Observation 360 v1.5 provides graphs, notations, and customizable templates to suit your school or district. Observation 360 makes classroom observations efficient for administrators and effective for teachers. Learn more at .

About PD 360 • Practical, Scalable, Measurable
PD 360 is the multi-award winning, leading online, on-demand professional learning resource for schools and districts. With 1,800 videos on 117 topics from 120 experts, PD 360 has the largest online community of educators, with over 822,000 subscribers. The innovative PD 360 videos are unique and class-leading because of the quality of production, and each is research-based with classroom examples of best practices. The videos are also relatively short in nature (approximately 6-12 minutes in length) allowing educators access to “snack-able” content that is easy and accessible to view and implement.

Teachers, administrators, professional learning communities, coaches, mentors, instructional leaders, and paraprofessionals have available at their fingertips hundreds of indexed and searchable video segments that present real, best-practice classroom examples and feature respected education experts, such as Michael Fullan, Rick DuFour, Doug Reeves, Rick Stiggins, and many others. Educators can instantly find the help they need on nearly every topic, including differentiation, assessment, English language learners, leadership, and more. PD 360 can also be used to create a structured learning experience for an individual teacher, a PLC, or even an entire school. PD 360 bridges the gap between training and classroom implementation with job-embedded follow-up, tracking, and reflection tools. PD 360 gives educators access to an online community of teaching professionals that allows interaction and collaboration either within a district or across the United States and the world. PD 360 includes over 1,800 research-based video learning segments and is the most comprehensive web-based library of professional development resources available. See a demonstration at .

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Press Contact:
Duane Sprague
School Improvement Network
801-758-9546
duane.sprague@schoolimprovement.com

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