Teacher Development. Keep it Simple Stupid!
Sibme has been in the works now for a couple of years, and has been entirely self-funded. Just like building a great school or becoming a great teacher, building Sibme has been a total team effort. We couldn’t have done it without hard core technologists and a...
Sibme is live and out of beta!
If you’ve ever been a teacher, you know the feeling. You spent countless nights designing a lesson plan that would get your students excited about learning. You pored over strategies to connect with that smart but wayward student. You worked hard because you care...
Habitual Teaching
In my 11th grade AP Euro course, each class would begin with an oral review of the previous nights’ reading. I had my notebook open to pages of outlined facts as I waited anxiously for Mr. Hoffman to call on me. Clipboard in hand, he paced the room methodically and...
Making sense of User status when using Sibme.
In case you’re wondering why we designed and developed the Sibme application to accommodate two different levels of Users, it’s because not every school, educational organization, or institution is ready to allow their employees to have all permissions and privileges...
What makes a great school?
The NY Times published a fantastic article on the Union City Public School District last weekend. You can read it here. The article discussed the potential for UC schools to be a model for improving underachieving school districts around the country. Most salient was...
