Author Archives: George Rislov

George Rislov

George Rislov is senior marketing manager at Compass Learning, and was formerly the chief architect for the social studies department. George taught middle school, high school, community college, and university courses in the Dallas area before he came to Austin to work for the Texas Education Agency, where he served as managing director of the division of curriculum. George has served as president of the Texas Council for the Social Studies, and in 2000 was selected to be one of four Southwest Region trainers for the new AP World History course by the College Board. He has been at Compass Learning since July of 2007. He is owned by two totally spoiled Boston Terriers, Zac and Django.

Making Learning Even More Personal with Google Chromebooks

April 8, 2013 , by George Rislov

Posted in Educational Technology

This past January, Google publicized in District Administration Magazine that nearly 500 school districts, including more than 2,000 campuses across 41 states have introduced Google Chromebooks into the classroom. I have heard a lot of chatter regarding when Compass Learning will be getting into the mobile device game. Well, the time has arrived! We are [...]

Honoring “Ike”

March 28, 2013 , by George Rislov

Posted in Uncategorized

Thoughts on SXSWedu 2013

March 8, 2013 , by George Rislov

Posted in Featured, Learning

Arthur VanderVeen of Compass Learning and Iwan Streichenberger of inBloom in the SXSWedu Bloggers' Lounge

SXSWedu (South by Southwest Education Conference) features four days of compelling presentations and informative sessions from education professionals, industry leaders, and policy practitioners committed to engaging all learners. It is an offshoot of the highly successful interactive, film, and music conferences held every year in Austin, Texas. SXSWedu started three years ago with about 600 [...]

Hall Davidson at TASA 2013: Tablet Device as Backpack

January 30, 2013 , by George Rislov

Posted in Educational Technology

Is the backpack destined to become extinct too?

I had never heard Hall Davidson speak until I saw him at the Midwinter meeting of the Texas Association of Schools Administrators. If you have not heard his presentation, you are in for a treat: enthusiasm, energy, state-of-the-art information. As we say around here, it was the whole enchilada. His title was, “Leading, Learning, Achieving: [...]