There is no box
thinking out loud about technology, education and life
recent posts
- VUCA Never Left the Building: RebootED Episode 58 Reminds Us Leadership in 2026 Is Still About Navigating the Unnavigable
- 13 Years Later: Daniel Pink’s Insights on Motivation Are More Relevant Than Ever in the AI Era
- 2012 Vision Still Holds: Redefining Public Education in the Age of AI and Perpetual Change
- 10 Things I Miss About My EV
- Is Your School’s Technology Strategy Still Stuck in a “Break/Fix” Mindset?
about
Author: Andrew T Schwab
-
Nearly six years ago—July 25, 2020—I recorded RebootED Episode 58: “VUCA, VUCA, VUCA!” with my co-host Dr. Mike Vollmert. We were deep in the fog of early pandemic reopening debates. Schools everywhere faced impossible choices: in-person vs. remote, safety protocols vs. learning loss, equity gaps widening by the day. Dr. V framed it through the…
-
Back in February 2013—before AI tutors, before widespread hybrid learning, before we even dreamed of ChatGPT—Dr. Mike Vollmert and I hit record on RebootED Episode 15: “We Talk Education With Daniel Pink.” I was still early in my future ready schools journey, looking for a different frame for education. Daniel Pink, fresh off his bestseller…
-
Thirteen-plus years ago—November 2012— Dr. Mike Vollmert and I launched one of the very first episodes of what would become RebootED. Episode 9: “Redefining Public Education”. It was raw, unpolished audio: just the two of us wrestling with big questions about the purpose, structure, and future of public schools. Back then, smartphones were just becoming…
-
Unfortunately its a total loss, so I have to say goodbye to M3 and start looking for my next ride.
-
I originally explored this topic in a blog post I wrote back in 2015 on the challenges facing small school districts. While the tech has changed, the core principles of an effective strategy are more relevant than ever. You can read the original post here: LINK I remember my first job in education—as the first…
-
Back in 2017, I attended the EdSurge Fusion Conference where the focus was Personalized Learning. Even then, presenters admitted we didn’t have a common definition for what that meant, but the future was certain: technology would finally disrupt education in a way no overhead projector, interactive whiteboard, or 1:1 device ever could. Clearly optimism abounds…
-
What Education Forgot from the Internet age and What It Can’t Miss Again The rise of AI in education is today’s hottest headline. From adaptive platforms to AI tutors and generative content tools, it feels like another “revolution” in learning is upon us. But before we throw ourselves into the next big thing, it’s worth…
-
There was a time when my days revolved around system uptime, network cables, and servers. I architected networks, managed systems, and made sure email never went down. Life was simple. Then I became a classroom teacher, and suddenly, nothing was simple anymore. I started looking to places like Minarets High School that were pushing the boundaries of…
-
What follows is from a draft I wrote coming out of the Pandemic and never published, because frankly I stopped blogging and podcasting during COVID and couldn’t find the headspace to come back to it. Recently, I’ve been playing around with AI tools using my old content, and I was struct by how much has…
-
After a few decades in education and technology leadership, I’ve lived through more “transformations” than I can count: Smartboards, the Internet, netbooks, 1:1 rollouts, LMS revolutions, Google Apps migrations, remote learning, and now AI. Each wave has taught me something new—and often, reminded me of something we forgot along the way. These are my top…
There is no box 