History of thereNow

In September of 2004, thereNow and Spectrum Education Group helped Weber School District in Ogden, Utah to obtain funding from the U.S. Department of Education to conduct research on teacher professional development.

In June, 2007, thereNow was funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences to further develop the observational component of thereNow's cognitive apprenticeship model.

The objective of this $850,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant is to design and research the hardware and software necessary to enable classroom observation.

The technology developed by thereNow is now commercially available in North America, Europe, and Australia.

thereNow Press Releases and News Articles

• (2008) IRIS Connect on Utah Public Radio (News story, Utah Public Radio.)

thereNow Videos

• (3/4/2005) Fox News story about thereNow. [Quicktime video clip]
• (7/8/2005) Rachel McAnallen model-teaching via the Virtual Teacher. [Windows Media video clip]
• (7/15/2005) Video presentation of the Telepresence equipment. [Windows Media video clip]
• (3/1/2006) Weber School District's students, teachers, and administrators talk about thereNow. [Windows Media video clip]

thereNow partners

Spectrum Consulting

Spectrum Consulting provides research, evaluation, and development services to clients in education, public health, non-profit service, local government, and business.

Spectrum's works with clients across the United States and Puerto Rico: school districts, public health entities, state offices of education and health, universities, community-based organizations, tribal governments, etc.

Spectrum Consulting is a woman-owned small business, serving clients since 1997.

Spectrum Health Policy Research

Spectrum Health Policy Research (SHPR), a division of Spectrum Consulting, is led by Dr. Ryan Loo. SHPR provides a range of services to public health programs across the United States. SHPR uses advanced theoretical methodologies and progressive technology solutions to serve clients in the following areas:

• Development, Design, Implementation, and Oversight of Research and Evaluation
• Scientific, Technical, and Expert Advice on Business Functions and Business Improvement Efforts
• Translating Research into Public Health Practice
• Curriculum/Intervention/Program Development
• Strategic Planning, Priority/Goal Setting, and Developing Performance Measures/Indicators
• Data Collection, Analysis, Interpretation, and Reporting Results
• Survey (and other instrument) design; sampling; database administration; reliability and validity analyses; data collection methodology (in person, mail, phone, web); quantitative and qualitative approaches (includes interviewing approaches and focus groups).

thereNow Europe

thereNow Europe is the exclusive European Distributor for thereNow, LLC.