One of the things about us that we hope sets Engaging Technologies from many technology companies is that we are a company started FOR teachers BY teachers. We made a difference in the classroom, and it's a good feeling knowing that we are making a difference out of the classroom too.

Both graduates of Emporia State University, Dustin and I began our teaching careers at junior highs and high schools in Kansas. After beginning our teaching careers in science and math, we would, with some regularity, shake our heads and say, "Boy, kids have really changed since we were in high school." At that point, it had only been a few years since we ourselves were out of high school!

After several years of teaching, we were introduced to the Classroom Performance System by eInstruction, and it took us next to no time to realize how this could revolutionize the classroom. We immediately wanted to share it with every teacher we knew--and even those we didn't!

I keep telling Dustin that I would have taught a lot longer with CPS in my classroom. However, as it was, that new little baby boy of ours was just too compelling, and I instead quit teaching and began my career at home. Dustin used CPS in his own classroom for several years with great success, gaining a wealth of classroom experience that he know shares with others.

Although our "teaching" now consists of training teachers around the country, we are still very heavily involved with kids (including our two very own technology zealots) and recognize the differences in kids today.

Our goal at Engaging Technologies is not only to provide you with classroom technologies to engage the Net Generation but also to train you on the very best ways to incorporate that technology in your classroom and use it to its fullest potential.

The Net Generation will demand an interactive classroom, and as teachers and trainers, we must be ready and comfortable with effective classroom technology to provide that.

We've been in your shoes, and we know what you'd like to get rid of--the overwhelming amount of grading, the paperwork, the test data--the many things that consume your time. We also know how much you appreciate things that make your job easier and more effective.

We hope to provide you with training to make this technology effective in your own classroom, and we provide the research to back up these educational methods.

There are great technology products out there that cater directly to the Net generation, and we want to help teachers not only find them but also implement them. That is why we founded Engaging Technologies.

Coming from a long family line of teachers, we also know that there are teachers out there that just aren't comfortable with all of this "new fangled" stuff in the classroom. They really need some help and don't always know where to get it.

As Engaging Technologies, we strive to provide you the products, research, and training, to make your classroom engaging, interactive, and effective for your students and make YOU the teacher that everyone remembers!