Innovative Learning Services specializes in helping students integrate technology to plan, organize, write, manage time, and develop a host of skills critical to academic and life success. Technology is less the "solution" than it is a key component of improved study and organizational systems, comprised of proven strategies, more effective tools, and a better set of habits. This combination allows students to more easily demonstrate their potential and in many instances, feel better about school.
My name is Dan Leibowitz, founder of Innovative Learning Services and a certified teacher with advanced degrees in general and special education and a Certificate in Educational Therapy. I love what I do and with fifteen years of experience working with Bay Area students and people of all ages, I specialize in helping them identify and implement technology-oriented systems that:
- Keep track of it all -plan and organize assignments, projects, schedules and materials
- Transfer thougths to the comuter with greater ease and efficiency
- Improve written expression -organize and elaborate on ideas, apply conventions, develop fluency and variety
- Apply structured, consistent approaches that help initiate and sustain the effort
- Prioritize -identify what's most pressing, when it's due and methods for getting it done
- Build computer, Internet safety and information literacy skills
- Advocate for themselves by communicating with teachers and others in supportive roles
Helping students demonstrate their potential by getting a handle on these and other executive skills frequently improves academics, students' self-esteem and sense of self-efficacy, and often, the home dynamic. I have extensive experience with students in elementary through high school, as well as university.
In this website you will find further information about my techniques, successes, workshops and how I support individuals of all ages in working through challenging tasks to the best of their abilities.
This website is under development so please check back again soon for updates.
