Editorial cover on EvalScribe cream reading "The wrong question during a walkthrough.", kicker "What Should I Write Down?", with two tags (Walkthroughs; For School Leaders) and three chips (Two jobs: observing & capturing, at once; Observe now, translate later; Write more, observe better), over a subhead: triaging notes in your head costs you the observations that matter most; the fix is decoupling observation from capture. Footer: "Let the observation be the whole job."

What Should I Write Down? Why That's the Wrong Question During a Classroom Walkthrough

June 06, 2026

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Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.

Anthony D. Neely, Ph.D.

Anthony Neely is the Founder of EvalScribe, a veteran educator, an AI integration consultant for teaching & learning, researcher, & author.