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Are librarians the key to a Future Ready school?

eSchool News

However, too often librarians are left out of the planning process for infrastructure and devices, professional learning for teachers, and digital content strategies—areas where they often have expertise. Future Ready has developed a common set of information, tools, and assessment, that are all available for free.

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The Free and Online 2014 School Leadership Summit Starts Wednesday! (Full Session List)

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

History Survey Course: Free, Collaborative, and Self-Paced Professional Development - Craig J. Professor Two International Students With a Clear Vision of The Future of Education - Gabi Campos and Nik Hildebrandt (students) 12:00pm Discovering and Curating High Quality Apps, Websites, and Games for Learning - Kelly Mendoza, Sr.

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NCDLCN Voices from the Field: The Secret to Coaching

The PL2C Blog

Started in 2014 by the Friday Institute, this cadre of teacher leaders has been given tools to practice the art of coaching. I have seen our group grow exponentially, both in attendance and in terms of professional growth of individuals that are taking part. I also manage our 1:1 and BYOD initiatives in my school.

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Mapping mobile learning

Learning with 'e's

The Mobile World Congress predicts that as early as 2014, mobile phone subscriptions will outstrip the global population (~7.9 Mobile devices are clearly a boon for collaborative learning, especially for those who find themselves constantly on the move. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s. billion accounts).

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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning. Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.” Follow her on Twitter @mluhtala. About Mark Ray.

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Effective Technology Professional Learning: Leading and Collaborating to Assure Success

edWeb.net

Moore says that before any rollout of sustainable and effective professional learning, there are four factors that school leaders must consider. Gaddis explained how Wake County focused their professional learning by first identifying three groups: teachers, leadership, and school library media coordinators.

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Notes from Leadership for the Digital Age with Alan November - Day 2

EdTechSandyK

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. Good apps for creating tutorials: Explain Everything, Screen Chomp, Educreations District #2 : Revisiting their BYOD initiative.

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