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JUNE 26, 2015

In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. By signing, school leaders committed to working with teachers, families, and community members to transition their districts to "personalized, digital learning.". What does it mean to be a Future Ready School?

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

From Providence, Rhode Island to Phoenix, Arizona, I’ve had the privilege to travel and work with over 2,300 district leaders from almost 500 school districts over the past year through the Future Ready Initiative. These concerns are real and often become roadblocks for student learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Want to hear another episode on technology tools? on Corippo is the Chief Innovation Officer for CUE, leading CUE’s professional learning throughout California and Nevada. Jon keynotes, leads and designs Professional Learning experiences all over the country. And this is the beauty of technology.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2016

Each January, thousands travel to Orlando, Florida to take part in the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), one of the nation’s best edtech related learning opportunities for educators. A new opportunity to convert older computers to classroom Chromebooks.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Point A: We need to be asking what works because we’re spending a lot of money on education technology. He’s the co-author of Learning Transformed. So, Vicki, here’s what we’re seeing; nationwide, we’re spending billions of dollars on educational technology. So what works is when students are actively using the technology.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

The panelists put stopgaps in place to ensure students were learning and engaged: providing devices such as Chromebooks to all students and setting up WiFi hotspots. Yet, even with devices and access, students who were already struggling academically pre-pandemic had an even harder time learning at home. Dr. Dan Morris.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The Panel featured Mackey Pendergrast, Superintendent of the Morris School District (NJ), Erica Hartman, District Director of Technology Integration for the Morris School District (NJ), and Dewayne J. She noted that in her district, the technology and curriculum departments are not separate silos, but work together as a team.

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