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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

edWeb.net

Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.” 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.

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Policy and Practice: An AI Roadmap

edWeb.net

In 2011, the world was introduced to Siri and generative adversarial networks (GANs) appeared in 2014. Educational leaders and AI enthusiasts Dr. Kecia Ray and Superintendent Jerry Almendarez shared insights into policy and practice during the edLeader Panel “ Get Future Ready with AI: A Roadmap for District Leaders.”

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ParentSquare Partners with MyVRSpot to Enhance Video Messaging to K-12 School-Home Engagement Platform

eSchool News

Teachers can also easily create and share lessons using the built-in recorder tools in MyVRSpot and then add the videos to the posts they create in ParentSquare – giving teachers and students the tools they need to teach and be future-ready citizens. ParentSquare ( [link] ), founded in 2011, is based in Santa Barbara, CA.

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Dreaming bigger for Iowa education

Dangerously Irrelevant

The issues from our 2011 Iowa, Did You Know? one or more Iowa universities worked with external partners to design and deliver a ‘Future Ready’ leadership graduate certificate that would give teacher leaders and administrators the skills necessary to foster 21st century learning environments? video still persist. Bottom line.

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22 districts join network of innovative school systems

eSchool News

The League of Innovative Schools, launched in late 2011, accepts new members through an open application process once per year. With the new members, the League now includes 73 school districts in 33 states, representing 3.2 million students.

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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon is a Google Certified Innovator (#GTAWA 2011), has been a Lead Learner for a Google Teacher Academy (#GTAMTV2), is also an Apple Distinguished Educator and has facilitated over 10 Executive Briefings and led sessions in Final Cut Pro for the 2013 Apple Institute.

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The edWeb Team is going to be at ISTE 2019

edWeb.net

Dr. Rob is the author of several books including Reading, Technology, and Digital Literacy and the ISTE bestselling title Are You Future Ready. Rob also hosts a well-known YouTube educational video blog called The Seditionists and educational podcast called the Council on the Future of Education.