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Librarians at the Forefront of “Future Ready”

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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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Are librarians the key to a Future Ready school?

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Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology, librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become future ready. 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.

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4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

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Webinar host for SimpleK12 and a regular contributor to Edutopia and appoLearning. Author of the book “iPad in Education for Dummies” released in January 2013. Tom - The Future Ready effort is helping districts systemically plan BEFORE they purchase. Monica Burns. ClassTechTips. Sam Gliksman.

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4 Questions for 4 Edtech Thought Leaders

eSpark

Webinar host for SimpleK12 and a regular contributor to Edutopia and appoLearning. Author of the book “iPad in Education for Dummies” released in January 2013. Tom - The Future Ready effort is helping districts systemically plan BEFORE they purchase. Monica Burns. ClassTechTips. Sam Gliksman.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

Professional development defined as one-hit wonders with hour-long speaker presentations and all-day workshops leaves teachers unequipped to implement best practices and personalized learning opportunities for their students. After leaving state service, Jeff was a Senior Director for Common Sense Media’s education division.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

This edWeb webinar was co-hosted by CoSN and edWeb.net and sponsored by ClassLink. She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S. Ann also attended the 2014 White House Connected Superintendents Summit and was named a 2012-2013 NSBA Technology Leadership Network 20 to Watch Educator.

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