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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. She kicked off Season 6 of the Emerging Tech series of webinars on edWeb.net October 19th with a live broadcast from New Canaan High School on the topic of “ Future Ready Librarians.”

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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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Save the Date: June 24th - Future Ready Schools | 2015 School Leadership Summit

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. The Pledge is a commitment by district leaders to work with educators, families, and community members to make all schools in their districts Future Ready. Future Ready Schools: the School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air.

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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

Being able to connect to individuals in and outside of the district through webinars, voice chats, or phone calls lends itself to teacher agency. And before that, an advisor for Future Ready Schools and has moderated and presented numerous Future Ready’s Summits and Institutes. Bruce holds an M.B.A

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"Digital Literacy & Fake News" Keynote Panelists Announced + First Sessions for Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

WEBINAR PLATFORM : The sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate , and can be accessed live from any personal computer and most mobile devices. (To In 2013 Bryan launched a business, Bryan Alexander Consulting, LLC. Future Ready Librarians Can Do That! and at the Library 2.0 YouTube channel.