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Future Ready Schools heralds school librarians as leaders

eSchool News

New project highlights critical role school librarians play in supporting Future Ready goals. Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Future Ready librarians embrace change and innovation in education,” said Ray. “As

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Microsoft purchased “Minecraft,” an immensely popular world-building game, in 2014, and immediately churned out an education edition. Here's how you can enroll your teachers in a free future-ready teachers badge group.). The gaming industry thrived, and educators looked for ways to capitalize on that.

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

When McClary joined the district as the manager of educational technology in 2014, progress was less than stellar. Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. information and access for families? And in fact, just three years earlier D.C. no vision or coordination, no standardization?

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Looking Back on Three Years of the ConnectED Initiative: Did It Deliver?

Edsurge

In February of 2014, Obama rounded up technology donations worth more than a $1 billion from U.S. But as Betsy Corcoran outlined in her July 2014 article , some companies had yet to deliver on their promise of clearly outlining how educators could apply for those products and services. corporations, from Apple to Adobe.

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Going Back to (Brooklyn LAB) School With the White House and Department of Education

Edsurge

Their goal: to celebrate the progress in making technology more accessible in our nation’s schools over the last several years through the efforts of the ConnectED and Future Ready Schools initiatives. For teachers, Cortex allows them to access student information, course enrollment, program enrollment, grades and attendance.

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Top 5 IT and technology trends for 2016

eSchool News

Now, the FCC’s Second E-rate Modernization Order (adopted December 2014) will address the connectivity gap — particularly in rural areas — maximize high-speed connectivity purchasing options, extend the program’s budget through 2019, and increase the E-rate funding cap to $3.9

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

Back in 2014, our interviews and surveys led us to a taxonomy of digital curation. This is a serious opportunity to lead and to address issues of access and equity. Ensures Equitable Digital Access. Students and teachers can access district resources in Destiny Discover and add them to any Collection.

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