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Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success

EdTech Magazine

Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success. But, are the students ready for what awaits them? As reported in April 2016 (the most recent year for which data is available from the National Assessment of Educational Progress ) only 37 percent of high school seniors in the U.S.

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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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Are librarians the key to a Future Ready school?

eSchool News

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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The New National Education Technology Plan: What’s in it for Me?

Tom Murray

Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP). The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. .

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Scaling Innovation: A System’s Approach to Transforming Teaching & Learning

Digital Promise

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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7 Questions Principals Should Ask When Hiring Future-Ready Teachers

MindShift

Increasingly, teachers are earning micro-credentials , participating in Twitter chats, finding other educators to learn from in personalized learning networks , attending math circles and generally widening their network of influencers. Self-assessment with Prism could also be even more obvious. They are far away.

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Four Takeaways from League Candidates for Superintendent of the Year

Digital Promise

This student-created video , which won the League Film Festival , highlights why personalized and connected learning makes more sense in today’s global economy. Personalized learning is not just for students at Kettle Moraine. AASA will announce the Superintendent of the Year in February 2016.