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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. Murray Tom serves as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools® , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education , located in Washington, D.C. Whether they do or don’t, to get the most out of listening you can use this Podcast PD Template Hyperdoc. About Thomas C.

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What Educational Leadership Looks Like Today with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo

The CoolCatTeacher

If you don’t have Google Docs, just use this PDF. The Fall Creek School District was named an Innovative District in 2016 and 2017 by the International Center for Leadership in Education. Just make a copy and adapt it for your use or print it. He attended summits at the White House for both distinctions.

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A Unified Approach for Digital Integration

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Zach co-led a successful district-wide implementation of Canvas and advocated for greater use of Google Apps and cloud-based productivity by students and teachers. Zach was recently appointed to the advisory board for Future Ready Principals with the Alliance for Excellent Education.

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A National Push for More ‘Active Use’ of Technology in Learning

Educator Innovator

In its 2016 National Education Technology Plan, the Department of Education emphasizes model approaches to digital learning. In some schools, students publish videos on YouTube, work collaboratively in real-time with classmates with Google Docs, or connect with global experts via Skype.

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Strategies for Closing the Digital Equity Gap

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She is also a national advisor for the Future Ready Instructional Coaches Strand. She was recently selected as a National School Board Association’s 20toWatch, as well as a 2016 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator. Howard, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Redlands in California.

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Future Ready update adds new resources and PD for leaders

eSchool News

Future Ready overhaul coincides with the new national ed-tech plan. Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative.

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Curation Situations: Let us count the ways

NeverEndingSearch

If you examine the Future Ready Librarians Fact Sheet , it is clear that these gears that address the librarian’s role in the Future Ready Schools Framework and in connecting their practices, programs and spaces to educational innovation in schools. 14 May 2016 . Designs Collaborative Spaces. 2014): 27-36.

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