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Future Ready Schools® Announces New Program for School and District Technology Leaders

techlearning

Today, Future Ready Schools (FRS)—led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)—announced Future Ready Technology Leaders™ (FRS Tech Leaders)—the latest expansion of the FRS initiative—aimed at empowering school and district technology leaders to better connect their practices, policies, and procedures to educational innovation in schools.

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:49. For example, students can see what elements make up a grass block or use helium to make pigs fly, a “Minecraft” blog reported. Here's how you can enroll your teachers in a free future-ready teachers badge group.). Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms. jena.passut_7651.

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Education technology and the future of Higher Ed leadership

Neo LMS

Now, more than ever, higher education needs leadership that reflects its new avatar: leadership that’s not just future-ready, but future-forward. Education technology and the future of Higher Ed. For example, federal government policy affects education decisions in two broad areas: money and fairness.

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#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”

EdTech Magazine

Tue, 02/27/2018 - 15:10. It’s imperative that classroom design is driven by the desire to create personal and authentic learning experiences for students,” says Tom Murray, director of innovation for Future Ready Schools , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education. EDTECH: How can educators get around these roadblocks?

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Effective Digital Citizenship Education

The CoolCatTeacher

Jennifer Gonzalez has released her 2018 Teachers Guide to Technology with over 200 education technology tools including tools for assessment, flipped learning, presentations, parent engagement, video engagement and more. Date: January 30, 2018. An exciting example: privacy and security. So let me give you a quick example.

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This Tech Encourages Career Planning When It Matters Most—Before Graduation

Edsurge

With that in mind, Lee implemented Xello , a career and college-readiness platform designed to boost students’ future readiness and make career planning more student-centered. It’s sad to me when students don't know what their future holds; I worry about those kids. This year, we switched to Xello.

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Framing the Personalized Learning Discussion from Tom Driscoll

EdTechTeacher

The last past 3 years have been spent collaborating with educators and school leaders at the Bristol Warren Regional School District and external network including Future Ready Schools and Digital Promise’s League of Innovative Schools.