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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The Future Ready Librarians ® initiative has already changed the conversation about ways in which teacher librarians lead, teach, and support innovative learning in schools. The Future Ready Librarians initiative aligns school libraries and librarians with strategic work through the Future Ready Librarians Framework.

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3 Opportunities for education during the pandemic

Neo LMS

The most notable changes are related to applying new teaching methods that speak to students’ interests, using technology to bring quality to under-resourced neighborhoods, and building capacity in educators to teach future-ready skills. Read more: Methods and tools to develop future-ready skills.

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Vote for Digital Promise in the 2020 SXSW EDU PanelPicker

Digital Promise

It may be August, but we’re already planning ahead for SXSW EDU in March 2020. We’re excited for the opportunity to share our work and highlight possibilities for the future of education, covering topics such as educational equity, the power of digital learning, workforce development, Challenge Based Learning, and inclusive innovation.

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SLIDE: data, interactive tools, and an equity wake-up call (Part 1)

NeverEndingSearch

Despite decades of research consistently showing positive correlations between high-quality programs and achievement, patterns suggest, for today’s children and for children to come, a school library-rich future is, or potentially will not be, evenly distributed. Interactive digital tools will allow us to easily make comparisons.

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Crafting ethical AI landscapes in K-12 education

eSchool News

Our AI deep dive resulted in the development of three guiding principles: high standards and expectations, future ready skills, and cultural proficiency. The three guiding principles have become the foundation which underpins all AI professional development, communication, and future planning.

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An Interactive Tool Empowers High Schoolers To Take Control of Career Planning

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. The tool also supports the Kansas State Department of Education’s move to provide Individual Plans of Study for students. It's crazy!

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E-rate support during COVID-19

Education Superhighway

The FCC took two steps to support schools in light of the COVID-19 pandemic: They extended the E-rate Form 471 deadline to April 29, 2020. This means the last possible date for filing an effective Form 470 for FY 2020 is April 1, 2020, 11:59 PM EDT. They temporarily waived gift rules through September 30, 2020.

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