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

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. A key part of the Future Ready Librarians Framework is empowering students as creators. Bobbie Lowe Teacher Librarian.

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?Framework: Future Ready Schools’ Commitment and Dashboard

Edsurge

This is one of the principles championed by Future Ready Schools (FRS), a project of the policy and advocacy organization, Alliance for Excellent Education. The Hub provides “one-stop shopping” needs—digital-learning planning materials, tools, and activities for school leaders.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. Organization: Code.org ®. URL: code.org. Organization: Girls Who Code.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It Often, she backs up these introductions by co-teaching a class or two.

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5 Ways to Bring Financial Literacy into Any School

The CoolCatTeacher

It’s probably the best tool base that I’ve ever seen to help teach kids about college. You can go on and on about all of these adult-like decisions we’re asking students to make before they even graduate high school, and we’re never giving them the tools to make those decisions. Vicki: WOW. That’s a great endorsement. Brian: Totally.

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On the importance of making a (reopening) plan

NeverEndingSearch

After seeing Cathi’s message on the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook Group , librarian Kim Borden, from the Penn Argyl (PA) School District, responded to the call. Acknowledge the role of the librarian and the tools/strengths they bring to the table. What do students need to be successful during a pandemic?

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Not “Just” a Teacher: Finding Your Voice as a Teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. And if you click www.coolcatteacher.com/edpuzzle , Edpuzzle will give your school access to the 50,000 best lessons from Edpuzzle, organized in folders and ready to be used by teachers. You can take your videos or those from YouTube and: Clip the video.