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Looking Ahead to the 2020-2021 School Year

Digital Promise

Equitable access to digital learning means that every student has a device and access to the internet regardless of location, allowing for critically important connections with teachers and peers, instant feedback on mathematical problem sets, the ability to research, ask questions, find answers and explanations, and so much more.

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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

In future ready schools, technology and digital learning expand access to high-quality, ongoing, job-embedded opportunities for professional learning for teachers, administrators, and other education professionals. Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed.

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Interesting idea - Chromebook + Nexus 7 instead of just an iPad

Educational Technology Guy

Their data and files are all online so they can still access them anywhere. Android chromebooks edcamp google Chrome OS Google for Educators iPad' Google Apps for Education would also be a great way to utilize these devices and provide excellent resources for the students and faculty and staff. Follow me on Twitter and Google+.

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7 Great NonProfits Changing the Face of Professional Learning

Tom Murray

EdCamp Foundation. The grassroots effort is supported by hundreds of free EdCamps organized around the world each year and is undoubtedly one of the most robust, fast moving, game changing forms of professional learning worldwide. URL: www.edcamp.org. International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).

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Questions To Ask For #LeadershipDay12

The Web20Classroom

2) To what extent do you work to ensure the equity of technology access and use in your school? Every kid and the teacher has access to whatever they need. Data is important. How, as the technology leader do you provide access to systems that allow teachers to critically analyze data? What should be addressed?

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Learning Revolution Newsletter - Weekly Free Event Calendar - Conference Keynotes Update - Edcamp USDOE - Digital Citizenship

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Friday, June 6th at 8am - 3pm in Washington, DC Edcamp US Department of Education: Leading, Learning, Listening , Edcamp US DOE will be an intimate gathering of teacher leaders and policy leaders in order to discuss the most important issues in education. For more information, click here. How can teachers inspire learning?

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App Overkill: Going Beyond the Buzz Words #SXSWedu

EdTechSandyK

Good resources for finding quality digital resources and apps: Students EdCamp PLN on Twitter Educator Blogs When selecting tools and resources: Ask what the core functionality of the app is. Is it being used only during the school day or is it being accessed after hours? Once you have the data, what do you do with it?

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