EdTech Magazine

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Economically disadvantaged students get Wi-Fi access through backpacks. Learning comes alive for students and the future moves within reach. . Without planning, strategy, educator training and support , among other things, the marriage of education and technology won’t work. . Technology and the Future of Work.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Immersive, Innovation Spaces Are Propelling Future-Readiness! Let’s create a trajectory of learning opportunities for future-ready learners! How to Create Accessible and Equitable Library Collections. Walk away with various apps, tools, and resources you can use to create your own personalized content today!

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Cloud computing enhances accessibility to resources, fostering collaborative projects. These benefits collectively contribute to creating a more engaging, efficient, and future-ready educational experience for K-12 students. Robotics and coding tools introduce students to hands-on STEM learning.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 6, 2021

With the increased internet adoption and the rising demand for real-time accessible training globally, Q Academy makes this timely shift from purely on-campus delivery to the addition of virtual delivery methods through QA Kids. “Q About Q Academy.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

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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Edsurge

MARCH 4, 2017

Edtech is a vital precursor to “work tech”—the tools that today’s students will need to leverage in college, career training and eventually the workplace. Students need access to tools that work. A focus on college and career-training readiness. So far, 3,100 school districts have taken the Future Ready pledge.

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eSchool News

JULY 7, 2023

Through this alliance, NASEF and Acer America will provide the training, coaching modules and course certification for schools to structure, implement and maintain an esports program. The Eduverse is accessible on any device, and is also the content hub for schools using ClassVR, Avantis Education’s award-winning all-in-one VR headsets.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 13, 2022

Where the rhetoric around funding higher education has previously been about creating opportunity, much of the new money for public colleges and universities is now being aimed explicitly at training students for fields in which there are shortages of labor. Some governors and legislatures want more alignment between education and industry.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 15, 2015

Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. The Pledge is a commitment by district leaders to work with educators, families, and community members to make all schools in their districts Future Ready. Future Ready Schools: the School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air.

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

Tom - The Future Ready effort is helping districts systemically plan BEFORE they purchase. Future Ready is helping districts to make more informed purchases and have a comprehensive plan in place prior to implementation. Jennifer - Students now have access to all of the same information that teachers have.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Collaboration, project-based learning, and data analytics further contribute to a future-ready educational landscape. Ensuring equitable access to technology and addressing the digital divide continue to be crucial, reflecting a commitment to inclusivity in the ever-evolving landscape of K-12 education in 2024.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Immersive, Innovation Spaces Are Propelling Future-Readiness! Let’s create a trajectory of learning opportunities for future-ready learners! How to Create Accessible and Equitable Library Collections. Walk away with various apps, tools, and resources you can use to create your own personalized content today!

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Public Schools, digital equity and access to technology at home is a very real problem. Without home access to broadband Internet, students don’t have a chance at an equitable education and have virtually no chance to compete for the best jobs and an opportunity to break the cycle of poverty that is pervasive in the Washington inner city.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2015

Two Week Calendar Wednesday, June 24th from 11am - 7:15pm EDT Future Ready Virtual Summit: 2015 School Leadership Summit , Future Ready Schools: 2015 School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air. to help teachers be Ready for BYOD. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge.

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Kitaboo on EdTech

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

For this article, we scoured thousands of reputable digital tools to bring you the best digital tools for future-ready classrooms in 2022. Best Digital Learning Tools for Future-Ready Classrooms. Students can access the tests on laptops, desktops, and tablets. Conclusion.

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eSchool News

MAY 12, 2021

The courses and curriculum can operate as fully independent teaching and learning experiences, or teachers can integrate them into existing and future curriculums. Mesa Public Schools along with SAVE members will also have access to and be able to participate in the free Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2021

This year’s #StepintoSTEM challenge provides teachers access to resources that make instruction simple for them, regardless of their computer science background. Last year, 120,000 students received access to the program. Interested teachers can apply here and will have access to CoderZ’s curriculum for free.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

While the potential benefits are immense, there are also ethical considerations, concerns about data privacy, and challenges associated with equitable access. Global accessibility: AI facilitates online education, providing access to quality learning resources and courses globally.

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eSpark

APRIL 11, 2022

Tom - The Future Ready effort is helping districts systemically plan BEFORE they purchase. Future Ready is helping districts to make more informed purchases and have a comprehensive plan in place prior to implementation. Jennifer - Students now have access to all of the same information that teachers have.

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Shake Up Learning

AUGUST 9, 2022

Here you can access all of the dynamic learning lessons from my books , as well as lessons shared by teachers across the country. Access the free lesson plan database here. These are ready-to-go, asynchronous lessons that will help your students gain future-ready skills. These are super handy for teachers!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. 2024 will be a mix of states and districts spending their remaining funds while also looking to the future.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

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. Teacher-librarians such as Chun have since expanded that tech-integration role.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

Today, with more than 97 percent of school districts with increased access to high-speed Internet, technology is taking hold and creating incredible learning opportunities for our students. Join EducationSuperHighway, Future Ready, and Digital Promise to discuss how the classroom is transforming for students and teachers.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The BenQ Boards allowed Paso Robles to bypass an expensive cabling infrastructure update many of its schools needed while introducing an affordable yet innovative classroom solution for fostering engagement and collaboration and nurturing future-ready students. “We

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2018

Informational topics aside, we knew that doing hands-on computer training at every meeting would be essential. demonstrating how to access their student’s attendance and academic records. Matt Hiefield is a Future Ready teacher on special assignment (TOSA) at Beaverton School District in Oregon.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

given our tremendous grassroots movement toward 1:1 computing environments – 200+ out of 331 districts (and counting!) – Iowa was the first state in the country (other than maybe Maine) to place its instructional technology emphasis on enhanced learning and teaching, not just access?

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EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With easy access to websites, blogs, online PD, webinars, YouTube, workshops, and social media, finding digital resources is not hard to do. Organizing what we find, however, for efficient access when we need it, might not be so easy. There needs to be varied approaches to access and promotion. Ugghh, help, I can’t keep up!

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edWeb.net

JUNE 13, 2019

According to Davis, Fuller, Jackson, Pittman, and Sweet (2007) , the definition of digital equity is “equal access and opportunity to digital tools, resources, and services to support an increase in digital knowledge, awareness, and skills.” Overcoming Barriers. Innovative Approaches.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

Central office administration should also allow coaches to have behind the scenes access to key technologies that they will be teaching. As an example, coaches should be given higher level access to applications that have district resource libraries so they can help manage classroom technologies.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

Ten years ago, when we began building equitable, offline-first education technology for the 2/3 of the world who didn’t have internet access, many people told us to just wait and the gap would close naturally. 2024 will be a mix of states and districts spending their remaining funds while also looking to the future.

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RafranzDavis.com

MARCH 31, 2015

Over the past week I have been looking a bit more deeply into the Future Ready Summit coalition partners in order to learn more about how each one contributes to the #FutureReady initiative. …Unless you are talking about access instead of professional development because for schools without technology, it IS about the tools.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 16, 2016

Katie and Jason’s work, part of a collected free ebook called Teaching in the Connected Learning Classroom , was one of several highlighted in the Department of Education’s 2016 National Education Technology Plan , “ Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education (PDF).”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Their goal: to celebrate the progress in making technology more accessible in our nation’s schools over the last several years through the efforts of the ConnectED and Future Ready Schools initiatives. For teachers, Cortex allows them to access student information, course enrollment, program enrollment, grades and attendance.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

There are essential conditions for digital learning like state leadership, equity of access, accessibility for all students, interoperability considerations, and student data and privacy. Now, students always have access to current materials. Of course, schools can’t make the switch to digital overnight. About the Presenters.

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TeacherCast

JANUARY 16, 2022

Central office administration should also allow coaches to have behind the scenes access to key technologies that they will be teaching. As an example, coaches should be given higher level access to applications that have district resource libraries so they can help manage classroom technologies.

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

The mindset of a 20 th Century educator is very comfortable for most educators since they were trained for the most part by 20 th century educators. We can have every educator in the country sign a future ready pledge, but if they have no understanding of what future ready means to them personally, it will be another wasted initiative.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Noakes emphasized that the process must include an equity assessment—can all of the students and teachers access the tech outside of school? Diamond: Her district has a team of personnel to manage edtech initiatives from integrating it with their LMS to teacher training. She thinks the industry is lagging behind.

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