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How Librarians Hold the Key to Future Ready Schools

Digital Promise

Digital citizenship, content curation, making and coding, student data privacy, blended learning, open educational resources. And if you want to learn more about cultivating them in your district, I invite you to be part of our #DPLIS work group or stop by futureready.org/librarians.

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Lessons and Leadership During the Switch to Online Learning

edWeb.net

During a recent edLeader Panel , sponsored by The ProEthica® Program, the superintendent of one of America’s largest school districts spoke with a former state superintendent and other education leaders about key issues affecting students, parents, and educators, including digital access and equity, online privacy, and funding.

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How Districts Can Unlock Actionable Data

edWeb.net

School districts are struggling with the fact that 70% of purchased licenses for edtech programs don’t get used at all within the school year and only 10% of teachers know how often students should use edtech programs to drive learning outcomes. Data Analytics. Data Privacy.

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Meet Caliper, the Data Standard That May Help Us (Finally) Measure Edtech Efficacy

Edsurge

Over 500 education technologists from companies and districts gathered last week in Denver for the IMS Learning Impact meeting , hosted by the IMS Global Consortium. This annual event aims to accelerate the development and adoption of data standards that allow technologies used in schools to “talk” to one another.

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Profile of Asbury Park (NJ) Superintendent Sancha Gray

techlearning

This is no small feat, considering that she and now-NJ Commissioner of Education Lamont Repollet stepped into a struggling district with 75% of students reading below grade level (half of those being three-to-six grades below). When we support parents’ learning, they create a culture of learning at home.”

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How can schools protect student data without training teachers in privacy basics?

The Hechinger Report

“The first line of defense in protecting student privacy are our teachers, and we’re not making sure that they have the tools to keep that data safe,” said Amelia Vance, policy counsel for the nonprofit Future of Privacy Forum. Sign up for our newsletter to get a weekly update on blended learning.

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Events + News - Library 2.0 Spring Summit - Free-Range Kids - Testing "Chaos" and Opting Out - Student Debt - Will College Survive?

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

April 20th - May 4th, 2015 Two Week Calendar | Learning Revolution Events | Learning Revolution Blog | Partner Spotlight To subscribe to this newsletter, please sign up at LearningRevolution.com. Join this interactive session to learn how to get started with game-based learning with your own students.