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Is Your School "Future Ready"?

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In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. Department of Education , and the LEAD Commission is hosting Future Ready Regional Summits across the nation to provide support for those districts and to build a network of leaders. Look at how you use time.

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6 Edtech New Year’s Resolutions

Tom Murray

From Providence, Rhode Island to Phoenix, Arizona, I’ve had the privilege to travel and work with over 2,300 district leaders from almost 500 school districts over the past year through the Future Ready Initiative. As districts became more in tune with these issues in 2015, the move to Chromebooks continued to grow.

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The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom

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They have tutorials and eLearning resources for teachers here and are also Chromebook-compatible. You can read more about our affiliate and sponsored content policies here. is light, portable, and WiFi-ready. The XP-Pen Star G640 is Chromebook compatible. and Chromebook-compatible. XP-Pen’s Deco mini7W ($59.99)is

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What Actually Works in EdTech? with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

So we did, through Future Ready Schools and my teams at the Alliance for Excellent Education , we partnered with Dr. Linda Darling Hammond , one of the top known researchers in the world when it comes to education and what works, and our team at Stanford University, to dive into the topic of what is it that actually works.

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FREE Google Lesson Plans for Teachers and Students – SULS087

Shake Up Learning

These are ready-to-go, asynchronous lessons that will help your students gain future-ready skills. See: Copyright Policy. Get FREE Google lesson plans for teachers and students from Google’s Applied Digital Skills resource center. These are super handy for teachers! Let’s dig into this amazing resource!

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K-12 Tech Innovation News

eSchool News

Students are using AI to develop their own future-ready skills and to learn how to navigate an information-rich world. Laptops and Chromebooks are not new, but they have a strong spot in many K-12 classrooms today. Schools need to implement policies to address these issues. What does education look like in 2024?

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