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Future Ready Schools® Announces New Program for School and District Technology Leaders

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Today, Future Ready Schools (FRS)—led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed)—announced Future Ready Technology Leaders™ (FRS Tech Leaders)—the latest expansion of the FRS initiative—aimed at empowering school and district technology leaders to better connect their practices, policies, and procedures to educational innovation in schools.

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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. By signing, school leaders committed to working with teachers, families, and community members to transition their districts to "personalized, digital learning.". What does it mean to be a Future Ready School?

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Back to School Lesson Planning Tips – SULS0167

Shake Up Learning

These are ready-to-go, asynchronous lessons that will help your students gain future-ready skills. The Be Internet Awesome program from Google includes an ISTE-aligned curriculum for teachers, Interland , a game for students to learn and improve their digital citizenship skills, and tons of free resources for educators.

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64 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. This will necessitate a reevaluation of curricula, training methods, and the development of future-ready skills.

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State and District Leadership Discuss Digital Learning Opportunities

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SETDA’s latest research, Navigating the Digital Shift 2018: Broadening Student Learning Opportunities , highlights how state policies are supporting the transformation to digital learning. Many states provide guidance for the implementation of digital materials in districts to help ensure that they are available to all learners.

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65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024

eSchool News

Lindsay Dworkin, SVP of Policy & Government Affairs, NWEA The pendulum has swung quickly toward the Science of Reading. Freepik Cities and states will utilize dynamic policy making as they reach data maturity. This will necessitate a reevaluation of curricula, training methods, and the development of future-ready skills.

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"Digital Literacy & Fake News" Keynote Panelists Announced + First Sessions for Mini-Conference

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

What is digital citizenship in a global, globally-diverse, and often globally-fragmented world? What work on digital literacy is available, what frameworks already support these efforts, what are the perspectives of the leading thinkers? Future Ready Librarians Can Do That! Thomas in Minnesota.