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Creating Future Ready Schools and Classrooms

Tom Murray

Equity is core to the work, and FRS districts are working diligently to create opportunity for all students , particularly those that are traditionally underserved. Personalized Professional Learning. Non-traditional forms of professional learning such as the use of social media and Edcamps are valued, not dismissed.

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Get to the root of the edtech issues with three key questions

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This can cause several issues from inequity in how students are taught to network issues as teachers access their personal playlists. In addition, PD leaders can’t possibly provide appropriate professional learning on using tools in the classroom when no two teachers have the same ones. Join the Community.

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Reducing Online Security and Privacy Risk in Your School

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Bill is a firm believer in improving our educational system through an increased focus on learner agency, and this is the lens through which he views student data privacy. Common Sense Education provides teachers and schools with free research-based classroom tools to help students harness technology for learning and life.

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How to ensure edtech ROI? Ask these 4 questions

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And, unless yours is a very fortunate system, technology staff hasn’t increased at a rate commensurate with the reliance on, and the complexity of, technology that supports school operation and education of students. Educators frequently seek administrator guidance for what they expect to see in the classroom or in use by students.

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16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools

Tom Murray

Future Ready Schools ® helps district leaders plan and implement personalized, research-based digital learning strategies so all students can achieve their full potential. Award winning principal, and now Senior Fellow Eric Sheninger , helps to lead much of the digital work.

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Teacher-Student Digital Communication Makes for Good Learning

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Evans said the Speak Up survey revealed that during the school closure period, there was a significant increase in students and teachers having two-way communication. For example, survey data showed: Student and teacher texting increased significantly during the sudden shift to digital learning because of COVID-19 school closures.

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The Marriage Between IT & Curriculum

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In fact, in Massachusetts, there is a Student Privacy Alliance which connects districts across the state to leverage the collective power in getting companies to agree to their student data privacy agreement. He is also the founder of “iPadpalooza”- a three-day “learning festival” held in Austin annually.