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FETC 2024: Are Today’s Schools Creating Future-Ready Students?

EdTech Magazine

Despite the pandemic forcing more K–12 schools into some form of technology innovation, the American educational model has not seen massive shifts in recent years. That needs to change if today’s students are to become future ready, said Michael Meechin, Florida state director at the National Center on Education and the Economy.

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US Edtech Policy Conversations Amidst Coronavirus Concerns with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

Now is the time we all need to educate ourselves on effective online teaching and I recommend this course as a great place to start. Listen to Tom Murray Talk about US Education Policy in the Coronavirus Health Crisis Listen to the show on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher Stream by clicking here. Register for this free micro-course.

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ISTELive 2022: 3 Superintendents Discuss How Technology Drives Future-Ready Learning

EdTech Magazine

Community Schools, to share one of the most positive ways that the pandemic impacted education, she will talk about technology. If you ask Alena Zachery-Ross, superintendent of Ypsilanti (Mich.) Our teachers didn’t have the tools and technology before,” she said, speaking on a panel of three superintendents during ISTELive 2022.

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3 Opportunities for education during the pandemic

Neo LMS

I want to focus on this evolution, highlighting how the pandemic has offered opportunities for education to change for the better. When schools closed, education had to go on. It wasn’t only a means of continuing to help students progress academically but to show them compassion, boosting their confidence in themselves and the future.

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Student engagement requires more than edtech tools

eSchool News

During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement. There are three components involved in finding edtech tools that work and support student engagement: 1.

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5 ways to teach students to be future-ready

Ditch That Textbook

Today’s students face a technology-infused, innovation-filled world in their future. We’re already looking at the possibility of widespread smart houses, autonomous cars and artificial intelligence that can talk to us and work on our behalf. Our parents’ and grandparents’ curriculum won’t be sufficient.

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Digital Learning Theories and Frameworks For Future Ready Classrooms

Teacher Reboot Camp

You can attend my online graduate course, Connected Educators: Harnessing the Power of Social Media , to experience networked learning and dive deep into some of the digital learning theories mentioned below: Connectivism by George Siemens and Stephen Downes. Digital Learning Theories and Frameworks. The post will not appear until that day.