Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

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. These concerns are real and often become roadblocks for student learning.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Artificial intelligence (AI) in education began in the 1950s with simple programs focused on playing checkers and natural language processing for medical prescriptions. In the ‘90s, it made a big jump with machine learning. In May of 2023, the U.S.

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RafranzDavis.com

OCTOBER 26, 2015

When I interviewed for my current role, I had to create a presentation and present on what being Future Ready meant to Lufkin. It was and still is a culture of ideas, learning and growth created to support the global preparedness of our students and teachers. This is undeniably great thing.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 15, 2017

It’s not every day that I get to interview someone who I consider one of the top educators in country and say that the person also happens to be one of my best friends. Murray , Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , Alliance for Excellent Education. Here’s more: Hacking Leadership.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 14, 2016

million students, the League of Innovative Schools is a coalition of education leaders use their collective voice to advance positive change in public education, as exhibited by a powerful series of TED talks delivered this April. Representing 73 districts, 33 states, and 3.2 Full Circle Images.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

This series of 50 short videos help schools and districts see how it looks to implement various parts of a personalized learning strategy into their systems. In support of the Future Ready Schools Initiative, where superintendents across the country pledge to actively work toward widespread, equitable digital learning, the U.S.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

During my time as a public school employee, I’d occasionally hear about educational organizations that were working to support schools in some capacity. Founded in 1865, AASA is the professional organization, comprised of over 13,000 educational leaders in the United States and throughout the world.

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

This Thursday, September 21st, from 3:00-3:45 pm EST, my co-author, Eric Sheninger and I will join former Governor and Alliance for Excellent Education President, Bob Wise, for a free webinar on our new book: Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today. Bob Wise , President, Alliance for Excellent Education.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 28, 2023

The more students and educators connect through ProSocial activities and passions are ignited, there is an increased engagement in learning. Using the moments approach to ProSocial learning experiences for their students, the panelists have noticed that students are less stressed, laugh more, and have a level of connection and empathy.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Kevin Baird, Chairman of the Global Center for College and Career Readiness, and Ruth Brus, National Faculty at the Center and Vice President of Learning Services at Meteor Education, explored these questions in the edLeader Panel “ Best Leadership Practices: Managing Devices and Technology for Distraction-Free Learning.”

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TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. Every day, Instructional Coaches enter their schools bright-eyed and ready to go. In order to answer the question about the importance of having a solid data collection system, it is important to ask two very important questions first.

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techlearning

MAY 16, 2018

(May 16, 2018) – Texas’ Richardson Independent School District (RISD) today announced it has selected Discovery Education , the leading provider of digital content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, to support the district’s new, three year “Future Ready: STEM for All” initiative.

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EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Even the school system, D.C. The district is in the middle of a digital equity revolution, being led by a particularly sharp Director of Education Technology and Library Programs, Dewayne McClary. When McClary joined the district as the manager of educational technology in 2014, progress was less than stellar.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 12, 2022

These robust systems are invaluable to district IT professionals, providing real-time insight into what is happening in their IT environment and tracking and recording relevant events in the past. ENA delivers transformative technology solutions supported by exceptional customer care.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

Following input and feedback from more than 1300 educators from the US and around the world, ISTE released its new Standards for Education Leaders , formerly known as the ISTE Standards for Administrators. Connected Learner : Leaders model and promote continuous professional learning for themselves and others.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is beginning enrollment today for ISTE U , an online professional learning hub for teachers and leaders to build critical skills for teaching and learning in a digital world. ISTE U will launch with these courses: ? Digital Citizenship in Action. ?

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

In order to answer the question about the importance of having a solid data collection system, it is important to ask two very important questions first. As we learned about in our Instructional Coaching Newsletter blog post series, the Instructional Coaching position is an extension of the school district's Strategic Plan.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

- Award-Winning Digital Services and Professional Learning to Support the Development of Life-Long Learners- Silver Spring, Md. This unique combination of rich digital content and professional learning will drive HCS’s efforts to help all students become life-long learners.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Those experiences have sharpened our desire to prepare this generation of students to become successful citizens in a global society by putting to rest the weary industrial model of education and shifting to a more personal approach. Learning Transformed. This is hardly some idealistic, utopian dream. The evolution of the U.S.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools members partner with other leading educators, entrepreneurs, and researchers from across the U.S. Support research that expands what we know about teaching and learning. With the new members, the League now includes 73 school districts in 33 states, representing 3.2 million students.

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edWeb.net

JULY 9, 2022

Prior to the pandemic, many school districts were facing talent and recruitment challenges and were already engaged in strategic planning about how best to recruit and retain high-quality educators, administrators, and support staff for K-12 school districts. What makes a quality educator or administrative leader?

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techlearning

JUNE 28, 2018

This professional training event connects local educators with Discovery Education field experts to learn about Ignite My Future in School , understand its purpose and receive hands-on training with the curriculum. a member of the Senate committee that oversees education. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga.,

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She covers ten essential points for being a successful education technology coach based on her research and her personal coaching of instructional technology coaches and teachers. We want to promote lifelong learning and kind of this concept not only for our students but also for educators. I don't really know what that means.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

DIT investigates what it will take to integrate that digital resource into the existing system. His participation in a Learning Counsel event led to district recognition for VPS’s systemic leadership. Zach was recently appointed to the advisory board for Future Ready Principals with the Alliance for Excellent Education.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The panelists recommended that educational leaders take a deep breath and recognize that there is a crisis happening in our districts. .” Effective Models of Professional Development. ” Jill Abbott Sr.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

By integrating Discovery Education’s award-winning digital content into its innovative X-STREAM extracurricular program, the Columbia School District is creating one-of-a-kind digital learning experiences that increase participating students’ love of learning.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 2, 2020

Focusing on bullying as an example of the behavior that educators are trying to prevent, Shawn explained that the goal for Tier I would be to create a cultural norm in which bullying cannot thrive, essentially making it “uncool” through game techniques that build empathy, inclusion, and other pro-social behaviors.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

As we wave farewell to 2023 , we’re looking ahead to edtech trends in 2024 with optimism for education as a whole. Moving away from the pandemic, educators still grapple with learning loss and academic disparities and inequities. This begs the question: What’s next for education? What are the projections for edtech?

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

How do you approach purchasing education technology tools? Noakes: Likewise, she always encourages educators to ask: How might tech support educators’ ability to differentiate learning in the classroom? Then, learning goals drive the decision. Developer: Dr. Ayanna Howard, CTO, Zyrobotics.

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edWeb.net

JULY 15, 2018

Elizabeth James, Curricular Materials Coordinator from the Idaho State Department of Education, explained that while Idaho does provide a curricular review process as a service, Idaho is a local control state so districts are not mandated to choose resources that have gone through the process. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 17, 2022

As plans for the next school year are being developed and finalized, the role and management of educational technologies remain key considerations, even with the return to on-site learning. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ Leadership Change within IT During the Digital Era ,” sponsored by ENA.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Joining Soumakian were Stuart Burt, chief technology officer for Royse City ISD; Doug Brubaker, an assistant superintendent at Garland ISD; and Tom Murray, a former educator and tech director who now helps coordinate the Future Ready Schools project for the Alliance for Excellent Education. That takes time and money.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

Lately I’ve been asked to speak about the librarian’s role in supporting OER (open educational resources) implementation through curation and I realize that in the K12 setting, curating and leveraging OER means very different things to district-level administrators, to principals, to department chairs, to teachers and to librarians.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 21, 2022

Now, the ongoing efforts to develop and secure schools’ computer systems remain crucial and challenging as district officials respond to fast-changing situations and make plans for the future. Added hotspots needed to be “super compliant,” and students were required to log in and authenticate in order to gain access to the system.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

Prior to my role as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools ® , I spent 14 years in a public school in Pennsylvania as an elementary and middle school teacher, middle school and elementary principal, and district level technology director. URL: www.christenseninstitute.org/education. Organization: Code.org ®.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Go to www.coolcatteacher.com/bloomz to find out why Bloomz is the best parent-teacher communication system out there. I’ve included a comparison matrix with features to help you figure out what system is best for you. Point A: We need to be asking what works because we’re spending a lot of money on education technology.

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