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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Tom Murray

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. . Future Ready Schools. All for the kids we serve, Director of Innovation.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. Learning spaces must become learner-centered. Professional learning must be relevant, engaging, ongoing, and made personal. Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. It’s hard to argue with any of these.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

Connected Learner : Leaders model and promote continuous professional learning for themselves and others. At the first Future Ready Librarian Leadership Summit , ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer Joseph South shared the news of ISTE’s Librarians are Transforming Learning website.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

How to Create Mission and Vision Statements from Jeffrey Bradbury. To establish Microsoft Teams as a Digital and Professional Learning platform. Establish school and district Professional Learning Communities focused on measuring and improving instructional practice using digital resources.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Neuroscience studies indicate that simply shoving factual information into students’ brains ultimately wastes time and resources. Worse, dictating to students what to learn, when to learn it and how it should be learned leaves them disengaged. Who owns the learning is key.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Rachel Jorgensen, Coordinator of Work-Based Learning for the Anoka-Hennepin School District (MN), points out that students are coming into our learning community with unique needs, and all of their actions and communication is to try to get those needs met. Join the Community. Leadership 3.0 Leadership 3.0

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

Resources Mentioned in This Podcast. In the C&I department, Katie supervises a team of 15+ instructional design coaches that serve about 20 school districts, oversees a national coach mentorship program, and also created and oversees Edge•U Badges, an anytime anywhere professional learning program for educators.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

How to Create Mission and Vision Statements from Jeffrey Bradbury What is a Mission Statement? To establish Microsoft Teams as a Digital and Professional Learning platform Establish school and district Professional Learning Communities focused on measuring and improving instructional practice using digital resources.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Leveraging existing resources, such as on-staff engineers or computer scientists, can lead to the formation of robotics clubs. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, A Roadmap to Employability: Integrating Higher-Order Skills Into Curricula and Assessment , sponsored by CAE.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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edWeb.net

JULY 9, 2022

This led to the creation of an eight-part management learning series for chiefs and their management teams focused on building a more equitable and inclusive district. Within that whole process, the district began to look at how to develop individual contributors to become managers of people with an eye on how to develop leadership skills.

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 31, 2019

If you have never seen me present, you should know that my slides are loaded with information and resources so that they can be utilized and shared beyond the session. And if you want to learn more about all of the other goodies shared at FETC, take a look at the hashtag on Twitter, #FETC. Thanks for sharing your resources.

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

Fierce & Future Ready 7. The school Teacher Librarian is a great resource. Related How To: Be a Daring Defender, Part 1 Be a Daring Defender, Part 2 How to be a Teacher Librarian Rock Star Psssst!!! That's a lot of ready's!) Admit You're New 2. Work Smarter, Not Harder 3. Pace Your Decorate 5.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2018

Over the past 20 years, Devin Vodicka’s vision for how to drive high-quality student outcomes enabled him to quickly ascend the roles of educator, school principal, district administrator, and superintendent. This work reflects the initiatives he led at Qualcomm where he worked in human resources, staffing and government affairs.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

The professionals we spoke with described a process in which they began by collecting or gathering; moved to connecting content and resources for specific purposes and audiences; curated by adding value with context and commentary; and contributed by offering the community opportunities for collaboration, learning and growth.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

From how to delve into the nuances of student learning and removing the heavy lift of teachers trying to figure out how to individualize instruction, to enabling someone like me to speak in seven languages so that I may express ideas or collaborate with others from around the world, AI holds endless potential.

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The PL2C Blog

MAY 2, 2018

There is so little professional development available for instructional coaches. Without professional development, educators become stuck in a rut, not knowing what best practices are and how to implement change in their school. I was also named as a Future Ready Instructional Coach Thought Leader.

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edWeb.net

MAY 3, 2017

AASL’s Social Media Superstars program honors school library professionals who enrich the profession and its work on behalf of students by sharing information, expertise, ideas, encouragement, dialog and inspiration using a variety of social media channels. I met Michelle Luhtala at the CoSN Conference in March 2010–seven years ago.

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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. What are some of the challenges there?

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2017

The post How to Cultivate Communication Skills in the Classroom appeared first on Shake Up Learning. How do we cultivate these skills in our students? A few weeks ago, I was given an advanced copy of Lisa Johnson’s new book, Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students.

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Tom Murray

MARCH 15, 2016

Schools can play a vital role in preparing students for their world of work, yet must systemically plan so that instructional pedagogy can shift to a more personalized, student-centered approach to learning. To compliment this great resource, listed below are six k eys to a successful one-to-one rollout. Redesign the Space.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Furman and the administrators in his school have completely revamped teacher professional development by utilizing the well-curated webinars and accessible and relevant resources available on edWeb. The post How a Principal Uses edWeb to Personalize PD appeared first on edWeb. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

While they may be proficient in using edtech, they don’t know how to create comprehensive lessons to use it in the classroom. With not all kids having the same access, they need to figure out how to develop lessons to accommodate all students. She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Using CoSN’s blueprint for smart IT decisions as a guideline, the three superintendents explained how to align priorities, and balance choice with cost and outcomes to creative sustainable programs. She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Previously, each school in the district had its own platforms, many of which “didn’t talk to each other,” and the district could not provide effective tech support and related professional learning for many of the end users. In 2014, Mr. Pendergrast participated in the U.S. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

Enhanced ways of responding to student progress and engaging them in standards-based learning are also on the funding plan. MacLean’s district shed some traditional grading schema to address learning during COVID and is exploring how to continue providing alternate ways to assess learners. Action 3: Future Proof Your School.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2017

As evidenced in various OECD reports on the topic, the problem isn’t the technology itself per se but the lack of high-quality pedagogy, which often stems from a lack of high-quality professional learning to support educators with effective implementation. Professional learning must help educators do what they already do—better.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Faye Miller, University of Canberra/Human Constellation - Digital Research Consultancy How Online Tutoring Programs have Developed Global Citizens , Kasey Beck, President, Invictus Institute HOW TO COMBINE MEDIA ARTS AND EXCHANGES IN GLOBAL LEARNING. Le Moyne College | Cynthia Merrill, Ph.D.

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