EdTechTeam

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

With easy access to websites, blogs, online PD, webinars, YouTube, workshops, and social media, finding digital resources is not hard to do. The post School Librarian as your Information Overload Superhero! Ugghh, help, I can’t keep up! Organizing what we find, however, for efficient access when we need it, might not be so easy.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

Located in south central North Carolina, Hoke County Schools is a trusted community partner ensuring an inclusive and supportive environment that provides authentic learning opportunities preparing future-ready students.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Is it a positive social experience? The conversation, as well as a survey completed by the attendees, will help inform a national study the Center is conducting on best leadership practices for managing devices and technology in K-12. ChatGPT can generate inaccurate information as if it were fact, called an “AI hallucination.”

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

The first title debuting in the ISTE Young Innovators collection, Sonia’s Digital World (pub 8/1/23), is written by award-winning librarian Shannon McClintock Miller, an ISTE Making IT Happen Award recipient, Future Ready Librarians spokesperson, Follett thought leader, and AASL Leadership Luminary social media superstar.

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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. For more information, check out how to ‘ Equip Your School for the 21st-Century with a Solid Foundation.

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Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

Anne Mirtschin, a commerce and information technology teacher and coordinator in rural western Australia, who hosts podcasts, writes about tech tools and connects rural educators around the world. who spearheaded collaboration that brought new approaches to evaluating technology effectiveness for the Future Ready initiative.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 5, 2017

It’s identified as a leadership area on the Future Ready Librarians Framework. A little while back I had the opportunity to create a video on school librarians and social media curation with our Rutgers’ School of Communication and Information’s Social Media and Society Cluster.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. The Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) & Future Ready Schools (FRS). Connect: www.all4ed.org , @all4ed | www.futureready.org , @FutureReady.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 24, 2015

Two Week Calendar Wednesday, June 24th from 11am - 7:15pm EDT Future Ready Virtual Summit: 2015 School Leadership Summit , Future Ready Schools: 2015 School Leadership Summit will be held online using Google Hangouts on Air. For more information and to register, please go to [link]. Registration information here.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 13, 2020

We don’t have to share names, faces, or any personal information in order to give students an audience for their work. You do not have to share names, pictures, or any personal information when sharing student work. Teaching students how to publish and share online without sharing personal information is a future-ready skill!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JUNE 15, 2015

For information and registration contact Dr. Larry Buell at larrybuell@earthlands.org or at (978)724-0412 or Nikomo Peartree freedomschoolmovement@gmail.com or at (857)342-3769. More information here. For more information and to register, please go to [link]. Wednesday, June 24th at 4pm edWeb Webinar: Are You Ready for BYOD?

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Neo LMS

JUNE 7, 2022

You can easily configure surveys in an LMS once you know what information you want to get from your students. Discussions mimic the online experience they enjoy while engaging in group conversations on online forums , public chats and social media. . These are fun assignments your students will probably love.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2021

Participants who share the activity on social media will be sent a teacher goodie bag. Our mission this year is to introduce 200,000 more students to the interdisciplinary skills that STEM develops, including future-ready skills, SEL, and more. Last year, 120,000 students received access to the program. About CoderZ.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

For more information about Discovery Education’s digital resources and professional learning services, visit www.discoveryeducation.com , and stay connected with Discovery Education on social media through Twitter and LinkedIn. .

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Faced by the ever-intimidating blank page, as they began to plan, the librarians decided to use a template based on the Future Ready Librarians initiative to document their practice and progress. Explore social media, especially Twitter. Here are some sample pages from the current Lee High School Plan.

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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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techlearning

JULY 27, 2018

Make sure the project includes elements that help define your library as a Future Ready program. EXPAND YOUR NETWORK Through social media, you can build a fantastic network of free information and expertise. Use the Future Ready Librarians’ Facebook page to learn and connect with others.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

There is lots of value in this book and a great deal of information that validates what we know about good leadership and strong school organizations. All are critically-important components of robust, future-ready schools and each gets substantial coverage in their respective book chapters. My short recommendation?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

The primary goals of this whole day event are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources and projects that are available to educators today. This kit include images for use on social media.

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NeverEndingSearch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

with guests Andrew Marcinek , CIO at Worcester Academy and Former Chief Open Education Advisor for the Office of Educational Technology, and Stony Evans , library media specialist at Lakeview (AK) High School will address Open Education Resources and what it means to be a future-ready librarian. Session Page. Participant Link.

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techlearning

MARCH 20, 2018

Based on the theme “Passport to the Future,” the conference brought together attendees and Skyward leaders to discuss how districts can leverage education technology to put their future-ready district on the map. For more information, visit skyward.com/icon.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

In addition, HSC’s new partnership with Discovery Education also supports the district’s Future Ready Preps initiative. This new effort seeks to personalize learning in the middle grades to meet every child where they are academically, expose them to a variety of potential careers, and support their social and emotional learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2017

More information on each of them is below. They and our session presenters will look deeply at the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and digital literacy. What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

Then we will have 14 practitioner-led sessions that look deeply at the foundational relationship of libraries and librarians to media, information, and digital literacy. More information on the keynote panelists, plus the titles and presenters of the individual sessions, is listed below. Future Ready Librarians Can Do That!

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

If today’s learner has a need to learn something that has meaning to him/her, he/she can access information and tools to curate, communicate, collaborate and create without any help from someone standing at the head of the class. Today’s learners have become more directed and into the ownership of their learning.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 28, 2016

As mentioned in my previous post 16 Great NonProfits Working to Support EdTech in Schools , 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.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 5, 2017

When my colleagues and I wrote our Social Media Curation Library Technology Report for ALA, we struggled with a definition. And it’s also about instruction and modeling for learners what it looks like to organize content and tools to manage our digital lives as information citizens. What’s curation?

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Buncee

JANUARY 11, 2019

Shannon Miller-Name That Future Ready Librarian Wedge-3PM. Join Shannon McClintock Miller, teacher librarian, and Future Ready Librarian spokesperson, for a fun game of Buncee Doodle, Name That Future Ready Librarian Wedge. Jennifer Hencken-Make Your Social Media Sparkle-2PM. Choice, My Voice.

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The PL2C Blog

MAY 2, 2018

I was also named as a Future Ready Instructional Coach Thought Leader. Once I took a step back, and started informally meeting with teachers, listening to their ideas and encouraging their efforts, praising their strengths, I started to build the trust that is so vital to implement sustainable change.

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Adam Welcome

MAY 22, 2016

How many schools are helping to support kids with social media strategy? You don't need a college degree to operate a drone, run a social media strategy or even vlog. In his recent blog post “An unknown future? Social media is not going anywhere and new ways for people to connect online are popping up everyday.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 6, 2017

Jon’s core PL skills are focused on 1:1 deployment, Common Core, Project Based Learning, social media skills and Lesson Design. They’re now operating at a higher level because they’re having to find the right pictures; they’re having to consider the information. Now, I just handed that off to them.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

The streaming service helps build students’ mastery in interpreting, understanding, and evaluating information. CSD’s educators will also be supported by the Discovery Education Community as they transform students’ learning experiences with dynamic digital media.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

FEBRUARY 11, 2015

in a Future Ready Schools workshop. I’m super excited to help support the Future Ready Schools initiative, which provides districts with resources and support for aligning technology with instructional best practices, particularly in underserved schools and communities.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 11, 2019

Develop Future-Ready Skills. The more information that is available in Google Classroom, the fewer excuses students have for not completing the assignment and the fewer interruptions you are likely to have. Teacher as Facilitator. [08:11] 08:47] – Why differentiate digitally? Provide Flexible Learning Paths.

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Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The majority of the tools mentioned in this post and the four earlier posts in our series, transform the student experience from passive consumers of information to active creators of content, employing multiple English Language Arts standards and skills along the way. The traditional application of ELA isn’t enough for future-ready learners.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 18, 2017

There are some new Future Ready Frameworks in town as well. You likely already know about Future Ready Schools and the Future Ready Pledge. And, you are likely already very familiar with the Future Ready Librarians framework released last year.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

network to be able to connect with and correspond with 22,000 other individuals in the library world, and to be kept updated on this and future events. The School of Information at San José State University is the founding conference sponsor, and this event is being held in collaboration with ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries.

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