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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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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. Our teachers didn’t have the tools and technology before,” she said, speaking on a panel of three superintendents during ISTELive 2022. People are utilizing technology in their classrooms.

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3 Ways Schools in Arizona Use Technology to Empower Future-Ready Students

EdTech Magazine

By Meghan Bogardus Cortez A combination of innovative technology and powerful partnerships helps prepare K–12 students for what’s next.

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One-to-One Devices and Microsoft’s Imagine Academy Teach Future-Ready Skills

EdTech Magazine

By Andrea Tolley Technology helps middle schoolers develop a lifelong passion for learning.

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Districts Partner with Businesses to Train Tomorrow’s IT Workforce

EdTech Magazine

Partly in response to this need, several years ago Hamilton County Schools launched what officials call Future Ready Institutes, designed to give students hands-on experience in fast-growing fields. Information technology in Chattanooga is…

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Foster the Four C’s of Learning in Professional Development with Technology

EdTech Magazine

In K–12 schools, integrating technology into the curriculum can bring those skills to life and transform the way students learn. Technology is a real enabler and accelerator for the four C’s,” says Helen Soulé, executive director of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills , in a Common Sense Education video. Here’s how.

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How Immersive Technology Champions the Four C’s of Learning

EdTech Magazine

It was a “low-stakes opportunity to practice critical life skills,” Jeff Liberman, the district’s technology director, tells The Hechinger Report. “VR Beyond applications in assistive learning, the use of immersive technologies such as VR and augmented reality continues to grow in K–12 education.