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

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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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Generously supported by Ted Dintersmith and in cooperation with the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders , the goal was to kick off a three-year investment in leadership capacity-building across the state for future-ready learning, teaching, and schooling. We have 72 participants representing 14 school districts.

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TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

The coach says “let me show you my calendar … it's full of events, meetings, and other interesting things … and look … It's colorful! The members of the district's senior leadership team are then tasked with meeting those goals and improving the school district. What happens next is usually one of two things.

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edWeb.net

MAY 6, 2022

The last two school years have been a challenging time for many students who were learning English while speaking a different language at home. Integrating Technology. Learn more about this edWeb broadcast, “ Future-Ready Emergent Bilingual Education: 3 Factors to Improve Teacher and Student Support ,” sponsored by Lexia Learning.

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Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

And we’ve traveled meeting with thousands of school leaders, teachers and students, listening to their experiences, both good and poor. Technology provides educators with the means to allow students to demonstrate conceptual mastery and develop ownership in ways never before imagined. Who owns the learning is key.

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TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

it's full of events, meetings, and other interesting things. The members of the district's senior leadership team are then tasked with meeting those goals and improving the school district. Additionally, many school districts have digital learning goals to improve the Future Readiness of their students.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

To establish an understanding of educational technology standards and ISTE standards to set benchmarks and personal goals for buildings, staff, and students. To establish Microsoft Teams as a Digital and Professional Learning platform. To create and deploy a model for professional coaching and collaboration.

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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. She is grateful to invest her career in helping students find theirs.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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Digital Promise

JUNE 14, 2016

Speakers proposed rethinking education by setting an inclusive vision that puts teachers and students first, encouraging students to showcase their work, leveraging the power of technology to improve student outcomes, and investing in the potential of every student. Leveraging the power of technology to improve student outcomes.

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TeacherCast

OCTOBER 16, 2021

Example Short Term Goals To establish an understanding of educational technology standards and ISTE standards to set benchmarks and personal goals for buildings, staff, and students. To create a pathway of learning for staff members to become members of globally recognized professional learning communities.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“Don’t call it professional development—call it professional learning.” The first goal of effective models of teacher professional development is understanding who they are and what are their needs. This approach can enable administrators to differentiate to meet the needs of all their teachers.

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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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Discovery Education

MAY 10, 2022

An editable Studio Board to showcase student creativity and evidence of learning. Minecraft: Education Edition uses game-based learning to prepare students for the future by building future-ready skills like creativity, problem solving, and systems thinking while nurturing a passion for play. Learn More.

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edWeb.net

MAY 14, 2020

In the Montour School District, they are designing a positive future for Montour schools aligning every action and decision to their three core values: curricula, educational technology, professional development. Adopt and Adapt. The New August. Join the Community.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 30, 2018

They also send a technical survey to the vendor, many times followed by a call or meeting to review more details of that resource. The technology needs to work, of course, but is it being used and delivered powerfully and in the best way possible? This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net and sponsored by Digital Promise.

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edWeb.net

JULY 9, 2022

Finally, according to the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), 31% of school district technology leaders plan to retire within the next five years, and more than 50% of IT departments are understaffed in their ability to provide remote support to families. They also look at trajectory data to determine if their successes are appropriate.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 29, 2017

I was recently in a district-level administration meeting where we were planning for the upcoming school year. As is typical in our district, this meeting was relatively casual. We want to be sure we’re using our technology; we need to find a program that will track our students’ progress.”. . — Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 20, 2015

“With these new members, we add a wealth of insights, ideas, and energy to help our members effectively support teaching and learning through technology.”. Engage with entrepreneurs to advance product development and meet district needs. Support research that expands what we know about teaching and learning.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2024

In 2023, a new popular kid in town, better known as AI, dominated headlines and prompted debates around how students could abuse–and should use–the generative tool for learning. With AI, we have just begun to see the possibilities this technology can provide for education. This begs the question: What’s next for education?

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 23, 2019

One of the basic needs building principals strive to meet, and the one that presents the most challenge, is ensuring that students feel safe in the school environment. Dr. Rob is the author of several books including Reading, Technology, and Digital Literacy and the ISTE bestselling title Are You Future Ready.

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The PL2C Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Without professional development, educators become stuck in a rut, not knowing what best practices are and how to implement change in their school. This network has given me best practices, protocols, a professional learning network, and has changed the culture of both schools in which I have worked.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 26, 2018

Department of Education Office of Educational Technology, and the Digital Promise League of Innovative Schools. As senior director of government affairs, he led the development of the Thinkabit_Lab®, a dedicated makerspace providing thousands of students and teachers exposure to technology and the world of work. sup_du_jour.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 24, 2018

To reach this goal, the district utilized Federal funds to create the X-STREAM program, which helps students meet state and local standards in core academic subjects, particularly in reading, science, and math. million educators and over 50 million students, Discovery Education’s services are available in approximately half of U.S.

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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. Curation is a direct translation of collection building, critical evaluation, instructional partnership, sense making, meeting community needs, knowledge building and instruction. What’s curation?

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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. Preparing for the Future. Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast. ” Adapting to Hyper Change. Strategic Staff Development.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2016

Fortunately, districts appear to be meeting these challenges head-on, as evidenced by a recent panel discussion for administrators and tech directors in Dallas, hosted by the IT products vendor PCMG , called “Preparing the Next Generation of Personalized Learners in the Digital Age.” The OneRoster (standard) is a good one.

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Tom Murray

APRIL 12, 2016

The notion of “effective professional learning” is something that has been discussed for decades. A comparison in the philosophies of today’s school districts yields results that falls across a continuum of who controls the learning. Learn alongside your staff members and model expectations for them. Nothing more.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 18, 2017

The ISTE Seal of Alignment catalog showcases the products and services that support best practices for technology-driven learning and teaching aligned to the ISTE Standards. There are some new Future Ready Frameworks in town as well. There are some new Future Ready Frameworks in town as well.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

Point A: We need to be asking what works because we’re spending a lot of money on education technology. He’s the co-author of Learning Transformed. So, Vicki, here’s what we’re seeing; nationwide, we’re spending billions of dollars on educational technology. So what works is when students are actively using the technology.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2016

Each January, thousands travel to Orlando, Florida to take part in the Future of Education Technology Conference (FETC), one of the nation’s best edtech related learning opportunities for educators. A new way for students to explore, create, and design – all keys to the effective use of educational technologies.

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Tom Murray

MARCH 15, 2016

Over the past few years, as most school budgets have remained stagnant, spending in educational technology has continued to climb. A one-to-one device to student ratio is an excellent goal as all students deserve high quality access and need to develop technology skills to remain competitive in today’s global economy.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2020

The current crisis has highlighted the disparity between students with and without equitable access to technology, especially in rural schools. She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Ann earned her bachelors, masters, and Ed.S.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 2, 2019

” Access to edWeb resources also provides principals with opportunities to meet with teachers and reflect on questions such as: “Did it challenge your thinking? When they would get together in their team meetings have the conversations, the amount of wealth of knowledge was in there. What caught your attention?

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Upgrading infrastructure, device maintenance, and ongoing professional development, in addition to program and device costs, mean tech initiatives need permanent budget lines that take into account the total cost. She was selected to participate in the Future Ready Superintendent Briefing with the U.S.

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edWeb.net

MAY 19, 2021

Schools and districts will need to look hard at those gaps to ensure equitable engagement across learning modalities. During the spring of 2020,” shared Tom Walker, Director of Technology for Massac Unit School District #1 in Illinois, “our focus was, because of all the inequity, making sure first and foremost that our students were fed.”

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