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A Wake Up Call For School Leaders

A Principal's Reflections

So the other day I tweeted out this comment, “I am amazed each day to see so much educational progress in my Twitter feed. If you want students that are real world or future ready, they must be allowed to use the tools that are prevalent now in this world. This should be the norm, not the exception.”

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Events + News - Future Ready June 24 - Global Ed Day at ISTE - Library 2.015 Proposals - NMC This Week

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Second Monday of each month is the Teacher Librarian Twitter Chat. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. You can follow us on Twitter at #liveclass20. Department of Education's Future Ready Pledge. Tuesday, June 9th - Thursday, June 11th in Washington D.C.

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Leading Educators Take the Stage to Ignite Change in Education

Digital Promise

Mark Ray , Chief Digital Officer of Vancouver Public Schools , spoke of transforming the role of librarians in his district to support students in becoming “future ready.” Follow Digital Promise on Twitter to stay updated on their release.

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How Virtual Reality Helps This N.Y. School District Prepare Students for Their Future

Edsurge

Engagement in technology-free classes was waning and while the deputy superintendent for Plainview-Old Bethpage Central School District (POB) didn’t want students using technology just for the sake of technology—she wanted her schools and students to be future-ready. Tom Murray of the Future Ready Schools initiative. “He

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Use Your iPad to create Digital Portfolios with your K-3rd Graders with Seesaw | @SeesawEDU

TeacherCast

Links of interest Seesaw website: [link] ([link] Seesaw Teacher Resource Center: [link] ([link] Seesaw Twitter: https://twitter.com/seesawedu (https://twitter.com/seesawedu) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlw-tUKvnNc v=tlw-tUKvnNc About our Guests Carl Sjogreen is the co-founder of Seesaw.

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Strategies for Closing the Digital Equity Gap

edWeb.net

As edtech leaders and stakeholders work to eliminate the homework gap, solutions such as mobile hotspots, low-cost broadband, private LTE networks and even Wifi on buses have the potential to ensure that students have 24/7 access to their education. She is also a national advisor for the Future Ready Instructional Coaches Strand.

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9 Steps for Choosing a Device

Tom Murray

Higher Ed: Samsung Galaxy TabPro S : The award winning TabPro S provides ultra mobility and the freedom of a Galaxy tablet with the productivity of a full windows device. Insights , EDU Twitter , EDU LinkedIn , YouTube and SlideShare. All for the kids we serve, For more content like this, follow Samsung on.