Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The Office of Educational Technology (OET), in partnership with the American Institutes for Research, developed a research-based synthesis that defines a set of 27 policies and practices within four focus areas: collaborative leadership, personalized student learning, personalized professional learning and robust infrastructure.

Future Ready 61

Future Ready Report Policies Digital Learning 61

EdNews Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Accept a disturbing fact: We can’t ‘train’ a future-ready teacher. Reinventing professional learning depends on our willingness to foster internal regulation, openness to problem solving, and self-awareness. Rather, connect teachers worldwide. Foster the global conversation. Share practices. Develop strength in numbers.

Professional Learning 130

Professional Learning Education Learning Future Ready 130

edWeb.net

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become “future ready.” The Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) launched its Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative in October 2014 with the aim of leveraging technology and connectivity to personalize and transform learning.

Future Ready 45

Future Ready Libraries Professional Learning Personalized Learning 45

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The Future Ready Librarians initiative launched at ALA and ISTE this week. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. million learners. million learners.

Future Ready 41

Future Ready Libraries Advocacy Digital Learning 41

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.

Professional Learning 100

Professional Learning Edcamps Learning Future Ready 100

NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The Future Ready Librarians initiative launched at ALA and ISTE this week. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. million learners. million learners.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready Libraries Advocacy Digital Learning 40

edWeb.net

MAY 5, 2017

In the recent edWebinar, “ The Future Ready Challenge: Improve Student Outcomes in 18 Weeks ,” hosted by edWeb.net , Dr. L. Robert Furman, Elementary Principal and author of The Future Ready Challenge, discussed tips to help educators prepare students for an unknown future. “We WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

Future Ready 41

Future Ready Outcomes Elementary Professional Learning 41

Tom Murray

APRIL 22, 2016

Department of Education released the 2016 National Education Technology Plan (NETP). First released in 1996 and updated every five years since, the NETP is the flagship educational technology policy document for the United States. ConnectED Fellow, Zac Chase , from the U.S.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready Technology Equity of Access Education 100

eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology, librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become future ready. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology, expanded FRS to position school librarians as leaders in this effort. Future Ready Goals=Librarian Goals.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready BYOD Broadband Libraries 40

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Practices such as BYOD, 1:1, blended learning, personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, professional learning, etc. The DPA creates the context for our work with leaders and teachers, providing authentic baseline data to support personalized professional learning.

Assessment 292

Assessment Future Ready Blended Learning Professional Learning 292

Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

schools are buying tremendous amounts of technology, placing these tools in classrooms, and often are left wondering what to do with it. On Tuesday, September 12th, from 2:00-2:30 pm EST, join author and long time educator, Kristin Ziemke and me as we discuss: Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom !

Future Ready 167

Future Ready Classroom Advocacy Learning 167

edWeb.net

MARCH 9, 2015

Future Ready is a free, bold new effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship. Essential Skills for Innovative Leaders is a professional learning community (PLC) that will help school principals use Web 2.0

Future Ready 40

Future Ready System Digital Learning Outcomes 40

Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over. Being future-ready is more than just being ready for college or securing a job; it’s thinking creatively about the problems we face as a society. It’s letting them discover the joy of learning.”

Student Engagement 192

Student Engagement Adobe Future Ready Professional Learning 192

techlearning

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

In conjunction with the seventh annual Digital Learning Day , Future Ready Schools (FRS), an initiative of the Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed), released a new guide for school districts interested in using “blended learning” to support their approach to instruction.

Future Ready 42

Future Ready Blended Learning Learning Strategy 42

Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. By signing, school leaders committed to working with teachers, families, and community members to transition their districts to "personalized, digital learning.". What does it mean to be a Future Ready School?

Future Ready 40

Future Ready BYOD Policies Digital Citizenship 40

eSchool News

JUNE 17, 2021

. — MindSpark Learning ® (MindSpark ), a nonprofit that delivers extraordinary and sustainable learning experiences for educators and professionals, announced today the acquisition of Couragion , a leading provider of STEM career literacy and workforce development solutions. About MindSpark Learning.

Professional Learning 52

Professional Learning STEM Learning Industry 52

Tom Murray

JUNE 24, 2016

The shift to Future Ready Schools with blended and digital learning is dramatically changing the role of the school leader and requires focused attention on the critical importance of school culture in a successful transition. Such leadership is foundational to creating Future Ready Schools. Director of Innovation.

Future Ready 154

Future Ready Blended Learning Professional Learning Digital Learning 154

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

In fact, two-thirds of responding parents from diverse communities (rural, suburban and urban) say in the Speak Up survey that classroom technology, when used properly, helps their children develop college and career readiness skills. Collaboration and Blended Learning Fosters Critical Skills. Buying Cycle. Content Length.

Personalized Learning 331

Personalized Learning Tools Blended Learning Differentiated Instruction 331

eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Earlier this week, 43 school district leadership teams from states up and down the West coast and Hawaii gathered together on May 4 and 5 at the Computer History Museum in northern California for this year’s seventh Future Ready Schools Regional Summit.

Future Ready 40

Future Ready How To Advocacy Assessment 40

edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

With generative AI rapidly impacting every sector of society, K-12 school districts need to not only embrace the technology, but also create policy and practical implementation guidelines on its use. ” New Technology, New Policies As with any new technology, there are always risks and rewards. .”

Policies 59

Policies Future Ready Guidelines Trends 59

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

This series of 50 short videos help schools and districts see how it looks to implement various parts of a personalized learning strategy into their systems. In support of the Future Ready Schools Initiative, where superintendents across the country pledge to actively work toward widespread, equitable digital learning, the U.S.

Video 60

Video Future Ready Technology Libraries 60

eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

The license includes world rights for print and digital books, with ISTE providing supplemental resources supported by the ISTE Standards, a framework for using technology to support learning. We’re excited to partner with Capstone to provide young learners with fun, engaging books to help them learn to thrive in today’s digital world.

Digital Citizenship 103

Digital Citizenship Future Ready Libraries Social Media 103

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.

EdTech 189

EdTech Future Ready Social Media Broadband 189

Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

This blog was originally posted on the Future Ready website at [link]. Open Education Resources were the highlight of this Future Ready webinar as they align to the Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment gear of the Future Ready Framework. Office of Education Technology’s GoOpen Site.

OER 100

OER Future Ready Edmodo Education 100

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.”

Mobility 102

Mobility Survey Future Ready Social Media 102

edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

This, studies showed, improves positive social interaction, learning, and engagement, while reducing disruptive behaviors, fighting, skipping class, and inappropriate technology use. It is also helping students learn to manage themselves and their cell phone use for future career environments.

Future Ready 102

Future Ready Social Media Study Policies 102

Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Murray , Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools ® , Alliance for Excellent Education, Author, Learning Transformed: 8 Keys to Designing Tomorrow’s Schools, Today. Just a reminder, the book also comes with a free study guide, found here. If interested in this free event, you can register here!

Future Ready 124

Future Ready Learning Industry Professional Learning 124

Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

The Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) & Future Ready Schools (FRS). Connect: www.all4ed.org , @all4ed | www.futureready.org , @FutureReady. The Alliance also has run Digital Learning Day for the past five years. State Educational Technology Directors Association (SETDA). Connect: www.setda.org , @SETDA.

Future Ready 100

Future Ready Secondary Advocacy Elementary 100

EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Creativity describes how students acquire knowledge and demonstrate learning through integrated technology. Educators, schools, and districts working to advance digital learning at scale can usually compartmentalize their products, practices, goals and objectives within these three domains. Competency. Creativity.

Digital Learning 126

Digital Learning Digital Citizenship Learning Internet Safety 126

Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 28, 2019

Other key players include Gena Keller , Acting Deputy Superintendent for the Virginia Department of Education, and Ted Dintersmith , who once again is lending his generous support to building leadership capacity for future-ready learning, teaching, and schooling in yet another state. The adventure continues! Related Posts.

Future Ready 229

Future Ready Course Technology Learning 229

EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The district is in the middle of a digital equity revolution, being led by a particularly sharp Director of Education Technology and Library Programs, Dewayne McClary. When McClary joined the district as the manager of educational technology in 2014, progress was less than stellar. of technology in practice. It includes $4.6

Future Ready 130

Future Ready Digital Divide Digital Learning Broadband 130

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.

Learning 218

Learning Professional Learning Outcomes Future Ready 218

eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Rivera, who is the former Pennsylvania Secretary of Education and currently serves as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania, was named the Director of Region 6 Northeast. Rivera has served as president of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology in Pennsylvania since October 1, 2020.

Secondary 98

Secondary Advocacy Future Ready Elementary 98

edWeb.net

APRIL 12, 2022

With the increased use of technology in schools over the last five years, cybersecurity attacks at the K-12 levels have increased significantly. CTO Tech Talks is a professional learning community where technology leaders can gather together to share and explore best practices, challenges, and successes in advancing learning with technology.

Future Ready 90

Future Ready Industry Assessment Policies 90

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How can school and district leaders leverage research-based practices and models of success to create an effective personalized learning ecosystem for all learners? At the heart of the Future Ready Framework is the learner. Personalized Professional Learning. Budget and Resources. Community Partnerships.

Future Ready 61

Future Ready Advocacy Strategy Assessment 61

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.

Future Ready 217

Future Ready Blended Learning Analysis Digital Learning 217

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.

Future Ready 74

Future Ready Blended Learning Knowledge Base Company 74