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Just Announced: FREE Future Ready Schools Institutes

Tom Murray

As many readers of my blog know, I serve as the Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools® , a project of the Alliance for Excellent Education , located in Washington, D.C. All for the kids we serve, Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools. What’s great about these events? November 29-30: Detroit, MI.

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Teachers Can Transform Education if We Reinvent Professional Learning

EdNews Daily

Think ecosystems, not workshops. The workshop model, aided and abetted by Power Point, is dead. I believe we can offload most workshop content to digital. Replacing workshops with small group coaching is a great step forward. Accept a disturbing fact: We can’t ‘train’ a future-ready teacher. Share practices.

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300+ Digital Tools Crowdsourced by Educators #LT8Keys

Tom Murray

Attending a large number of conferences each year, and running a number of Future Ready events, I have the opportunity to work alongside so many educators from coast to coast. Our kids deserve this type of maximized experience, and when organizing professional learning, our educators do too!

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Good News from Our Nation’s Capital

EdNews Daily

Differentiated, collaborative professional learning blends content, pedagogy, and technology to help teachers refine and develop effective teaching practices.?. And we also had workshops to help parents understand we’re not just putting your kid on a device and they’re going to sit in the corner.

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What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

“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. Technology and Professional Development. ” Jill Abbott Sr. Join the Community.

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edWeb Releases Survey on Teacher Professional Development

edWeb.net

All educators need PD and learning that is relevant to their practice to keep up with the rapid pace of change in technology and education initiatives such as ESSA, Common Core, Next Gen Science Standards, Future Ready, and more. Learn about the professional learning program elements that are most important to teachers.

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5 #FETC Presentations You Might Have Missed!

Shake Up Learning

Let’s explore ways to go beyond traditional learning–beyond the bell, beyond the due date, beyond the walls–and prepare future ready students using G Suite for Education. Ready to Shake Up Learning in your school or at your event? The Dynamic Learning Workshop. CLICK HERE to open.