Dangerously Irrelevant

DECEMBER 19, 2018

During that time, who suffers through low-level thinking work in order to ‘catch up’ and who’s building robots or rockets? Who in your schools gets to become future-ready and who doesn’t? The very mechanisms that we create to close achievement gaps often intensify life success gaps.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Together, these tools form an essential technological toolkit, enriching K-12 teaching and shaping a future-ready educational landscape. These tools collectively create dynamic, interactive, and personalized learning environments, shaping a future-ready educational landscape in K-12 settings.

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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. Future Ready Schools.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Immersive, Innovation Spaces Are Propelling Future-Readiness! Come actively engage with artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and a variety of innovative technology-rich devices. Let’s create a trajectory of learning opportunities for future-ready learners!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Coding programs and robotics kits introduce hands-on learning, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential for the future. It empowers students to take charge of their learning journey, preparing them for a future where digital literacy and technological proficiency are paramount.

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2021

CoderZ is a powerful, self-paced virtual learning platform that is designed to teach students valuable principles of coding, robotics, and computational skills through the engaging and challenging context of robotics. CoderZ believes STEM education is essential for the future and should be universally available to all kids.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

Immersive, Innovation Spaces Are Propelling Future-Readiness! Come actively engage with artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and a variety of innovative technology-rich devices. Let’s create a trajectory of learning opportunities for future-ready learners!

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Coding programs and robotics kits introduce valuable STEM skills, fostering critical thinking and problem-solving. Overall, integrating technology in K-12 education creates more adaptable, engaged, and future-ready learners. Moreover, technology promotes digital literacy, essential for navigating the modern world.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Innovative K-12 education ideas are crucial for creating engaging, effective, and future-ready learning environments. Coding and Robotics Education: The emphasis on coding and robotics education fosters digital literacy and computational thinking. What are innovative educational ideas?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 20, 2017

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

You often hear these skills—such as collaboration, problem solving, communication and critical thinking—referred to as higher-order thinking skills or 21st-century skills or future-ready skills. The exciting thing about game-based learning is that students are practicing these types of skills all the time when they play games.

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Buncee

JUNE 10, 2019

Shannon McClintock Miller- Share and Tell with Future Ready Librarians @ 1PM . Future Ready Librarians come share how you empower your students as creators with Buncee! Buncee pairs perfectly with drones, robots, Global STEM Hubs, Buncee Buddies, math collaborations, Global Maker Day creations and more.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Leveraging existing resources, such as on-staff engineers or computer scientists, can lead to the formation of robotics clubs. He also noted the importance of programs like Odyssey of the Mind, Destination Imagination, and others, which develop students’ agency, teamwork, and technological skills.

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The Daring Librarian

APRIL 13, 2019

But what if we spend thousands of dollars on 3D printers, robotics, and other ephemera and it just ends up collecting dust? We’ve created cardboard arcades, robots, buildings, etc." -- Read the article for more! Graphic by @DianaLRendina Tech Take-Apart Robot Challenge Tech take-apart is a classic makerspace activity.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

An uncertain future is no excuse for unclear planning and uninformed technology purchases, however. The director of innovation at Future Ready Schools insisted that educators must plan to use the resources they have wisely in order to prepare kids for the future. “I

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 16, 2019

Help your students think like a robot? I've seen kids code Dash and Dot robots to a certain location in the classroom, open up an envelope and find the next spelling word to add to their piece of paper. You don't have to have a robot to do that, use the unplugged version mentioned above! What is the value in that?

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Jon Samuelson, Innovation Strategist at Beaverton School District in Beaverton, OR, presented tips and tricks for student involvement in the recent edWebinar, “ Coding + STEAM: Getting Students Future Ready.”. For more creativity, exploration, and freedom, educators can incorporate play into their coding and STEAM lessons.

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

Tools like Future Ready’s Interactive Planning Dashboard can allow administrators to identify an implementation plan that will allow their district to meet the needs of every type of learner. Keeping it simple. Bringing real-world experiences into the classroom.

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The Daring Librarian

AUGUST 25, 2018

You an start with just one Sphero Mini : The App-Controlled Robot Ball Photo by: Jenny of The Brick Castle "Little robot. Sphero Mini fits a huge experience into a tiny robot the size of a ping pong ball. Sure, you can can add lots more to a Robotics area in a Makerspace. Future Ready Teacher Librarian & Tech Leader.

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eSpark

JULY 11, 2016

Tools like Future Ready’s Interactive Planning Dashboard can allow administrators to identify an implementation plan that will allow their district to meet the needs of every type of learner. Keeping in simple. Bringing real-world experiences into the classroom.

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edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Her artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and assistive technology research has resulted in over 250 peer-reviewed publications and a number of commercialized products, including STEM Storiez , a set of AI-powered gamified e-books for early STEM education. She received her B.S. in engineering from Brown University, her M.S.E.E.

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EdTechTeam

MARCH 22, 2019

After completing the EdTechTeam Teacher Leader Cohort 1 course (which I fully recommend), I received the EdTechTeam’s Future Ready Honeycomb Rubik’s Cube in the mail. Lauren Johnson is a Technology Coordinator and Middle School Computer, Coding and Robotics teacher from Covington, Lousiana. Don’t they deserve your best self?

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techlearning

JULY 12, 2018

Hardware training involved learning how to use products from industry leaders in the maker education market, including programmable robots and drones (Sphero, Parrot), along with Arduino and circuitry kits (Makey Makey, Circuit Scribe). Future-ready skills ? Teaching with projects and hands-on learning ? Student engagement ?

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 18, 2018

So many headlines focus on automation, robots, artificial intelligence, and the looming loss of jobs. Burning Glass data suggest that it’s not the whiz-bang, Jetsonian technologies that are most needed for learners to become “future ready.” The Future is Now.

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Hack Education

JULY 13, 2016

We do not have to buy new stuff faster than we’ve ever bought new stuff before in order to be “future ready.” Buying hardware and buying software does not make you or your students or your institutions forward-thinking.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 3, 2024

Coding programs and robotics kits introduce hands-on learning, promoting critical thinking and problem-solving skills essential for the future. Virtual reality applications offer immersive experiences, making abstract concepts tangible and enhancing experiential learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Students are using AI to develop their own future-ready skills and to learn how to navigate an information-rich world. Introducing robotics and coding into the curriculum helps students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. This approach aims to enhance engagement and address diverse learning styles.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2021

REDONDO BEACH, CA – December 8, 2021 – Ozobot, global leader of programmable robotics and STEAM-based learning solutions for K-12 education that empower the next generation of creators, today unveiled its newest innovation – MetaBot – the first free augmented reality (AR) robot for education. About Ozobot.

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