Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

All are critically-important components of robust, future-ready schools and each gets substantial coverage in their respective book chapters. Tom and Eric back these up with a variety of research studies to support the importance of each one. If you’re afraid of change, social media is a distraction and a risk.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Please share multimedia, reflections, ideas, and comments on social media. We will be monitoring social media for questions and will be posting announcements on Twitter. This kit include images for use on social media. Our Twitter handle is @GlobalEdCon and we are using the hashtag #globaled17.

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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.

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techlearning

JUNE 20, 2018

In addition, HSC’s new partnership with Discovery Education also supports the district’s Future Ready Preps initiative. This new effort seeks to personalize learning in the middle grades to meet every child where they are academically, expose them to a variety of potential careers, and support their social and emotional learning.

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My Island View

JANUARY 26, 2015

We can have every educator in the country sign a future ready pledge, but if they have no understanding of what future ready means to them personally, it will be another wasted initiative. Teaching is not a passive exercise; it requires work, study, and involvement in an ever-changing world.

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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. Social media curation efforts can help us fuel participatory culture as we build and connect communities. We study and understand our team members’ talents and we earn their trust.

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The Daring Librarian

JANUARY 20, 2018

Is your library and program focused on: lifelong reading and literacy, creativity, constructivist learning, making, is it future ready, brain centered, participatory, transparent, positive, and becoming a vibrant and active learning commons? Connect it to your Twitter for easy Social Media cross posting!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 17, 2017

network to be kept updated on this and future events. What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? What are appropriate uses for social media when conducting research? Future Ready Librarians Can Do That!

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The Daring Librarian

JULY 20, 2018

Fierce & Future Ready 7. Google terms like "your subject area, your level, lesson plan, unit, & rubric" you can also later add in search terms like "future ready," "framework," "technology integration," or "printables." Probably not, but there's studies out there to support it. That's a lot of ready's!)

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

MAY 31, 2017

network to be kept updated on this and future events. What does “digital literacy” mean in an era shaped by the Internet, social media, and staggering quantities of information? What are appropriate uses for social media when conducting research? Future Ready Librarians Can Do That!

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The PL2C Blog

MAY 2, 2018

Over the past four years, we have engaged in multiple book studies, several personality tests, and more coaching scenarios than imaginable. I was also named as a Future Ready Instructional Coach Thought Leader. We have had guest speakers from across the United States and even internationally.

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Shake Up Learning

JUNE 11, 2019

Develop Future-Ready Skills. Novel Study Tic-Tac-Toe. Post your answer to your favorite social media platform using the hashtag #ShakeUpLearning, or share it in the Shake Up Learning Community on Facebook ! [34:35] Join the Shake Up Learning Book Study! Teacher as Facilitator. [08:11] Chrome PD Tic-Tac-Toe.

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Tom Murray

AUGUST 21, 2016

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. Organization: Future Ready Schools ® (Part of the Alliance for Excellent Education).

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Tech Helpful

JUNE 22, 2019

He told them to think of it like creating an Instagram post, but since social media is closed to students at our school, they created their posts using a slide deck. Their captions were full of written nuances that they gleaned from their studying. Your students may not have access to social media but you do.

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Shake Up Learning

APRIL 28, 2017

A few weeks ago, I was given an advanced copy of Lisa Johnson’s new book, Cultivating Communication in the Classroom: Future-Ready Skills for Secondary Students. Chapter 6: Social Media. Doesn’t this sound like the perfect book for your next book study? How do we cultivate these skills in our students?

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Tom Murray

APRIL 12, 2016

Although recent studies indicate that the top-down, one-size-fits-all, hours-based, sit and get approach to professional learning shows little-to-no impact on student achievement, many districts continue down this path. Social media and technology tools offer global networks of educators looking to connect and grow professionally.

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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.” This data comes from everywhere: sensors used to gather climate information, posts to social media sites, digital pictures and videos, purchase transaction records, and cell phone GPS signals to name a few.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Using everyday digital content, the COR paper and online assessments directly connect to the questions posed in SHEG’s study and engage learners in credibility decision-making around three COR Competencies: Who’s behind the information? Social Media Video : Students watch an online video and identify its strengths and weaknesses.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Associate Professor, Co-Director of Asian Studies, Adelphi University | Jan Dormer, Ph.D., Hawkesdale P12 College Let’s Hangout – Successful Student Study Groups – Snacks Optional , Candy R. TESOL Instructor and Practicum Supervisor at Touro College, Founder and Managing Director at Virtual Exchange 4 Change | Cristina Zaccarini, Ph.D.,

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