article thumbnail

Is Your School "Future Ready"?

Graphite Blog

We are also hosting monthly webinars to dig deeper. The first two webinars are archived and available here. In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. What does it mean to be a Future Ready School? If not, that alone speaks volumes.

article thumbnail

What Makes Professional Development Work?

edWeb.net

Being able to connect to individuals in and outside of the district through webinars, voice chats, or phone calls lends itself to teacher agency. And before that, an advisor for Future Ready Schools and has moderated and presented numerous Future Ready’s Summits and Institutes. About the Host.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

ISTE 2016: Educational Equity, Lifelong Learning, and a Simpler Approach to Edtech

eSpark

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. Throughout ISTE 2016, we had a chance to share a booth with JAMF Software, a company that’s reimagined mobile device management for educators.

EdTech 40
article thumbnail

Metro Atlanta Teachers Participate In Groundbreaking Education Program Promoting Critical Thinking In Students

techlearning

Through Ignite My Future in School we are empowering school systems to foster foundational skills, building capacity for teaching, and cultivating future ready talent in communities across the United States, which is key as we move into a Business 4.0 students by 2021. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $ 19.09

article thumbnail

Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems? “So,

EdTech 53