Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Incorporating social-emotional learning and character education into K-12 classrooms improves students’ lives—measurably. Yet at the individual classroom level, the simple ways to describe, organize and teach the skills students need to be future ready are still a little nebulous. Higher test scores.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2024

As I engage with districts and schools regularly, they frequently inquire about ways to gauge the outcomes and efficacy of their innovative strategies, such as BYOD, 1:1, blended and personalized learning, classroom and school redesign, branding, makerspaces, and professional development. The IPA doesn’t just look at innovation.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2024

The common thread through all of the pathways is students harnessing technology to share their voices past the four walls of the classroom. In my coaching practices, I am beginning to share these essential components of student-led learning with my teachers so together we can unwrap how to improve this practice in our classrooms.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

Student autonomy in the classroom is essential for efficient learning. Student autonomy in the classroom is important both for learners and teachers. Today’s educational technology makes it easier to support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond it. Why is student autonomy in the classroom so important?

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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 !

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

The resulting Characteristics of Future Ready Leadership describes the policies and practices used by successful Future Ready district leaders. The rubric was also instrumental in the Future Ready Leaders project and in creating a set of video segments that any school leader can assembly into a personalized playlist.

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The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Elisabeth Bostwick encourages us to make progress From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Creating the culture in your classroom can help you be a better and happier teacher and can help your students learn better and be happier too.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

Preparing future global innovators takes a district-wide team of facilitators, classroom teachers and school administrators. For example, we used Minecraft in one classroom long before Minecraft Education. STEM+CS instruction will always be bringing new technology into the K12 classroom.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 13, 2022

Many schools have created future-ready vision statements and college- and career-ready profiles of a graduate. This workshop focuses on how to redesign classroom instruction for future-ready learning. Why we don’t recommend using the 4 Shifts Protocol as a classroom observation tool.

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edWeb.net

MAY 5, 2017

Change is inevitable, and while it’s important to design lessons with an end result in mind, it’s difficult to prepare students for a future that doesn’t exist yet. In the recent edWebinar, “ The Future Ready Challenge: Improve Student Outcomes in 18 Weeks ,” hosted by edWeb.net , Dr. L. This broadcast was hosted by edWeb.net.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 22, 2018

Rob will be speaking at FETC 2018 on Thursday, January 25th at 2pm on the topic Are You Future Ready? For the classroom of the future, we need to get away from the industrial revolution style of education that we deal with today. You don’t want to pick it up just because it’s cool.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 18, 2017

As the 2017/2018 school year approaches, it would be good to know about a couple of documents/frameworks that will be influencing the ways we teach with, learn with and support our classroom educator and coach partners. This slideshow explains the shifts and offers strategies to I nvigorate Teachers with the ISTE Standards for Educators.

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Tom Murray

MAY 26, 2017

School leaders across the country are working to create meaningful, authentic, and real-world learning experiences inside their schools and classrooms. I’m excited to have Ross and Erin join me in just a few weeks for this FREE Future Ready webinar on #HackingPBL. Check it out! Thursday, June 15, 2017.

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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.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 25, 2018

For the classroom of the future, we need to get away from the industrial revolution style of education that we deal with today. The committee that created public education based it on three models – the jail, the church, and the factory – and that’s how we still run a traditional classroom.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

We decided to break down the silo approach in the fall of 2016 when we chose to pilot the Inspired Classroom project. Utilizing an infusion of technology, high-impact classroom furniture, teachers’ creativity, and student and community input, we created classrooms that look, feel, and operate differently than traditional models.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

The report includes a foreword by esteemed neuropsychologist David Rose, a pioneer in Universal Design for Learning, along with insights from neurodiversity experts and actionable strategies for edtech professionals. Technology holds immense potential to make learning accessible and engaging for all students,” said Rosenheck.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 15, 2016

Department of Education’s Office of Education Technology, librarians are at the forefront of helping schools become future ready. However, too often librarians are left out of the planning process for infrastructure and devices, professional learning for teachers, and digital content strategies—areas where they often have expertise.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 25, 2018

For the classroom of the future, we need to get away from the industrial revolution style of education that we deal with today. The committee that created public education based it on three models – the jail, the church, and the factory – and that’s how we still run a traditional classroom.

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Future Ready Learning Elementary Industry 40

Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 22, 2019

I have had the wonderful opportunity over the past year and a half – thanks to series editor Bill Ferriter and the amazing folks at Solution Tree – to publish two very different books, both of which are intended to meet very specific needs of school leaders and classroom educators and both of which have been well-received.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. Department of Education , and the LEAD Commission is hosting Future Ready Regional Summits across the nation to provide support for those districts and to build a network of leaders. Look at how you use time.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Future Ready overhaul coincides with the new national ed-tech plan. Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

#ICE18: Redesigning a Classroom Is Not About Being “Pretty for Pinterest”. Simply adding technology to a classroom doesn’t make it an innovative space. MURRAY: In the past decade or so, there’s been a growing understanding of the need to transform classrooms on many levels. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 02/27/2018 - 15:10.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

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. Ultimately, we want our students to be successful beyond the classroom walls. How flexible were the classrooms before the pandemic? Why does creativity matter?

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 21, 2019

In a recent comment to one of my blogs, Andi Jackson shared a strategy for maximizing the short Wednesday schedule called “Power Hour.” Kevin Brookhouser’s book, The 20Time Project: How Educators can Launch Google’s Formula for Future-ready Innovation , is a great resource for teachers curious about 20% time. #2

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Future Ready overhaul coincides with the new national ed-tech plan. Last Thursday, The United States Department of Education held an event at the White House unveiling the 2016 National Education Technology Plan and celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Future Ready initiative.

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Future Ready Resources Equity of Access Professional Learning 40

EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Parents, teachers and administrators have had an overwhelmingly positive response to the effective use of digital tools in the classroom. Classrooms with digital tools allow ­students to collaborate in groups to ­problem-solve, which is a critical skill needed in college and in the modern workforce. CDW VV2 Strategy.

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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. Additional data is collected and archived in the PLP during classroom observations. This need served as a call to action of sorts and catalyzed my current work.

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Assessment Future Ready Blended Learning Professional Learning 297

Neo LMS

MAY 24, 2022

Teachers are encouraged to promote collaboration in the classroom to achieve better learning outcomes. The latter have various tools to promote student collaboration both in the classroom and in a virtual environment. Why student collaboration in the classroom matters. Read more: Classroom collaboration: Learning together.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

While connected devices are an important part of modern learning environments, audiovisual equipment and even classroom furniture are also essential to creating spaces that are conducive to teaching that focuses on future-ready skills. CDW VV2 Strategy. Ed Tech to Keep an Eye On in the Next Five Years. One Year Or Less.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

From innovative learning management systems to interactive whiteboards and adaptive educational software, these tools are reshaping traditional classrooms. As news of these successful tech tool pilots spreads via K-12 tech innovation news , more schools and districts can explore emerging strategies and ideas.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Guest speakers from around the world enter classrooms through a screen. Without planning, strategy, educator training and support , among other things, the marriage of education and technology won’t work. . Research indicates some troubling realities about teachers’ comfort levels when it comes to using tech in their classrooms.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 18, 2023

.” Conferences offer the opportunity for educators–from administrators and classroom teachers to IT leaders and curriculum directors–to attend sessions targeted to their interests and their individual school or district needs. From Stigmas to Selfies: The Power of Using Social Media in the Classroom. Get started here.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 13, 2017

To help overcome this, we have adopted the Future Ready Schools Framework , a systematic approach to scaling innovative digital learning practices while promoting long-term sustainability. In January 2016, the team collectively took a district self-assessment to gauge BWRSD’s digital learning readiness. Digital Learning Teams.

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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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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 1, 2018

Recognizing the value of smart and connected classrooms, most school districts are experimenting with the Internet of Things or plan to do so in the near future. School districts would be wise to consider now what capacity and capabilities their networks will need to support smart devices and IoT applications in the near future.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Education has shifted dramatically in recent decades — from an emphasis on fact memorization through “drill and kill” and “sage on the stage” teaching styles to a focus on higher-order thinking and future-ready skills such as critical thinking and problem solving. Today's Classrooms Embrace Tech in All Aspects of Learning.

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