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Is Your School "Future Ready"?

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In November of 2014, President Obama challenged district superintendents to sign the Future Ready Pledge. By signing, school leaders committed to working with teachers, families, and community members to transition their districts to "personalized, digital learning.". What does it mean to be a Future Ready School?

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The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom

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They have tutorials and eLearning resources for teachers here and are also Chromebook-compatible. is light, portable, and WiFi-ready. Much of this has to do with fluctuating learning priorities where critical thinking and problem-solving skills for a future-ready, tech-savvy student body are given precedence.

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Two Edthena Partners Featured in National Broadband Imperative Report

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Here’s an excerpt: Cornerstone hired a blended learning director and implemented a 1-to-1 rotational-blended learning model that allows teachers to provide differentiated, small group instruction to all scholars. Vrain Valley Schools. Additionally, our partners at St. Here’s an excerpt: St.

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FREE Google Lesson Plans for Teachers and Students – SULS087

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These are ready-to-go, asynchronous lessons that will help your students gain future-ready skills. Get FREE Google lesson plans for teachers and students from Google’s Applied Digital Skills resource center. These are super handy for teachers! Let’s dig into this amazing resource!

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K-12 Tech Innovation News

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The rise of collaborative learning environments within hybrid and blended learning models is another notable development in K-12 technology trends. Online collaboration tools and platforms let students work together seamlessly, helping them build teamwork and communication skills that are essential for the future.

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3 Key Actions for 2021-22 You Can Take Now

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The panelists put stopgaps in place to ensure students were learning and engaged: providing devices such as Chromebooks to all students and setting up WiFi hotspots. Yet, even with devices and access, students who were already struggling academically pre-pandemic had an even harder time learning at home. Anna Logan.

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Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes and School District Management

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Department of Education’s Superintendents Technical Working Group, which contributed ideas in the creation of the Future Ready Pledge as well as shaped the agenda for the White House ConnectED to the Future Convening for educational leaders in digital learning, in which he also participated.