Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2015

The Future Ready movement – an initiative spearheaded by the U.S. These regional summits are designed to help school district leaders design and implement digital learning and teaching strategies to set students up to succeed in today’s increasingly tech-enabled world. Set priorities.

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eSchool News

APRIL 15, 2020

In the best-case scenario, district leaders had a week to develop and roll out an eLearning strategy to students. The COVID-19 crisis has forced districts to redefine the manner in which they are delivering education. Related content: 10 reasons school librarians are more important than ever.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 22, 2017

Incorporating social-emotional learning and character education into K-12 classrooms improves students’ lives—measurably. We can no longer afford to view social-emotional learning and character education as pleasant supplements to the curriculum. Higher test scores. Better graduation rates. Increased lifetime earning potential.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 26, 2015

Here is what they learned. You can reach her on Twitter at @melissaged. Highline Public Schools in Highline, WA is a member of the League of Innovative Schools. The League team visited Highline in February, 2015.

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Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

In the book, Blended Learning in Action , my co-authors (Tiffany Wycoff and Jason Green) and I created the PAACC Hallmarks of Effective Practice as a guide to ensure that blended learning puts students at the center of learning and helps them to develop future-ready skills.

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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. Regrettably, no such solutions were available.

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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. All for the kids we serve, Hacking Project-Based Learning.

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eSchool News

JUNE 28, 2016

New project highlights critical role school librarians play in supporting Future Ready goals. Future Ready Schools (FRS), led by the Alliance for Excellent Education (the Alliance) in partnership with the U.S. Future Ready librarians embrace change and innovation in education,” said Ray. “As

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

“For personalized learning to thrive, principals must create a culture of innovation that brings together students, teachers, administrators, parents and the community to share a vision for an improved learning experience.”. For extra help, FRS has created tutorial videos.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Strong leaders are essential for the developing and sustaining transitions to digital learning. The resulting Characteristics of Future Ready Leadership describes the policies and practices used by successful Future Ready district leaders. Practices from schools in eight districts were captured on 50 videos.

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Edsurge

MAY 15, 2024

The BrowardSTEM team leads and supports with experience, expertise and agility in core content standards, STEM implementation, instructional technology and interdisciplinary applied problem-based learning. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t. Iterate on what works and learn from what doesn’t.

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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? When you look at student learning, we no longer have one class of 30 students. There are things like edWeb where teachers can engage themselves in new learning. The same applies to professional development.

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Neo LMS

MAY 24, 2022

Teachers are encouraged to promote collaboration in the classroom to achieve better learning outcomes. The consensus is that fostering student collaboration through group activities leads to more engaging and efficient learning. . However, collaborative learning is not about dividing students into groups and assigning tasks.

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Tom Murray

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

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 ! Future Ready Schools ® Invites You to a Participate in a Webinar. Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K–6 Classroom.

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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. Get motivated to reach every child!

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 13, 2022

Redesigning for deeper learning and student engagement [2-hour workshop] Scott McLeod. 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.

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edWeb.net

JANUARY 25, 2018

When you look at student learning, we no longer have one class of 30 students. And the church where we get the whole idea of the lecture; I hold the information; I will tell you what you’re learning, and then you will sit there and listen and learn only what I’m giving you. We’re learning.

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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

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 25, 2018

When you look at student learning, we no longer have one class of 30 students. And the church where we get the whole idea of the lecture; I hold the information; I will tell you what you’re learning, and then you will sit there and listen and learn only what I’m giving you. We’re learning.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

Personalized Learning and Digital Tools Weave Strong Fabric for Student Success. But, are the students ready for what awaits them? Personalized Learning Aids All Students. Collaboration and Blended Learning Fosters Critical Skills. meghan.bogardu…. Tue, 04/03/2018 - 14:43. Teachers in the U.S. They may be on to something.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As a supporter of the purposeful use of technology and innovative practices, I had to illustrate how effective these strategies were at improving learning. Applying this concept to digital learning can go a long way to solidifying the use of technology as an established practice, not just a frill or add-on.

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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. The team’s primary goal was to develop a shared vision for deeper learning through innovative uses of digital technologies.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Key points: As technology evolves, it presents exciting learning opportunities Learn more about K-12 Tech Innovation News Discover Technology Tools for Teaching and Learning New technologies are revolutionizing K-12 teaching and learning, ushering in an era of unprecedented possibilities.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 19, 2020

Cloud has become a popular buzzword in K–12 education, especially as school districts have shifted to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thompson also said that his school district’s migration to the hybrid cloud almost two years ago is what helped it deploy and survive remote learning over the past few months.

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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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eSchool News

AUGUST 21, 2018

Simply put, computational thinking is a method of reasoning that teaches students how to solve real-world, complex problems with strategies that computers use. While computation governs the world around us, computational thinking as a teaching and learning framework is a new concept for many. Collect data (Look, listen, learn).

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

This is the first in a series of posts that examine how schools and districts are planning for and implementing digital learning efforts. 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? Look at how you use time.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 22, 2019

In the book, Dean and I highlight six key relevance gaps and also discuss the four big shifts of deeper learning, greater student agency, more authentic work, and rich technology infusion that many schools are implementing to address those gaps. My other recent book, Harnessing Technology for Deeper Learning , is the HOW book.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 14, 2020

I especially appreciated hearing your thoughts on centering students and families amidst the chaos and how your communication strategies have been aligned to that work. Future Ready Schools just launched its new podcast series, Leading Through Unprecedented Times.

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EdTech Magazine

MAY 20, 2020

Cloud has become a popular buzzword in K–12 education, especially as school districts have shifted to remote learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. Thompson also said that his school district’s migration to the hybrid cloud almost two years ago is what helped it deploy and survive remote learning over the past few months.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2023

Engagement and creativity play such important roles in the learning process, but with the myriad of other requirements and obligations, they can easily get lost in the abyss of deadlines and mandates. Creativity helps develop a deeper sense of learning, yet we keep our “creative” units until after state testing is over.

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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. The DPA creates the context for our work with leaders and teachers, providing authentic baseline data to support personalized professional learning.

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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.

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Digital Promise

MAY 25, 2017

The Digital Promise maker learning team spent some time in Greer, South Carolina this winter observing and filming the Riverside Middle School Library Club students as they worked to design solutions to problems they identified in their community. We are excited to share their story as the second in our series of Maker Promise videos.

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EdTech Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Learning comes alive for students and the future moves within reach. . MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students. MORE FROM EDTECH : Learn how project-based learning fosters skill building and real-world relevance for students.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Modern learning environments seamlessly integrate technology into spaces that are designed around teaching and learning , giving instructors and students the tools they need to succeed in a physical setting that promotes collaboration and supports multiple learning styles. CDW VV2 Strategy. Fri, 02/16/2018 - 11:36.

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