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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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The Future Ready Librarians initiative launched at ALA and ISTE this week. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. million learners. million learners.

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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 1, 2016

The Future Ready Librarians initiative launched at ALA and ISTE this week. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. The Future Ready Schools (FRS) initiative itself launched at the White House in October 2014. million learners. million learners.

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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. Join the Community. Leadership 3.0

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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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NeverEndingSearch

JULY 18, 2017

The ISTE EdTekHub offers a variety of ideas, content, and resources for leading-edge educators, including featured videos and infographics. The open ISTE Standards Community offers a space for conversations and resource sharing. There are some new Future Ready Frameworks in town as well.

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Tom Murray

MAY 26, 2017

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. Murray , Director of Innovation, Future Ready Schools ® , Alliance for Excellent Education. Check it out! Thursday, June 15, 2017.

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edWeb.net

MARCH 9, 2015

Future Ready is a free, bold new effort to maximize digital learning opportunities and help school districts move quickly toward preparing students for success in college, a career, and citizenship. Essential Skills for Innovative Leaders is a professional learning community (PLC) that will help school principals use Web 2.0

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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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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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Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2018

Attending a large number of conferences each year, and running a number of Future Ready events, I have the opportunity to work alongside so many educators from coast to coast. Our kids deserve this type of maximized experience, and when organizing professional learning, our educators do too! ToolsForEngagement.

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Graphite Blog

JUNE 26, 2015

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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techlearning

JUNE 28, 2018

Future Ready Schools (FRS) today announced a series of free regional events to support school and district leaders in creating policies, procedures, and practices that transform teaching and learning. To date, FRS has held more than thirty institutes, serving more than 650 school district teams and more than 2,100 educators.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

In blended learning, where online digital media is combined with traditional classroom methods, students pick up marketable traits that are used later in life, including critical thinking, resource management, interpersonal communication and decision-making. Personalized Education Makes Students Future-Ready.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 6, 2021

and anchored in schools by Discovery Education – marks its second anniversary by welcoming new members and offering educators, students, and families nationwide an expanded collection of no-cost digital resources. engaging, daily instruction in any learning environment. To date, the STEM Careers Coalition has reached more than 4.5

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eSchool News

MAY 7, 2015

Earlier this week, 43 school district leadership teams from states up and down the West coast and Hawaii gathered together on May 4 and 5 at the Computer History Museum in northern California for this year’s seventh Future Ready Schools Regional Summit.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 12, 2016

From Providence, Rhode Island to Phoenix, Arizona, I’ve had the privilege to travel and work with over 2,300 district leaders from almost 500 school districts over the past year through the Future Ready Initiative. These concerns are real and often become roadblocks for student learning.

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RafranzDavis.com

OCTOBER 26, 2015

When I interviewed for my current role, I had to create a presentation and present on what being Future Ready meant to Lufkin. It was and still is a culture of ideas, learning and growth created to support the global preparedness of our students and teachers. This is undeniably great thing.

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edWeb.net

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Educational leaders and AI enthusiasts Dr. Kecia Ray and Superintendent Jerry Almendarez shared insights into policy and practice during the edLeader Panel “ Get Future Ready with AI: A Roadmap for District Leaders.” ” New Technology, New Policies As with any new technology, there are always risks and rewards.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2022

Through this new collaboration, educators districtwide are now integrating Discovery Education’s award-winning suite of digital resources into science instruction for all students’ grades K-12. Following a careful review process, HCS selected two resources from Discovery Education for districtwide use.

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Tom Murray

APRIL 22, 2016

The 2016 Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education , articulates a vision of equity, active use, and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. . Future Ready Schools. All for the kids we serve, Director of Innovation.

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Tom Murray

JUNE 3, 2016

This blog was originally posted on the Future Ready website at [link]. Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Andy Marcinek , Chief Open Education Advisor at the US Department of Education (ED), to explore how schools can benefit from Open Educational Resources (OERs) and what is being done in this area nationwide.

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Tom Murray

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

When I got connected on social media, my lens was expanded and I became aware additional organizations, as well as their supporting tools and resources. This is the third post in a short series meant to highlight the great work of many nonprofit organizations that are working diligently to support students’ learning on a daily basis.

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eSchool News

APRIL 21, 2023

The license includes world rights for print and digital books, with ISTE providing supplemental resources supported by the ISTE Standards, a framework for using technology to support learning. Capstone has a passion for inspiring learning and intellectual curiosity.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 28, 2023

Watch the Recording Listen to the Podcast Join the Community Social-Emotional Learning is a free professional learning community where educators can collaborate and share ideas, examples, and resources for incorporating social-emotional learning in the classroom.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD) is featured in the Future Ready Leaders project’s professional learning resources as one of the nation’s leaders in personalized learning. Personalized student learning. Personalized professional learning. Robust infrastructure.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

How can school and district leaders leverage research-based practices and models of success to create an effective personalized learning ecosystem for all learners? At the heart of the Future Ready Framework is the learner. Personalized Professional Learning. Budget and Resources. Community Partnerships.

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edWeb.net

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

college and career readiness). AI may be more useful in some careers, such as software engineering code review and customer operations, than in others, like human resources or risk and compliance. Keeping in mind that AI does not necessarily provide facts or think independently is important when considering real-world skills (e.g.,

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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: Girls Who Code. Organization: Maker Ed.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 27, 2019

Generously supported by Ted Dintersmith and in cooperation with the North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders , the goal was to kick off a three-year investment in leadership capacity-building across the state for future-ready learning, teaching, and schooling. crowdsourced learning and resource production.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Our regional directors are an incredible resource for school and district leaders in their regions,” said ALAS Executive Director Dr. Maria Armstrong. Through initiatives like PA Future Ready Index, Pennsylvania’s Every Student Succeeds Act, and Postsecondary Attainment goals, he demonstrated his commitment to educational equity.

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NeverEndingSearch

JUNE 28, 2018

Connected Learner : Leaders model and promote continuous professional learning for themselves and others. At the first Future Ready Librarian Leadership Summit , ISTE’s Chief Learning Officer Joseph South shared the news of ISTE’s Librarians are Transforming Learning website.

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edWeb.net

MAY 6, 2022

During the edWebinar, “ Future-Ready Emergent Bilingual Education: 3 Factors to Improve Teacher and Student Support ,” Kristie Shelley, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum at Lexia Learning, and Cynthia Peng, Manager of Educational Content for Lexia English Language Development, discussed ways to achieve that goal.

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techlearning

JUNE 27, 2018

The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is beginning enrollment today for ISTE U , an online professional learning hub for teachers and leaders to build critical skills for teaching and learning in a digital world. Digital Citizenship in Action. ?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

The learning experience must be redesigned and made personal. Learning spaces must become learner-centered. Professional learning must be relevant, engaging, ongoing, and made personal. Technology must be leveraged and used as an accelerant for student learning. It’s hard to argue with any of these.

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Tom Murray

MARCH 15, 2016

Schools can play a vital role in preparing students for their world of work, yet must systemically plan so that instructional pedagogy can shift to a more personalized, student-centered approach to learning. To compliment this great resource, listed below are six k eys to a successful one-to-one rollout. Redesign the Space.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Meaningful Feedback In Iowa, at Van Meter Consolidated School District, Future Ready Librarian spokesperson and librarian Shannon Miller explains their school library is the heart of their culture. We also want to be a resource for our families and to support them in fostering a love of reading and learning within their homes.

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