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. Support your teachers.

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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. Ed Tech to Keep an Eye On in the Next Five Years.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 3, 2018

But, are the students ready for what awaits them? According to Project Tomorrow’s 2017 Speak Up Research Project for Digital Learning , 56 percent of parents of school-aged children are concerned that their child isn’t learning the right skills in school to be successful in college or a future job.

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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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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 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. Next page: The last future ready tip).

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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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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Post by Jed Stefanowicz , Digital Learning Coach. As a digital learning coach, my primary goal has always been to support and enhance the instructional capacity of educators. Yes, capacity builds agency, and that’s the struggle I see facing many classrooms as we look for restorative practices to “get back to normal.” .

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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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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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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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eSchool News

JANUARY 16, 2025

AI, digital learning tools, and personalized supports have become central to the classroom. By embracing interdisciplinary learning, NGSS weaves math, language arts, and social science concepts into the science classroom, creating a richer, more connected educational experience for students.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 2, 2018

The organisation’s other major contribution is the development of the ISTE standards, a framework that enables educators to continue striving for innovation and technological enhancements in their classrooms. FRS (Future Ready Schools). iNACOL (International Association of K-12 Online Learning). Digital Promise.

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The CoolCatTeacher

AUGUST 3, 2017

So we did, through Future Ready Schools and my teams at the Alliance for Excellent Education , we partnered with Dr. Linda Darling Hammond , one of the top known researchers in the world when it comes to education and what works, and our team at Stanford University, to dive into the topic of what is it that actually works.

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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. Commit to Long-term Sustainability.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 5, 2022

She served on the leadership team for the EdTech Coaches Network of ISTE from 2015-2020, was a Future Ready Schools Instructional Coaches Thought Leader from 2017-2020, is a cohost of the Restart Recharge Podcast for coaches, and is a Google Certified Innovator, Coach, and Trainer. Lumio sponsored this episode.

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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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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

Today’s Sponsor: Edpuzzle is my new favorite flipped classroom tool. I am very honored to serve as one of the two national advisors for Future Ready Schools , representing the Instructional Coach strand. This was in April, and the learning festival, iPad Palooza is not until June, and so he was like, “Well, you’ve got some time.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 9, 2019

We’re excited for the opportunity to share our work and highlight possibilities for the future of education, covering topics such as educational equity, the power of digital learning, workforce development, Challenge Based Learning, and inclusive innovation. Connected: The Power of Digital Learning Every Day.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 1, 2018

Flexible Classroom Design: How to Create a Student-Centered Learning Environment, PlanBook , Link. Exclusive Podcast and Mindshare Learning Moment with Thomas C. Murray, MindShare Learning Technology , Link. Murray, MindShare Learning Technology , Link. Webinar] Renegade Leadership, Future Ready Schools , Link.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2024

We are overlooking simpler but more effective ways to use AI in the classroom. The next generation of playful learning A creative and collaborative approach to AI aligns with “playful learning” teaching methods, in which learners are allowed to explore, experiment, be curious, and try new things in a low-stakes environment.

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Tom Murray

JANUARY 29, 2016

Showing a growing trend in the field, this year’s FETC brought more educators than ever before – almost 10,000 school professionals, from superintendents and principals, to instructional technology coaches and classroom teachers. A seamless and simplistic way to have all the tools – right where you need them.

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eSchool News

APRIL 22, 2024

We’ve embarked on a journey to understand and support neurodiverse classrooms, and now we’re sharing our insights to inspire edtech developers and equip educators with the tools needed to build the kind of learning experiences that welcome all learners’ needs with open arms,” said Rosenheck, “These insights are core to Kahoot!’

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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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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. There are some new Future Ready Frameworks in town as well.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

In my time as a classroom teacher, principal and superintendent, I became professionally and emotionally vested in leading and supporting a vision for educational equity, which is shared by many of my colleagues. But despite progress, work remains: according to Future Ready Schools , 21 million U.S.

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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. Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. .

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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?

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TeacherCast

JULY 24, 2022

No matter if you are an Instructional Coach supporting one or two buildings with a great deal of time to walk hallways, pop into classrooms, and get to know the staff members or if you happen to support more than a dozen buildings the struggle to make meaningful relationships is real and constantly on your mind. District – Strategic Goals.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2024

As a digital learning team, we were assigned the responsibility of exploring the full spectrum of AI in education. Our AI deep dive resulted in the development of three guiding principles: high standards and expectations, future ready skills, and cultural proficiency.

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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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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

They can be educators who are directly involved in the process of knowledge transfer in a classroom, administrators of any kind of educational institution, policymakers, business people, activists, researchers, bloggers, and so on. He knows pedagogy isn’t something to be forgotten in any digital endeavor. Jennie Magiera. Mark Anderson.

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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: Future Ready Schools ® (Part of the Alliance for Excellent Education).

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TeacherCast

JULY 25, 2022

Every day, Instructional Coaches enter their schools bright-eyed and ready to go. At some point in the school year, the coach might sit down with their administrator or supervisor to discuss the progress they have been making in the classrooms. What happens next is usually one of two things. Does this make sense?

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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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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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Education Superhighway

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it? Know If Your Infrastructure Is Future Ready. Understand Why High Speeds Matter.

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Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 13, 2018

As digital learning transforms education across the country, how can board members ensure that their policies and budget decisions support digital learning opportunities and the robust infrastructure needed to support it? Know If Your Infrastructure Is Future Ready. Understand Why High Speeds Matter.

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