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What Is a Modern Learning Environment?

EdTech Magazine

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. by EdTech Staff. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Customer Focused.

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300+ Digital Tools Crowdsourced by Educators #LT8Keys

Tom Murray

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. Upon completion of the session, a participant asked, “Can we share this document with those we work with?” ” My response?

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Student engagement requires more than edtech tools

eSchool News

During a session at FETC 2024, Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools, dove into just what, exactly, makes for the effective use of edtech in supporting student engagement. There are three components involved in finding edtech tools that work and support student engagement: 1. ”

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Stop using AI to replicate outdated teaching–get creative, instead

eSchool News

As an edtech researcher and designer who has spent the last 15 years studying how technology can bridge the gap between learning and play, I’m struck by the ways in which generative AI can bring creativity and playfulness to the classroom–a notion that I know runs counter to some of the current critiques.

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Effective Digital Citizenship Education

The CoolCatTeacher

Did you do anything to document that? As part of a Future Ready school district and a member of the Future Ready Librarians leadership team, she enjoys supporting others in her field by presenting at conferences, facilitating professional development sessions, and blogging. Kristen: Yes. Vicki: Interesting.

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5 edtech tools that take personalized learning to the next level

eSchool News

Highlights of VITAL include a virtual homeschool, blended and online learning across every one of our schools, course recovery to ensure students stay on track to graduate, and course acceleration—all with the goal of preparing students to be future ready. Intentional design.

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7 Questions Principals Should Ask When Hiring Future-Ready Teachers

MindShift

The adults would practice documenting the steps of their learning process so they can show students later. This could be the perfect topic for a professional development workshop. That facilitator could give teachers a problem about which they know nothing, and ask them to figure it out. How powerful.