Tom Murray
FEBRUARY 14, 2017
This past weekend I was searching for a particular feature inside the Facebook app while on my cell phone. Can Companies like Facebook Help Close the Access Gap? When districts design their plans for home access, and companies such as Facebook rise to the challenge, kids win. Connectivity is a lifeline for progress.
Edsurge
AUGUST 22, 2017
In the course of adapting many of our curricular resources to fit teachers’ changing needs, we have distilled a robust collection of skills into lessons we believe will help teachers foster social-emotional learning, and in doing so develop future-ready students. Are your students future ready? said no teacher ever.
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A Principal's Reflections
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
Begin to strategically utilize an array of free social media tools such as Twitter and Facebook to communicate important information (student honors, staff accomplishments, meetings, emergency information) to stakeholders in real-time. Consistency aligned with intent is key.
Tom Murray
MAY 23, 2018
Community Partnerships is one of the gears of the Future Ready Framework and the 7th Key of Learning Transformed , indicates that “Community collaboration and engagement must be woven into the fabric of a school’s culture.” Leverage Apps Such As Facebook. Create Community Wifi Maps.
Dangerously Irrelevant
DECEMBER 14, 2018
The difference between the young people that Facebook is hiring at $140,000 per year for their first jobs and the UBER drivers in the same cities for $10 an hour is their education and skill levels. If we don’t frame future readiness and life success as more than basic skills, we’re doing our students and graduates a grave disservice.
Tom Murray
DECEMBER 14, 2018
Recently, I had the opportunity to connect with Dr. Amy Fast at one of our Future Ready Institutes. Due to the way that she models this for those that she leads, I asked her what tips she has for those leaders, the many leaders, that may be fearful of using social media, and are hesitant to jump in.
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 Personalized Professional Learning.
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