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Not “Just” a Teacher: Finding Your Voice as a Teacher

The CoolCatTeacher

I am very honored to serve as one of the two national advisors for Future Ready Schools , representing the Instructional Coach strand. Brianna: So Carl is also the godfather of iPad Palooza. 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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What Actually Works in EdTech? with Tom Murray

The CoolCatTeacher

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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@Quizizz : Say Goodbye to Worksheets and Crosswords

The CoolCatTeacher

Jon’s last district was selected as a Future Ready District, implementing 1:1 from 7th grade up, adding coding, 3d printing, PBL and Minecraft Edu in all K-8 schools, among other notable innovative activities. The kids come in, I say, get out your phones, or get out your Chromebooks or your iPads; boom, we’re going to do the test.

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Use Your iPad to create Digital Portfolios with your K-3rd Graders with Seesaw | @SeesawEDU

TeacherCast

Jeff sits down with Carl and Zack from Seesaw to discuss how students are creating digital portfolios in grades K-3 using their iPads and digital creativity. Jeff sits down with Carl and Zack from Seesaw to discuss how students are creating digital portfolios in grades K-3 using their iPads and digital creativity.

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Come for the computers, stay for the books

The Hechinger Report

Ray heads up Future Ready Librarians, part of Future Ready Schools — a network for sharing education technology solutions, which is sponsored by the Alliance for Excellent Education, a Washington, D.C.-based based education advocacy group. “It And if it bombs, it’s not on you.”. So far, it seems to be working.

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ELL Specialist: These are “My Tech Essentials”

eSchool News

As a Future Ready district, we use technology to engage students in every lesson, while providing resources to bridge the gap between their native language and English. iPads play a pivotal role in our classrooms to connect students with their native language.

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Why Talking About 'Screen Time' is the Wrong Conversation

Edsurge

That can leave parents and educators feeling a sense of anxiety about technology and kids, even as more schools use iPads and Chromebooks and other tech in classrooms. Just about every week new articles warn about the dangers of excessive screen time for childhood development.