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from November Learning News http://novemberlearning.com

As part of our Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning series, we have been writing about what roles leaders need to play in innovative, future-driven, next-gen schools. (E.g. Leaders are lead communicators, Deeper learning instructional leaders, design thinkers, and more.)

Using social media to share with your community? It's a start, but it's not enough. Using social media to connect with other educators? That's awesome, but that's not enough either. Using what you've learned from social media to significantly change the day-to-day learning experiences of students (and teachers)? Now you're getting somewhere...

For the promise of learning technology to truly become reality for students and teachers, classrooms have to be equipped with the tools that fit their needs. There are a lot of factors to finding the right match. One of the most important, we've found, is also one of the most overlooked - procurement.

n partnership with IDEO, a leading international design and innovation firm, Digital Promise developed " Evolving Ed-Tech Procurement in School Districts," an exploration of ideas to make learning technology procurement more modern, efficient, and attuned to demand.