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The New Librarian: I started a digital badging movement for my students

eSchool News

Finally, we created paper and digital badges for students to earn to record their achievements. Students are motivated to ask questions, find answers, and share their learning with classmates, teachers, and the Colchester (CT) community. In just three years we have grown from 125 participants to more than 600 this year.

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How To Value Individual Staff Profesional Development Through Incentive Programs

TeacherCast

This, unfortunately, discourages staff members from looking outside of school for professional learning opportunities and punishes them for the times that they do seek to improve themselves. What are digital badges? Badges are a way to recognize staff members for gaining skills and experiences they can use with their students.

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How To Value Individual Staff Profesional Development Through Incentive Programs

TeacherCast

This, unfortunately, discourages staff members from looking outside of school for professional learning opportunities and punishes them for the times that they do seek to improve themselves. Step 2: Recognize that Staff Members are Constantly Engaged in Professional Learning. What are digital badges?

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