techlearning

AUGUST 27, 2018

Credly Great how-to content, flexible features boost digital badge tool Pros: Super-simple features and excellent how-to info make it easy to get started. Bottom Line: A useful tool for issuing digital badges. Nonprofit Will Award Digital Credentials to Recognize Tech Skills of Educators ] Read more.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers. Many times, though, the problem is also a communication gap.

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eSchool News

JUNE 14, 2018

I struggled with how to engage students in extremely important skills like finding, evaluating, and citing scholarly sources; weeding through J.U.N.K. to find gems; becoming global citizens; making informed actions; and exploring digital tools. In just three years we have grown from 125 participants to more than 600 this year.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 4, 2019

How is use tracked, cataloged and stored for potential cybersecurity audits? . The APS Digital Badge Program: The APS Digital Badge Program uses microcredentials to describe student success across five key areas: collaboration, critical thinking, information literacy, invention and self-direction.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 31, 2021

After we have seen how to create and share digital badges with students, in this post you will learn about another equally important add-on I discovered through Five Hacks from Google Forms post.read more.

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Teacher Tech

JANUARY 3, 2021

We know when we gamify activities it increases student engagement and increased engagement increases student learning. In my webinar today I went over how to create digital badges using Google Slides and Google Drawings. Gamification Works!!

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The first thing most teachers think about when discussing gamified learning is the online math games kids play. Redefinition: Technology allows for the creation of completely new ways of learning that were previously not possible. For more detail, read “ How to Use Augmented Reality “ Examples.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2018

And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school. What are open badges, and how does this work with elementary kids? What is a digital badge and how do students earn one? Vicki: So how do they earn these badges? Help us understand. This is my goal.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

This is especially true in rural communities with few options to support professional learning experiences. Traditional ESOL training and certification courses are typically based on credit accumulation, focusing on academic knowledge over real time application of learning. Sign up for Hechinger’s newsletter.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Keep reading to find out how to make your own interactive digital calendar. Check out the 2013 Digital Ideas Advent Calendar for more great ideas ! Create your own interactive digital calendar with Google Docs and Thinglink , a free tool and app to make clickable images. Create Your Own. Upload this image to ThingLink.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 30, 2018

Although education prepares us to teach, it is the love of learning that sustains us.”- Any teacher is invited to join and walk through the steps of learning how to regularly set instructional goals and transform the teaching and learning in their classes. Learn how to collaborate with teachers worldwide!

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

There is a great deal of talk these days about micro-credentials and digital badging as a means to acknowledge professional learning of educators. Micro-credentials can be used to guide, motivate, and validate informal learning. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform.

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Shake Up Learning

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The post 15 Plug-and-Play Lesson Plans from Google – SULS0198 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, I’m sharing 15 Plug-and-Play Lesson Plans from Google’s Applied Digital Skills program. You get the entire lesson, AND the step-by-step tech how-to. This episode is sponsored by Everfi.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Change is the end result of all true learning. – When times like this creep up, we must resort to a tactic that incentivizes their learning by offering them treats, or (in my house) bribes to get them to be good students both in school and at home. Incentivizing learning works wonders for small children.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Change is the end result of all true learning. – When times like this creep up, we must resort to a tactic that incentivizes their learning by offering them treats, or (in my house) bribes to get them to be good students both in school and at home. Incentivizing learning works wonders for small children. Leo Buscaglia.

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EdTech Magazine

JUNE 12, 2018

In addition to their daily task of educating students, teachers must also continue to learn. In efforts to make time-mandated and compliance-based professional learning efficient, technology offers microcredentialing as a vehicle for educators to pursue personal growth.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Keep reading to find out how to make your own interactive digital calendar. Check out the 2013 Digital Ideas Advent Calendar for more great ideas ! Create your own interactive digital calendar with Google Docs and Thinglink , a free tool and app to make clickable images. Create Your Own. Upload this image to ThingLink.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. I look forward to grading their reflective eportfolios, because this is when my students begin to look back at their learning journey and see how much they’ve grown. Recommended Tools.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The post The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2021 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts and podcast episodes from 2021. A special thank you to all the Shake Up Learning readers and listeners. The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2021.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 8, 2021

According to experts from the edWebinar, “ The Transformation and Funding of PreK-12 Professional Learning in the COVID Era,” sponsored by Simba Information, a business of Market Research.com, research shows that recent trends in professional learning are here to stay. Highlights from the edWeb 2021 Annual Professional Learning Survey.

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Wired Campus

JUNE 9, 2015

A few colleges are trying a new incentive to get professors to participate in professional-development workshops: digital badges. Now some colleges are trying the badge approach in their in-house training, in part to expose more professors to the badge concept so they might try it in their own courses.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Young children learn the most important things not by being told but by constructing knowledge for themselves in interaction with the physical world and with other children – and the way they do this is by playing.” Playing was taking my bicycle apart, putting Legos together, and learning as many facts about cars as I could.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 9, 2014

The teachers are very new to web tools, developing Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and are currently teaching full time. I look forward to grading their reflective eportfolios, because this is when my students begin to look back at their learning journey and see how much they’ve grown. Recommended Tools.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

DLA was designed around a core academic program that engages students in real-world learning that better prepares them for success in college and career in this high-demand, fast-growing field. Next page: A unique badging model engages students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

The Apprenticeship Pathways project takes apprenticeships—experiences that companies design that pay people wages to learn while they work—and translates them into free college credits. Figuring out how to make that manageable for more workers is part of our collective challenge.”

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Empowerment and ownership need and should be associated with learning to increase relevancy, value, meaning, and outcomes. Voice Educators, both teachers and administrators, should have a say in many elements that influence a school’s learning culture. Just as we want students to own their learning the same should apply to adults.

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EmergingEdTech

APRIL 18, 2023

Here’s how to prepare to weather the storm. Include incentives for completing training, such as digital badges, leaderboards, and certificates, for completing training well. Learn from it: How did attackers get through? To help strategize, break planning into different stages of a hypothetical attack.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2019

All educators are lifelong learners, whether they’re figuring out how to incorporate the latest edtech device into their lessons or researching bios on NBA players to help a reluctant reader. Now, organizations like Digital Promise have developed micro-credential programs, which recognize educators for acquiring new skills.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Our vision for her was to provide meaningful learning opportunities for our students while supporting teachers in the process of effective technology and media literacy integration. Here are a few highlights from her short tenure thus far: Created a digital badge platform to recognize informal learning being undertaken by NMHS staff.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq. We showed them how to use the paint can tool to put color in the cells, and we told them to create a jack-o’-lantern. Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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The Innovative Educator

MARCH 15, 2013

By Ashley Naranjo, Education Technician for the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies For some time now, the education community has discussed and explored how to get out of the standardized-testing rut and make learning enjoyable again. Badges in Education Innovation in Learning and Educating'

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techlearning

AUGUST 20, 2018

The most powerful professional learning is relevant and actionable. Even harder is finding relevant learning opportunities related to your professional goals. What I love about the self-paced online courses from Participate is how easy it is to dive in. With online courses, you can pick and choose what content you want to learn.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 24, 2017

Promoting reading with easy badges that students can earn is a powerful motivator. Create a series of digital badges, some of which are easy to achieve and some of which are slightly harder, that students can apply for by showing evidence of learning or completing a performance task. Promote multimedia books.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

but should be) – SULS0148 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode, Kasey chats with Rich Dixon, Senior Director of Innovative Learning at H?para. Rich shares the power of Open Educational Resources (OER)–what they are, where to find them, and how to get started. Learn more about H?para.

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Graphite Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Digital badging is a new practice worth examining that can make students' discrete learning goals and accomplishments more transparent and concrete. Badges can be a helpful way to motivate and assess students. It's also a valuable tool for keeping parents informed about what kids are learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2019

The idea is to encourage widespread use of digital credentials across all kinds of academic institutions, and even at more informal places of learning, so that students end up taking ownership of how to communicate their learning to employers.

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