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Digital Badges in the Classroom (What, When, & How) – SULS096

Shake Up Learning

The post Digital Badges in the Classroom (What, When, & How) – SULS096 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s talk digital badges with the experts: Cate Tolnai and Jen Gibson! Digital badges can help us engage students (even remote learners). What Are Digital Badges?

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2014 Was One Wild Ride

A Principal's Reflections

With 2014 coming to a close in a few days there is no better time than now to reflect on this past year. Here are some professional highlights from 2014: Digital Leadership was published by Corwin on January 14, 2014. CBS Channel 2 NYC visited NMHS again on May 16, 2014.

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Microsoft purchased “Minecraft,” an immensely popular world-building game, in 2014, and immediately churned out an education edition. Teachers can create digital breakouts using several Google functions , including Sites, Forms, Drawing and Slides. It validates their skills by giving them a badge to display.

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31 Days of Digital Goodies

Teacher Reboot Camp

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar. One way to engage students is to create interactive digital calendars. December is the month for advent calendars, so I’ve created the Digital Ideas 2014 Advent Calendar to give you a hands-on example of how this works. Subscribe for FREE to receive regular updates!

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31 Days of Digital Goodies

Teacher Reboot Camp

Included in the Digital Ideas Advent Calendar. One way to engage students is to create interactive digital calendars. December is the month for advent calendars, so I’ve created the Digital Ideas 2014 Advent Calendar to give you a hands-on example of how this works.

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5 Takeaways from my #NotAtISTE14 Experience

EdTechnocation.com

This year, I wasn''t able to make it to the ISTE 2014 Conference. Here are my 5 takeaways from my #NotAtISTE14 experience: NOTATISTE14 Google+ Community - This community was created by +Jennifer Wagner and currently has 309 members. ISTE2014 and #NotAtISTE14 How was your ISTE 2014 experience? Share in the comments or on Google+!

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

After a decade and a half of failing to arrive as early as we’d imagined, the pervasive 1:1 classroom snuck up on us in the last couple of years—when Google Chromebooks dropped below $150 and the cloud greatly reduced the need for maintenance expense and expertise. Open digital badges. But the consultant was right.

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