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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

EdNews Daily

To match the changing, unpredictable nature of today’s economy and digital landscape, these programs should aim for flexibility and innovative paradigms. One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.” Or it will affect higher education in ways that we cannot even predict from the vantage of 2016.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Final Day!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC! Mr. Mohamed Ramadan 9:00am (iEARN) Impact of STEM learning program on main stream education - Ms. Here is a player's guide to getting started with Chrome Warrior.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. The startup was later sold to Valore Education in 2015 , which was in turn acquired by Follett in 2016 , which in turn shut down the Boundless site in 2017. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” ” Via Rutgers Today : “Is There a STEM Worker Shortage ? ” Google announces it is “Funding 75,000 Udacity scholarships to bridge the digital skills gap.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“ President Trump Earmarks $200 Million in Federal Grants for STEM , Computer Science Programs ,” says Edsurge , later swooning that “ Google , Facebook , Amazon Among Tech Titans Committing $300 Million to K–12 Computer Science.” (National) Education Politics. ” Accreditation and Certification.