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Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions

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Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents last year for creating, managing and tracking digital credentials, it raised new questions and concerns among a community of innovators who are trying to create an open platform for rethinking credentials. These things have existed for a really long time,” she adds.

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Get Inspired Whether You’re at #ISTE2017 or #NotAtISTE

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. — Shelly Sanchez (@ShellTerrell) June 15, 2017. June 24th, catch us at the Badge Summit. June 27th, from 11:45 am–12:45 pm, in Room 301BC, I will be part of the ISTE panel, Personalize Professional Learning with Digital Badges and Micro-credentials , along with digital badging gurus Rich Dixon, Noah Geisel, and Cate Tolnai.

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TONS of #ISTE17 Pro Tips, Resources, & Events (including #NOTATISTE)!

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Read on for a HUGE collection of ISTE Pro Tips, planning resources, where you can find me at ISTE, other events, after parties, happy hours, meet ups, and even a #NOTATISTE group! My passion is sharing , and so I'll be doing a lot of that at ISTE 2017! Join the Facebook group to find out more! Follow the #NOTATISTE Group!

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To Retain College Students, Look to Academic Support and Campus Activities, New Report Finds

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To encourage students to take advantage of extracurricular activities that may improve their chances of staying enrolled and complement their classroom learning, the University of Central Oklahoma devised a system that awards digital badges for participation in events and clubs and also compiles evidence for interested future employers.

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Sketch 50: Join the movement!

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Lindsey Blass & Cate Tolnai SAN JOSE, April 4, 2017 -- Across the world, educators and students are uniting with one simple goal: to complete and share one drawing a day. Lucky for Cate, the group she reached out to has a habit of saying yes to innovative ideas, and just like that, the movement was born.

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How To Value Individual Staff Profesional Development Through Incentive Programs

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High-Flying through your Curriculum Professional Development will be focused on one of the 4C’s (Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity) during each semester of the 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years. Staff members will be encouraged to earn their “High Flyer” badge in each of the C’s during those semesters.

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How To Value Individual Staff Profesional Development Through Incentive Programs

TeacherCast

Professional Development will be focused on one of the 4C’s (Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, Creativity) during each semester of the 2017-18, and 2018-19 school years. Staff members will be encouraged to earn their “High Flyer” badge in each of the C’s during those semesters. What are digital badges?

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