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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

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Fri, 09/14/2018 - 10:07. To assist the professional development process for both teachers and IT professionals, Digital Promise, in conjunction with Google , has established a new program called the Dynamic Learning Project to help introduce new education technology into the classroom. . eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Parchment Merges with Credentials Solutions to Take On Transcripts and Certifications

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The world of credentials and school transcript providers has gotten smaller after the merger of two companies that facilitate more than 18.5 Steering this deal is Brentwood Associates, which acquired a controlling stake in Credential Solutions in 2018. million academic records exchanges a year. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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Open Badges in Elementary School

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Date: 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? This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In her consulting life, she has led CoSN’s Leadership for Mobile Learning initiative, developed strategic plans and content for companies, provided professional Gray is the recipient of ISTE’s Making It Happen award and the Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Innovator distinctions.

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How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

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But, once we heard back in April 2018, we found we had been rejected. Our lawyer pointed out a policy change described in a 2018 U.S. Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions. What difficulties did you encounter? We didn’t hear anything for two years.

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WHAT’S NEW

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BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY ADVANCEALL ( benchmarkeducation.com ) Benchmark Education Company (BEC) released Advance ALL, a new series motivating students to read with literary and informational reading text sets. The new version will launch in February, 2018, and features a number of enhancements and additional functionality.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company. douglevin) June 11, 2018. ” Testing. ” Labor and Management.