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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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It’s not hard to find prominent examples: • Google recently announced an expansion of the company’s popular Google Career Certificates portfolio. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. . — Julie Stivers (@BespokeLib) June 23, 2020. Across the nation, libraries are stepping up in a time of crisis. I know @KatColeReads and @betweenmargins are doing book clubs. Can we start a thread of these to share ideas?

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The Key Role of Tech in Accessibility for All

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The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders. Ann served as co-chair of Texas Education Technology Advisory Committee which developed the Texas Long Range Plan for Technology, 2006-2020.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders. For the last seven years, Coxsackie-Athens’ graduation rate is 16% higher than the previous eight years.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Google Reader. Google shut down Reader in 2013 , citing declining use of RSS. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The TED Talk.

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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.