The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Monday, November 14th, is day two of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers: [link]. 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!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2016

Monday, November 14th, is day two of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. IMPORTANT NOTES: We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. Want to volunteer to help moderate sessions?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes. These digital badges aim to signal that teachers can perform or demonstrate the skill for which they were awarded.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Tuesday, November 15th, is day three of the seventh annual Global Education Conference. IMPORTANT NOTES: Simple instructions on joining the conference for newcomers: [link]. 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!

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic. That doesn’t mean every student has access to a device all the time. Open digital badges. What technology has actually delivered on its potential and promise?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

I was at a conference, actually with my husband, and he is in the hotel business. There were these bags that we had been given, and I thought, “Wouldn’t it be so cool for the kids to earn pins or badges? I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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EdTechnocation.com

JUNE 18, 2017

It's one of the biggest international EdTech conferences of the year! From pre-conferences, meetups, workshops, BYODs, Playgrounds, and more, I'll be all over ISTE this year! There is A LOT going on at the ISTE conference! But there's almost as much going on before and outside the conference. Are you going?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

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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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The university offers digital badges rather than degrees or certificates for the completion of some courses. Arizona State University, for example, is rapidly increasing the number of online courses in its continuing and professional education division, which confers both badges and certificates. Source: openbadges.org.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

And we put it on YouTube to make it as easy as possible to access.” . includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. . And during tumultuous times, the need for information, access to literacy, and digital access have become even greater. .

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

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. She is a frequent presenter at state, national and international education conferences.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. New Forms of Credentials. Helping Instructors Build Learning Gadgets.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP) , kicked off the 2015 Leading Future Learning conference with his keynote on Digital Leadership. Technology breaks down walls.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 23, 2014

Although high school students aren’t allowed to work directly with these sensors, they can access the data they generate. Museums are helping informal educators access citizen science as well. Students collect and analyze data, and then they present it at a poster session during the American Geophysical Union’s annual conference.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. There’s some more research on badges and alternative credentials in the research section below. “Heard, Overheard and Announced at ISTE 2016 ” by Edsurge (which mislabels ISTE as the biggest ed-tech conference in the world).

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Via The New Republic : “Betsy DeVos is headlining Harvard’s Koch-backed conference on school choice – with no critics of school choice.” ’” Via Education Week : “ FCC Seeks Comment on Access to WiFi for Schools and Libraries.” ” Accreditation and Certification.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

The engaging aspects of technology today and ubiquitous access to information provide constant engagement to learners of all ages. They have embraced this digital world as it provides consistent relevance and meaning through an array of interactive experiences.

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