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Motivate Students with Digital Badges

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Motivate students with digital badges. The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. ” A digital badge looks similar to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout patch.

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

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BECOME AN INSIDER: Sign up access to exclusive EdTech videos, whitepapers and articles. Here, accessibility matters. Who has access to this technology? With National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) in full swing, it’s the perfect time for schools to identify key risks and develop effective security solutions.

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New Merger Wants to Create ‘WeWork for Education’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses

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Born in 2015 out of a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation , LRNG has reached 55,000 students in 19 cities with its digital badges and community-focused employment programs. The space will provide learners access to technology, academic advising, tutoring and college counseling. Its 20th city, Birmingham, Ala.,

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Tools for Designing Awesome Graphics

Teacher Reboot Camp

I’ve learned to use free web tools to design headers on different social networks, graphics for books and digital badges, banners, flyers, parent newsletters, programs, digital magazines, book covers, logos, and more! You can access free templates that can be copied to make creating the same type of visual quick and easy.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

Higher Education (HE) has significantly lagged behind other industries on the road to digitization. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

The free web tools below help teachers create a safe online class where students can access learning materials, post their work, and comment on the works of others. These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks).

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Those building, funding and using edtech tools must similarly wrestle with these concerns. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic.

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