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

Edsurge

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. Think about it as a WeWork for education,” he suggests, referring to the technology startup that provides shared workspaces for professionals.

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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). It was always referred to like this, so who was I to argue. If we find and see value, the emphasis becomes embracement as opposed to buy-in.

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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

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? There are a number of free programs online that teachers are able to access to do that.

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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

Edsurge

Disruptive innovation is a buzz phrase, but, used correctly, refers to technology-enabled offerings that are more affordable, accessible, convenient, and simple. This is so that they can serve people who can’t access the dominant offerings in a sector. Disruptive educational offerings will reign supreme. Harmon concurred.

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The school that connects STEM, badging, and life beyond the classroom

eSchool News

During the last three years, the DLA science department has worked hard to make learning social, emotional, and linked to the science-based internships that our scholars access during 11th and 12th grade. (We Next page: A unique badging model engages students. So, how do we do it? Collaborating with partners.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

What is your access and your students’ access outside school? It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus. You, your students and their parents should be able to access the VLE outside of school. Give them learning missions you grade with digital badges.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

Just having those icons up there at the top of the toolbar as places for them to reference. How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I was so inspired!

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