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A Process for Implementing Student Digital Projects

Teacher Reboot Camp

The assignment page/folder might include simple instructions, due dates, a checklist, the rubric or scoring guide, recommended tools ( a digital sandbox ), templates, tutorials, student choice menus , or curated websites, articles, or media students should use for research. Ideation/Brainstorming/Project Conceptualization.

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

Edsurge

We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms. These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic. Open digital badges.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. Apologies that this week this article is a day late. ” From the press release : “ Concentric Sky Announces BadgeRank – a New Search Engine for Digital Badges.” 3 Findings From a New Survey Offer Some Clues.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the Northeastern press office : “ Northeastern University and IBM partnership first to turn digital badges into academic credentials for learners worldwide.” ” See how many factual errors you can find in this article! Resources , But Grasp Is Surface-Level, Survey Finds.” Rural ones.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Tony Bates : “Responses to the Canadian survey of online and distance learning.” Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” ” The first article claims that “The college lecture is dying. Good riddance.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via ABC News : “ A defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over the magazine’s debunked article about a University of Virginia gang rape was tossed out by a judge Tuesday. Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. District Judge P. ” “U.S.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The implication, according to one NYT article : “the digital gap between rich and poor kids is not what we expected.” The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, Um, they do.) Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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