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Designing, Assessing, and Implementing Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

After a year of collaborative development, we are excited to announce the release of the Design, Assessment, and Implementation Principles for Educator Micro-credentials. Issuers: Use these principles to design and assess your micro-credential content. Explore educator micro-credentials that meet these guidelines at [link] and [link].

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10 Ways to Use Twitter in Class

Ask a Tech Teacher

For anyone who missed the April announcement, Twitter switched its app category from ‘social media’ (where it consistently ranked in the top ten with Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Pinterest) to ‘news’ (now ranked #1, ahead of apps like CNN, Fox News, and Reddit). Establish rules for Twitter use.

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5 Ways K–12 Teachers Can Take a New Approach to Computational Thinking

EdTech Magazine

New educational guidelines from ISTE stress the importance of contextualizing science, technology, engineering and math skills through everyday classroom activities. . To help teachers with this multidisciplinary approach, the final draft of ISTE’s STEM teaching guidelines cover the five different roles educators play in the classroom: .

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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

Here are a few guidelines to help you create successful online PD for teachers: Establish what teachers need. A good program starts with a needs assessment, which is a way to figure out what teachers really need from their training. A survey of 755 teachers in the US found that they value the immediate feedback they get on Twitter.

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How Minecraft Teaches Reading, Writing and Problem Solving

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Of course, I provide guidelines. Assessment of point of view and purpose to shape content and style. We use Twitter as a shared resource, and students become Minecraft Tweeple, tweeting questions and answers using #hashtags. Again, think Legos. Which they love. This is how players determine game mechanics.

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Strategies for Surviving All Types of Assessments

edWeb.net

Whether you are a first-year teacher or a veteran teacher, classroom and system-wide assessments can be a time of high anxiety and stress for everyone involved. in School Counseling Program, Freed-Hardeman University, TN, lays out strategies and ground rules for what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to assessments.

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Why Is It so Hard to Teach K-12 Educators How to Personalize Learning?

Edsurge

I was creating guidelines for the end product, which was initially a presentation each student would design and share with an identified group of adults outside of our class. There were my guidelines. In this case, I’d provide an end date to help them ensure that all work is completed with enough time for me to assess.