Educator Innovator

AUGUST 7, 2015

Afterschool Alliance’s new set of resources, “Digital Badges In Afterschool: Connecting Learning in a Connected World,” details digital badging efforts around the country. A promising new movement to address this problem is gaining traction around micro-credentials called digital badges.

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Neo LMS

JULY 15, 2021

The alternative to four-year degrees comes in the form of digital credentials. Students who have mastered a competency can earn a digital badge to showcase that. Those who have finished a course or a series of courses in a learning path get a digital certificate. Therefore, degrees don’t weigh as much as they used to.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 10, 2016

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here are the BEST Blog Posts and Podcasts of 2021! I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts and podcast episodes from 2021. I like to take a more in-depth look at what teacher tips, blog posts, and podcast episodes were the most popular and generated the most comments and traffic.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 12, 2019

This blog post originally appeared on KQED.org. PBS and KQED offer a set of free media literacy micro-credentials that validate media literacy skills and classroom implementation practices. If it does, then the educator receives the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge that’s linked to the submitted evidence.

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The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2018

Amy Cooper on episode 292 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Their approach is good but way down the SAMR pyramid to what can be done today, easily, in classrooms. Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. When those pieces are applied to a classroom, they promote learning in ways that make students want to engage.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Lee Ann Yonker on episode 168 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. I had a special education classroom, and I was the Gen Ed teacher. Lee Ann: Of course all of those were keystones in our classroom. We transferred those over into Google Sheets as well.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2021

SAN FRANCISCO (April 14, 2021) – Micro-credentials provide districts an innovative way to recognize teachers’ exemplar skills while allowing teachers to show their mastery of teaching skills via a digital badge. With the Edthena platform, teachers quickly and easily upload videos of their classroom instruction. About Edthena.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

They can prompt us to assess and measure student progress in new ways; both through digital badges that demonstrate mastery of specific skills and summative portfolios of work that indicate readiness for cutting-edge careers in manufacturing, STEM careers and the creative arts.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I write this post extremely proud that Laura has run with the autonomy she has been granted and has joined a cadre of NMHS educators and students who are constantly redefining what education should look like in the digital age. The aim of the game was to guess the location of the other classroom by asking each other questions.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Expand Your Use of Google Classroom. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. I have also included details for each of the twenty ways in this blog post. Keep reading!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A micro-credential is a competency-based digital badge teachers can earn. We mapped out our inquiry cycle and came up with different things that we planned to try out in different classrooms. It’s given me a more structured lens for visiting classrooms, providing support, and guiding conversations. It’s incredible.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

Using available micro-credentials from Digital Promise, each educator can create a personalized professional development plan that builds on the expertise they feel they most need in the classroom and in our schools. Solving problems together with the ACT Network. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I knew every car’s 0-60 acceleration time and horsepower, by reading every car magazine and online blog. I was in a classroom a few weeks ago, and I asked an off-task third grader what she was interested in, and she looked at me dumbfounded. Then I tested the theory with my hot wheels; seemed to work. I was pretty boring on paper.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

Eric asks, would you want to be a student in your classroom? Their librarian even created a Digital Badge program to award teachers for their efforts and to add to their digital portfolios. Digital Leadership is about telling your story better than anyone else. Students could learn anywhere that they like.

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Adjusting Course

JANUARY 17, 2018

The Lombooki is actually a cool digital badge that you can display on your school website, blog, or Twitter profile. Because this entire event is all for the love of reading, Scholastic Book Fairs® has generously agreed to send $500 in free books to a school or classroom to be determined by the winning booktalker.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

Though he has extensive classroom experience, he will have to learn a new set of skills to best support this student. Additionally, micro-credentials create a platform for Mr. Smith to share his new skills through portable digital badges. University of Central Florida. This is where continuous learning can really shine.

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Digital badges do just that: they show when students have learned a skill or met a goal. They acknowledge the efforts of students both inside and outside of the classroom, whether it’s coming to class on time, or visiting a museum on the weekend. For teachers, badges make classroom goals visible to students.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Let us face it, these motivational tricks also work well in the classroom to motivate students to learn. What are digital badges? Badges are a way to recognize staff members for gaining skills and experiences they can use with their students. Example: Kahoot) How Do I Earn a Badge?

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Let us face it, these motivational tricks also work well in the classroom to motivate students to learn. The School District has adopted the “4C’s” technology framework to promote Critical Thinking, Creativity, Collaboration, and Communication in our classroom lessons. What are digital badges? Example: Kahoot).

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EdTechTeacher

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

As schools adopt Google Apps for Education, there is a desire by teachers to learn how to effectively use the GAFE tools in their classrooms. 1) The content is focused on classroom integration. Google understands this and provides a certificate and digital badge validating your technology implementation skills.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Laura Gibbs, of University of Oklahoma, engages with her students through creative writing assignments , actively blogging along with her students in the public web. And we also know relationships provide critical support to students from underserved populations—in the classroom and online —that AI and chatbots cannot replace.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift. In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways.

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techlearning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Co-Teaching Partnership As a classroom teacher, I had the opportunity to teach in a co-teaching placement. Tammy Musiowsky is a former colleague and classroom teacher now based in Singapore. After finishing a course successfully, you can even earn a digital badge to show off on your social media platforms or professional channels.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2019

For example, Digital Promise provides digital badges users can share via social media. In the Digital Promise eco system , evidence of mastery could include a project or lesson plan with evaluation guides or scoring rubrics; student work samples; or text, audio, or video of a classroom interaction.

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EdTechnocation.com

JULY 1, 2014

It includes so many great posts of resources gathered from ISTE, blog posts, and sharing of notes taken during sessions and keynotes. Badges & Ribbons - The most fun part of participating in #NotAtISTE14 was being able to create our own digital badges and collecting digital ribbons! Follow the Hashtags!

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EdTechTeam

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The importance of climate and culture in a classroom and across a school are imperative to successful technology integration, personalized learning, and empowered learning. Here are some ideas on how to improve climate and culture both in the classroom and school-wide. Climate & Culture at the Classroom Level.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 27, 2018

Day #5 Challenge: Use Applied Digital Skills. Today’s challenge is to enroll your students and use Applied Digital Skills in your classroom! Or you can give students a direct link to the unit you want them to work on using Google Classroom or any method you use to share resources with students. Can’t do it today?

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IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

This approach to online learning has served to help new-to-online learners navigate the online course, learn to use the most common learning management system (LMS) tools, and interact with their classmates in ways that have modeled the traditional classroom.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 20, 2014

Walters Kids Afield-empowering kids to explore the natural world via digital photography - Robin K. To see them in your own time zone go to [link] , where you will be able to get the fuller descriptions and click through to enter the sessions. Hope to see you online!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

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! Here is a player's guide to getting started with Chrome Warrior. Please read it thoroughly if you are considering playing. Sears, M.A., Beebe, Ph.D., Beebe, Ph.D.,

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techlearning

AUGUST 6, 2018

The system can be evidence-based (similar to my digital badging initiative mentioned earlier), or alternately, teachers can even devise plans for how what they learned in the course will be implemented into their practice. Who wants to develop that solution with me?

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

In case you missed the big email announcement with information about this year''s growing list of events, please visit my blog to see the news. Reinventing the Classroom - Correction. Some of you noticed that the announcement about our exciting ed tech event on May 1st, Reinventing the Classroom , had a broken link -- sorry about that!

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 23, 2014

The Association of Science−Technology Centers, or ASTC, an Educator Innovator partner, recently featured some outstanding citizen science projects on its blog. Chabot created investigations that teachers could use with their students to work with the data, and he began facilitating classroom visits from Cohen’s graduate students.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

shareable , with evaluators, posted on social networks, displayed within the schools learning management system (LMS), curated on professional blogs, and added to resumes to demonstrate the educator’s specific skillset. One of the leaders in this field is Digital Promise. Who is Digital Promise?

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2016

Classroom practice should lead our students to be globally competent, with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to navigate and succeed in today’s interconnected world. However, for many educators teaching for global competence, the new skills they learn and demonstrate in their classrooms often go unrecognized.

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