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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

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. Open Badges in Elementary School. Date: April 17, 2018.

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! More important than the learning that transpires in our classrooms is the learning we inspire beyond our classroom walls. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. Grade and send feedback.

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! More important than the learning that transpires in our classrooms is the learning we inspire beyond our classroom walls. Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. Grade and send feedback.

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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

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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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

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. first check to see if there is a micro-credential available through Digital Promise.

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

The CoolCatTeacher

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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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

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.