Digital Promise

APRIL 8, 2016

Studies suggest American schools invest $18 billion in teachers’ professional learning annually. But considerable evidence indicates that formal professional development often misses the mark. And while teachers are also learning in informal ways, existing systems don’t track or make the most of that growth. .

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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. However, many districts don’t pursue this professional learning approach because they think it is too complex to get started.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. I have also included details for each of the twenty ways in this blog post. Badging Systems. Keep reading!

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

The Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative (KVEC) is an educational service agency in rural southeastern Kentucky that serves 22 school districts, 134 schools, over 3,000 teachers, and more than 50,000 students. Micro-credentials provide personalized professional development opportunities aligned to theory of action plans.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Brent Maddin is the Provost at the Relay Graduate School of Education, Director of TeacherSquared, and a member of the Digital Promise Micro-credential Advisory Board. These two examples highlight some of the key limitations of today’s “seat-time” centric models for teacher professional development.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

In the previous post, we discussed building authentic cultures of professional learning. Today, we explore one of the design principles at the heart of micro-credentials – embracing learning as continuous process. This is where continuous learning can really shine. And so goes on the journey of continuous learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

Here in Phoenix and nationally, young people learn in spaces where they can collaborate within teams, critically think about complex problems in their communities and develop creative solutions to these issues; skills that are essential to success in the 21st century workforce.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

This post was originally created and posted on the website TeacherCast Educational Network. Change is the end result of all true learning. – Step 1: Define What Professional Development Truly Is. The first step in incentivizing professional learning is to define exactly what professional development is.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. What is professional development? What are digital badges? Let us look at another.

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EdTechTeacher

MARCH 6, 2015

Eric Sheninger, Senior Fellow and Thought Leader on Digital Leadership with the International Center for Leadership in Education (ICLE) and Scholastic Achievement Partners (SAP) , kicked off the 2015 Leading Future Learning conference with his keynote on Digital Leadership. Professional Learning.

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techlearning

AUGUST 20, 2018

Professional development can take many forms. The most powerful professional learning is relevant and actionable. She is a dedicated professional and the newly elected president of the ASCD affiliate for Emerging Leaders. She has developed a course for educators who want to strengthen their co-teaching partnership.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Our esteemed panelists who are educators in the US, Greece, and Portugal, include Lisa Dabbs ( @TeachWithSoul ), Theodora Papapanagiotou, ( @DoraPap72 ), Nikki D Robertson ( @NikkiDRobertson ) Christina Chorianopoulou ( @Kryftina ) and Cristina Monteiro Silva ( @cristimsilva ). Read more at teacherrebootcamp.com.

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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. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn. Badging Systems. Keep reading! Great idea!!

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techlearning

AUGUST 6, 2018

Back in 2014, I made such an attempt , and although it was successful not only for our district, but for other districts as well, disruption in the professional learning space, has been limited. As a result, individual educators are frequently left to manage their own development, which hasn't necessarily been a bad thing.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own virtual and physical events and those of our more than 200 partners. We also highlight good conversations about learning taking place between educators, learners, leaders, and others from the school, library, museum, work, adult, online, non-traditional and home learning worlds.

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2016

As educators, we have a responsibility to equip our students with the skills needed to become global citizens able to engage with the world in meaningful ways. We recognize that for young people to develop these skills, we must provide ways for educators to build them into their instruction.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Education is changing. Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. Teachers pick specific skills that fill the holes in their education toolkit. Not anymore. personalized.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

Blog post by Michele Israel based on this edLeader Panel. People typically develop new skills while working, seeking recognition for their professional growth. But research shows that traditional ways of acknowledging employee advancement and providing professional advancement don’t always meet the needs of today’s workers.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Every two or three years, state and federal laws regarding accessibility in education change. However, the goal is always the same: making sure that every student, at every level (classroom, building, district), has access to the resources they need to meet their learning goals. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Highlights. Dr. Carol L.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Department of Education Secretary in October 2016. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The post Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers – SULS097 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. In this episode and blog post, I am sharing asynchronous learning tips for teachers. Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. Work with Shake Up Learning and Kasey Bell. Click To Tweet. Gamify your lessons.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Education Politics. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” So that speaks volumes. .”

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