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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

EdTech Magazine

In one teacher’s case, introducing Chromebooks into her class helped her simultaneously manage what was once an unruly classroom and improve student engagement. . Now the entire eighth grade is doing vocabulary in their homeroom with digital badges, from a 25-minute presentation.” . .

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks). Edmodo is another safe platform that enables teachers to share content, distribute assignments and quizzes, award digital badges, and quickly communicate with students and parents.

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

These platforms are online and accessible 24 hours, 7 days a week on multiple devices (computers, tablets, mobile devices and Chromebooks). Edmodo is another safe platform that enables teachers to share content, distribute assignments and quizzes, award digital badges, and quickly communicate with students and parents.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

Northstar Digital Literacy Assessment — Northstar’s digital literacy assessment starts by defining the basic skills needed to use a computer and the internet in daily life, employment, and higher education. Then, online, self-guided modules assess the ability of the user to perform these tasks. NorthstarDigLit.

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The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2021

Shake Up Learning

Digital Badges in the Classroom (What, When, & How). Digital badges can help us engage students (even remote learners). Learn what digital badges are, when to use them, and how to implement them in your classroom. 15 Collaborative Tools for Your Classroom That Are NOT Google.

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World Of Difference

A Principal's Reflections

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. She has become a pillar of sustainable change. Currently she is now working on a similar program for students here.

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

Edsurge

Shauntel Garvey (General Partner, Reach Capital): The launch of the iPad and Chromebook ushered in the age of devices in the classroom. Open digital badges. Chromebooks and lower-cost Windows devices built on inroads the iPad made to eat Apple’s market share lunch. But the consultant was right.

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