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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

I am proud to announce Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School , a digital badge professional learning platform. For some time now, we have been hearing about digital badges and how they can be used to guide, motivate, document and validate formal and informal learning. ?In

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Designing Pathways for Rural Learners Using Micro-credentials: Four Case Studies

Digital Promise

Micro-credentials have proven to be an economically feasible option for competency-based professional development, allowing educators to complete modules remotely in their classrooms or homes and earn continuing education credits. Read the complete KVEC case study here. Read the complete TSU case study here.

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OPINION: Our workforce must be ready to help growing numbers of students who come to school learning English

The Hechinger Report

Yet despite some efforts to document the experiences and outcomes of multilingual learners in the district, a legal monitor noted last year that Boston’s school leaders had defied requests for records showing how it spent its funds. At the close of 2023, 75 Rhode Island educators were enrolled in the new and cutting-edge program.

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How Microcredentials Help Educators Develop New Tech Skills

EdTech Magazine

Traditionally, that requires educators to take courses, whether in the classroom or online. . Also known as digital badges, these tools are increasingly used to improve student focus as well as provide a means to incentivize teachers to complete new disciplines. Open New Doors for Teachers in the Classroom.

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15 Plug-and-Play Lesson Plans from Google – SULS0198

Shake Up Learning

In this episode, I’m sharing 15 Plug-and-Play Lesson Plans from Google’s Applied Digital Skills program. And Google has improved the integration of these lessons with Google Classroom so it’s even EASIER now to assign these to students. What is Applied Digital Skills? Easy peasy, lemon squeezy, y’all!

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The Growing Potential of Micro-Credentials

A Principal's Reflections

There is a great deal of talk these days about micro-credentials and digital badging as a means to acknowledge professional learning of educators. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform. Upon receiving documentation, she issues a digital badge for their learning.

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15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

The post 15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers appeared first on Shake Up Learning. 15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers! Google Classroom is one of the most popular digital tools for the K-12 classroom. Here are 15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers by Teachers! Create a Google Classroom Class Template.

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