Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Richards, in her fourth year in the classroom, teaches seventh grade history. Passionate about history, she works hard to master her school’s curriculum and make the most of the resources available to her. Richards is inspired, but needs more resources to get started.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Jennifer is the director of the educator micro-credentials initiative at Digital Promise. Richards, in her fourth year in the classroom, teaches seventh grade history. Passionate about history, she works hard to master her school’s curriculum and make the most of the resources available to her.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 12, 2019

PBS and KQED offer a set of free media literacy micro-credentials that validate media literacy skills and classroom implementation practices. Read on to learn more, or get started here. Providing a clear pathway, through coursework and other instructional resources, to educators who need or desire support.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

This network helps us organize and maximize resources to advance student outcomes. 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.

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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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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Planning professional learning – How many of us dreaded professional development (PD) days? Choice In the classroom, agency empowers a shift where students can choose the right tool for the right task to demonstrate conceptual understanding and mastery. Educators should have more choice over how they learn themselves.

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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. How does that look?

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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. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn.

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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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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

In a rapidly changing world, educators have been forced to self-examine and come to terms with approaches that are inefficient and irrelevant–from outmoded ways of setting up classrooms to equating school success solely on standardized metrics. Digital tools now allow for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The post Digital Badges in the Classroom (What, When, & How) – SULS096 appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Let’s talk digital badges with the experts: Cate Tolnai and Jen Gibson! Digital badges can help us engage students (even remote learners). What Are Digital Badges?

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eSpark

JUNE 28, 2016

The average teacher spends anywhere from 68-89 hours in professional learning a year. However, only 29% of teachers are highly satisfied with their professional development. From this data, I think it’s safe to say that the traditional model of PD is wasting districts’ time and resources.

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eSpark

JUNE 28, 2016

The average teacher spends anywhere from 68-89 hours in professional learning a year. However, only 29% of teachers are highly satisfied with their professional development. From this data, I think it’s safe to say that the traditional model of PD is wasting districts’ time and resources.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. . The librarians at Leander Independent School District in suburban Austin, Texas, say their “front line” relationships helping teachers connect to printers and setting up laptops in classrooms just shifted when learning moved online.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

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! These sessions will be delivered by top-notch researchers and practitioners who you can learn more about here.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally. Register today to reserve your spot!

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

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. If you are not already a member of the Shake Up Learning community, click here to join. (Be

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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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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

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. Because they’re authentic and practical, micro-credentials result in powerful, personalized, skills-driven learning for students.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

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. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. About the Host.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

Her previous experiences include being a classroom business teacher at the high school and post-secondary levels, assistant director of a vocational cooperative, principal at East Noble High School, and assistant superintendent at East Noble School Corporation. Randy was a Tech & Learning Magazine runner-up for 2017 digital leaders.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In order to help teachers learn and and become proficient in relevant skills, a nascent movement of nonprofits, states, districts and educators are exploring what a competency-based professional learning system could look like using micro-credentials. Micro-credentials have the benefit of being rooted in classroom practice.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. Special thanks to TCEA and IDEAcon , and all of the amazing educators engaging in professional learning. Work with Shake Up Learning and Kasey Bell. Just save the links in your Google Classroom comment bank or somewhere you access frequently! Click To Tweet. Screencastify.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

As Stephen Downes comments , “I find it interesting that they refer throughout to ‘ openly licensed educational materials ’ rather than ‘open educational resources’ – I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.” Also via NPR : “From YouTube Pioneer Sal Khan , A School With Real Classrooms.”

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