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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

As a 21st Century Library Media Specialist, part of what I strive to do is to serve as an instructional technology resource for both educators and learners. ?In I am proud to announce Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School , a digital badge professional learning platform.

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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

EdTech Magazine

5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers. To assist the professional development process for both teachers and IT professionals, Digital Promise, in conjunction with Google , has established a new program called the Dynamic Learning Project to help introduce new education technology into the classroom. .

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

EdTech Magazine

Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom. With K–12 schools leveraging connected technologies to help improve student outcomes and boost classroom collaboration, effective cybersecurity is not optional. The State of STEM Classrooms. Who has access to this technology? eli.zimmerman_9856.

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms. That doesn’t mean teachers have to turn over their classrooms to “Fortnite,” “Clash of Clans” and “Pokémon Go.” MORE FROM ED TECH : Find out how augmented and virtual reality expand the classroom! The topic of gamifying a classroom isn’t new. jena.passut_7651.

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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. Discover more ways to integrate technology effectively by taking one of my fully accredited online courses or get one of my books !

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Digital Badges: A Simple Way to Motivate

Class Tech Integrate

Digital Badges have started to become a big deal in the everyday classroom. Why do students care about badges? In all of the video games and apps that your students are playing, they earn badges. Kids (and adults) love collecting those badges in the games they play. Badge List Makewav.es

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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.