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Digital Badges: Naming the Badge

Education with Technology

Once teachers have selected what learning and what digital badges (individual or category badges; see previous blog ), the teachers encounter another decision. What will they name each badge? Will they use the full name of the Common Core Standard or the national proficiency?

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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?

Education with Technology

The final grade in a course or even a ten week grade probably does not reflect the actual academic learning.These grades may not reflect the academic standards (Common Core, standards or proficiencies) for that course. Badges allow teachers to focus specifically on student standards or proficiencies.

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The FREE Lesson Plans and Resources You Aren’t Using! (but should be) – SULS0148

Shake Up Learning

With the emergence of Common Core and very few resources available to align with these new standards, teachers began utilizing OER once again. There was an influx of districts assigning teachers or instructional coaches to compile OER options that reflected the needs of common core.

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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

Edsurge

As Andersen said, “It would help everyone if we all subscribe to a common core of competencies and associated learning objectives.” Many #DLNchat -ters agreed that digital portfolios were one way to show skill mastery, but needed to go further. The work completed in a CBE program could become part of a digital CV.”

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Learning Revolution - Week's Free Events - May Is Ed Tech Month - Geo-Educators - Natural Math - Oxygen Masks and You

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Monday, April 14th in Nashville, TN Free Tools to Help Schools Harness Technology for Learning , Join Common Sense Media to learn about their suite of free resources to help schools harness the potential of technology for learning. How does your library manage digital collections? Is your library mobile friendly? Classroom 2.0

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Learning Revolution Free PD - OZeLive - We're Nominated for an Eddie - Games for Change

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Pothukuchi from the Global Education Conference - on "Empowering students through social networks: Verdentum & possibilities ahead" [link] NMC Navigator Top Stories Top Learning Tech Stories of the Week from the NMC/Horizon Project Navigator.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Common Core State Standards. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. In 2013, Pearson paid $7.7

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