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

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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. CEET Meet: Disrupting Assessment with Digital Badges. Three main resources will be covered.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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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. And I’d never gotten my Ph.D.

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