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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

We’ll have free resources available for downloading. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school. What are open badges, and how does this work with elementary kids? What is a digital badge and how do students earn one? Help us understand. Twitter: @amycooper100.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

ClassFlow automatically processes the sales transactions and delivers instant downloads of purchased materials to purchasers. Learners, beginning in high school, will be able to track their academic and professional achievements and own their portfolio collections of learning, training, mentorship and digital credentialing.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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