A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2014

This year alone Laura Fleming , our stellar media specialist, has successfully created a Makerspace for our students as well as a digital badge platform to acknowledge the informal learning of teachers. For example, one best practice is to design experiences for the avatars to get up and move as much as possible.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

Machines can’t handle the “last mile” of putting dishes away, for example. In the latest twist on parenting in the digital age, smart dishwashers, coffeemakers, washers and dryers made by BSH—sold under brand names including Bosch, Thermador and Gaggenau—can now assign chores to children.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Earlier this year, online education services company 2U–which powers many leading universities’ online programs– announced a partnership with shared workspace firm WeWork , creating an opportunity to embed its online programs in WeWork locations in cities around the world.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

To tackle this major problem, Digital Promise , a nonprofit founded in 2008 with authorization from Congress, has been steadfastly working on a framework for “ micro-credentials.” These digital badges aim to signal that teachers can perform or demonstrate the skill for which they were awarded. districts, according to Kenyon.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

In fact, the boom in microcredentials is being fed in large part by major companies—IBM, Google, and Amazon, to name a few—looking to grow their talent pipeline and increase the skill level of current employees. Frontline workers with high potential but low digital confidence: We’ve seen more employers invest in upskilling for this group.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Many tech firms are even going directly to professionals with their own certificates and credentials—such as IBM’s digital badge program , Hubspot’s certifications , and long-running programs like Microsoft’s IT certifications.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The university offers digital badges rather than degrees or certificates for the completion of some courses. Companies need to be more active in designing these skills courses from the outset, deLaski said. “We That companies need trained employees is uncontested: More than three-quarters of U.S.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

A person’s records are at hand whenever he or she is, for example, looking for a new job. He pointed out that anyone may put false information—like a degree or digital badge—on their LinkedIn profile. Komarny answered that fraud is serious problem in countries such as China, but that it frequently is a challenge in the U.S.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Famous billionaire college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, and the late Steve Jobs are prominent examples of successes who never completed undergraduate degrees. To match the changing, unpredictable nature of today’s economy and digital landscape, these programs should aim for flexibility and innovative paradigms.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The authenticity of transactions are protected by digital signatures that match up with the signatures of those sending information, giving users control over the sending of bitcoins. ” Isozu offered a hypothetical example from higher education. company, then graduated from a Japanese university, he said.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Signature examples of this trend include Walmart’s Live Better U program , Starbucks’ College Achievement Plan and Amazon’s Career Choice program. In a tight economy, many major employers are launching or expanding “ education as benefit ” strategies to retain and develop their workforces. And that has immense societal benefits.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

For example, tasks like taking attendance, awarding credit hours, and releasing micro-credentials are all automated as learners use join codes to enter virtual synchronous PD events. About MobileMind Founded in 2015, MobileMind is a privately held, Atlanta-based educational technology company.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

It’s also looking at the potential changes, said Dr. Gabe Soumakian, CEO and Founder, Sup Du Jour Consulting Group, like what happens when a software or hardware company goes out of business. For example, his district decided to stop hosting the tech applications on site and moved them to the cloud.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

Several sessions focused on how alternative credentials, such as digital badges and new features of social-media platforms like LinkedIn, would become an important new currency for signaling personal achievement. Few were predicting, however, that new certifications or badges would eliminate the value of a college degree.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

While I was an embedded academic with the company, I played amateur anthropologist to learn all I could about corporate practices. What practices of really effective companies, in which creativity and innovation are important, seem to have the biggest impact? In a great company, everybody assumes responsibility for everything.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

The credentials come from many sources: traditional universities, online platforms like edX, trade organizations like the American Hotel and Lodging Institute and companies like Jiffy Lube and IBM. Adam Braun started the company as “an alternative for those looking for more career focus.” Content and costs vary.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. There’s some more research on badges and alternative credentials in the research section below. Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. ” “U.S. Go, School Sports Team! Clair Smith.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. (I’ll Bootcamp or Bust.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” ” It’s full of examples of lecturing, but now that they’re recorded as videos somehow it’s innovation. The company offers “virtual science labs” and has raised $13.67

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