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It’s Time to Remake the Makerspace, But Schools Shouldn’t Go It Alone

Edsurge

They can prompt us to assess and measure student progress in new ways; both through digital badges that demonstrate mastery of specific skills and summative portfolios of work that indicate readiness for cutting-edge careers in manufacturing, STEM careers and the creative arts. How does that look?

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MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution

eSchool News

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Discover effective resources, best practices, and new ideas that can help students develop empathy, perspective recognition, critical thinking, problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills, and other competencies that students need to succeed in an interconnected world.

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

edWeb.net

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. He has presented regionally, statewide and nationally on topics that have a foundation in professional learning communities and innovative schools.

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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

In order to help teachers learn and and become proficient in relevant skills, a nascent movement of nonprofits, states, districts and educators are exploring what a competency-based professional learning system could look like using micro-credentials. WHAT’S HAPPENING ELSEWHERE?

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

As Stephen Downes comments , “I find it interesting that they refer throughout to ‘ openly licensed educational materials ’ rather than ‘open educational resources’ – I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge.

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