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Motivate Students with Digital Badges

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Motivate students with digital badges. The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. ” A digital badge looks similar to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout patch.

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Interview with Noah Geisel, @SenorG: Motivate with Digital Badges!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Noah Geisel, @SenorG , is the first person who really taught me about the potential micro-credentials and digital badges have to motivate learners to achieve great things throughout their lives. I had used badges for my online learning conferences, but hadn’t quite used badges with students, yet.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

More will inevitably follow suit, but perhaps not to the same extent, instead opting to embrace hybrid learning environments, as investors turn their attention to edtech and express a particular interest in the link between HE and the workforce. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning. Change is inevitable.

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How to Create a Click and Learn Digital Calendar

Teacher Reboot Camp

This could be a fun learning game, trivia, writing prompt, joke, inspiring quote, fun app to try, a hyperdoc, or small task. Award a digital badge for each task as an added bonus! Simply attached the mission card and badges from the book to each day. Simply attached the mission card and badges from the book to each day.

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How digital badges are shaking up teacher PD

eSchool News

While some progress has been made, there is still no standardized means for teachers to develop a portfolio of credentials aligned with the always-evolving set of skills and strategies they bring to their classrooms. Next page: Edtech as a starting point; looking ahead at digital badges for PD).

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Tools for Designing Awesome Graphics

Teacher Reboot Camp

I’ve learned to use free web tools to design headers on different social networks, graphics for books and digital badges, banners, flyers, parent newsletters, programs, digital magazines, book covers, logos, and more! The post will not appear until that day.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

Edmodo is another safe platform that enables teachers to share content, distribute assignments and quizzes, award digital badges, and quickly communicate with students and parents. Teachers can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place. The post will not appear until that day.

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