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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! Choose from a library of fonts, stock images, shapes, lines, emojis, and more.

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New Merger Wants to Create ‘WeWork for Education’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses

Edsurge

Born in 2015 out of a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation , LRNG has reached 55,000 students in 19 cities with its digital badges and community-focused employment programs. The details haven’t been worked out yet, he says, but the site will likely be at an existing education space—a library, a school or a community college.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

The definition of digital literacy is pretty much what you’d expect: “the ability to use information and communication technologies to find, evaluate, create, and communicate information, requiring both cognitive and technical skills.” ” –from the American Library Association. Digital Literacy–What is it?

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DIY Professional Learning

techlearning

Now you can stop waiting and design your own DIY (Do-It-Yourself) learning that leads to edtech, coding, and makerspace certificates. After completing a two part application process, educators who are approved, obtain a digital badge and an invitation to become a Common Sense Ambassador.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!). Badging Systems. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

20 NEW Ways to Use #GoogleClassroom #gttribe #SUL #googleedu #gsuiteedu #edtech Click To Tweet. Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Badging Systems. Use #GoogleClassroom for Badging! After School Programs.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Monday Is Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC! Here is a player's guide to getting started with Chrome Warrior. Please read it thoroughly if you are considering playing.