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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. Open Badges in Elementary School. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Amy Cooper, who’s at an elementary school in Minnesota. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school.

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

EdTech Magazine

AR and VR Experiences: APS is now deploying both augmented reality and virtual reality experiences for K–12 students , including “expeditions” for elementary and middle school students and VR-based postsecondary tours for high school students. Here, accessibility matters. Who has access to this technology? For what purpose?

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. 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. Free Virtual Learning Environments.

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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.

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

Teacher Reboot Camp

Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. 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. Free Virtual Learning Environments.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

first check to see if there is a micro-credential available through Digital Promise. Allen Elementary in rural Floyd County, Kentucky, has embedded micro-credentials within a system of personalized learning. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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OPINION: Our workforce must be ready to help growing numbers of students who come to school learning English

The Hechinger Report

Upon completion, they will receive digital badges that reflect the mastery of the skills they’ve demonstrated; the set of 12 badges is recognized by the state as a form of certification. Through a series of 12 microcredentials, educators can submit evidence of their work in and outside of their classrooms.