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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

It’s essential to meet student expectations and to satisfy state regulations. 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.

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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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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.

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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

How can this dean more effectively personalize professional development to meet each teacher where they are and help them get to where they need to be? Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift.

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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

How can this dean more effectively personalize professional development to meet each teacher where they are and help them get to where they need to be? Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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