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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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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

Digital Badging. Eileen Fernandez-Parker is an Innovation and Digital Learning Coach in Charleston County School District, SC. She has a BA in English and Secondary Ed, an Elementary Certificate, and a Master’s in Educational Technology. Track data all year with celebrations and share-outs. Providing Support.

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Gray previously taught elementary grade levels in Chicago Public Schools and middle school computer science at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. Department of Education. She is retired from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, she most recently served as the special assistant of global education.

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3 Big Issues We Heard About at SXSWedu

Wired Campus

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. Mitchell L. New Forms of Credentials.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Indeed, the job prospects for those with just a high school diploma but no additional schooling are pretty dismal , even for positions that once did not demand any sort of post-secondary education. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. And Northeastern has teamed up with IBM to put digital badges on the blockchain.