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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Microsoft purchased “Minecraft,” an immensely popular world-building game, in 2014, and immediately churned out an education edition. Just this February, Microsoft launched a new way to use Minecraft in the classroom by adding a chemistry update. It validates their skills by giving them a badge to display. by Joe McAllister.

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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

EdTech Magazine

DLP uses five key points to guide teachers and coaches through the professional-development curriculum: Content Focus: When providing technology coaching, concrete examples are key. Now the entire eighth grade is doing vocabulary in their homeroom with digital badges, from a 25-minute presentation.” . . by Eli Zimmerman.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

You can connect with the Geo-Educator Community through a variety of online platforms including Twitter , Facebook and the secure educator site, Edmodo. She is a recent recipient of ISTE’s first place SIGOL Online Learning Award (2013) and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Follow #TLChat on Twitter to participate.

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Is the college degree outdated?

The Hechinger Report

For example, at South Seattle College’s Georgetown campus, the combination of three specific courses within the Professional Technical Education and Instructional Design (training for teaching online) degree program now yields an Adult Learning Certificate. Examples of credentials that can be earned through programs at South Seattle College.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Certainly “free” works well for cash-strapped schools. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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