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Digital Badges: Naming the Badge

Education with Technology

Once teachers have selected what learning and what digital badges (individual or category badges; see previous blog ), the teachers encounter another decision. What will they name each badge? ” Teachers will name each badge so that the difference is obvious to the students.

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31 Days of Digital Goodies

Teacher Reboot Camp

One way to engage students is to create interactive digital calendars. December is the month for advent calendars, so I’ve created the Digital Ideas 2014 Advent Calendar to give you a hands-on example of how this works. Find a video about this here and the slides, Meaningful Learning with Missions and Badges.

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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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It’s not hard to find prominent examples: • Google recently announced an expansion of the company’s popular Google Career Certificates portfolio. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 For example, partnerships with scores of community colleges are central to Google’s approach.

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Student Reflection with Digital Portfolios

Teacher Reboot Camp

Three months ago these teachers were new to integrating digital storytelling projects, integrating technology, social bookmarking, and connecting with teachers online. Their presentations should include screenshots, links, and examples. These are some examples of their eportfolios. Student ePortfolio Reflections.

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31 Days of Digital Goodies

Teacher Reboot Camp

One way to engage students is to create interactive digital calendars. December is the month for advent calendars, so I’ve created the Digital Ideas 2014 Advent Calendar to give you a hands-on example of how this works. Find a video about this here and the slides, Meaningful Learning with Missions and Badges.

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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?

Education with Technology

Badges allow teachers to focus specifically on student standards or proficiencies. A writing teacher may want badges to represent the various phases in the writing process. Do you use grades or badges to measure your students’ progress on the standards or proficiencies? English Common Core Mobile Activities ebook.

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Digital Activities & Icebreakers for Gen Y

Teacher Reboot Camp

This example illustrates the power of our digital acts and choices. GET YOUR COPY OF THE 30 GOALS FOR TEACHERS OR LEARNING TO GO , WHICH HAS DIGITAL AND MOBILE ACTIVITIES AND HANDOUTS. Get Them Learning with Digital Icebreakers from Shelly Sanchez Terrell. Check out my bookmarks for creating digital badges.