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Digital Badges Validate Skills for Special Needs Students

edWeb.net

During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers. Many times, though, the problem is also a communication gap.

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Can Digital Badges Help Encourage Professors to Take Teaching Workshops?

Wired Campus

A few colleges are trying a new incentive to get professors to participate in professional-development workshops: digital badges. Kent State University, for instance, is offering badges to professors who complete workshops on how to improve their online teaching, which are offered by Kent State Online.

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Micro-credentials for teacher PD: Why? What? How?

Neo LMS

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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The school that connects STEM, badging, and life beyond the classroom

eSchool News

To address this challenge, we began brainstorming ideas about how to advance assessment to better promote success in these internships and students’ future college and career experiences. So, how do we do it? Next page: A unique badging model engages students. Collaborating with partners.

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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

This could consist of speaker recommendations, workshop topics, hosting your own event, or even the development of an unconference. The best way to change the paradigm here is to afford educators opportunities to use their voice and ideas to plan powerful learning experiences.

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3 Reasons Educators Should Become a Level 1 Google Certified Educator – From Ben

EdTechTeacher

As schools adopt Google Apps for Education, there is a desire by teachers to learn how to effectively use the GAFE tools in their classrooms. When I discuss the certifications in my EdTechTeacher workshops, I often receive the question: what is the benefit of going through the training center and taking the exam to get the certification?

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

How to Manage Multiple Google Accounts. Badging Systems. Digital Badging as become a fun way for teachers and students to show off their accomplishments. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom. Outside Conferences and Workshops. 20 NEW Ways to Use Google Classroom.

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