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New Merger Wants to Create ‘WeWork for Education’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses

Edsurge

The two—which collectively serve about 180,000 learners—want to create a model that is customizable enough to help a high school student get a jumpstart on their associate degree and a 55-year-old professional learn a new skill. Birmingham will be ground zero for their learning and workforce model.

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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. That way, they can make an informed decision.

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MobileMind Launches MobileMind Sync, a Full-Service Scheduling Solution

eSchool News

ATLANTA (PRWEB) NOVEMBER 03, 2021 — MobileMind , the modern professional learning hub for schools, has launched MobileMind Sync, the first full-service PD scheduling solution. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!). Badging Systems. Parent Information Classes.

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New Micro-credentials Provide Path to PBS Media Literacy Educator Certification

Digital Promise

Register for our informational webinar on March 19 at 3pm PDT. Micro-credentials are a form of competency-based recognition that validate an educator’s professional learning. If it does, then the educator receives the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge that’s linked to the submitted evidence.

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How Micro-Credentials Support Professional Learning

edWeb.net

Now, organizations like Digital Promise have developed micro-credential programs, which recognize educators for acquiring new skills. Educators are engaged in everyday research to help their students, and much of it is informal: videos, mentors, reading, etc. Micro-credentials have four main design traits. About the Presenter.

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Roadmap to a Job-Embedded Growth Model

A Principal's Reflections

I remember a few years back during a meeting with teacher leaders, a tipping point that would ultimately change the direction of professional growth at my school. Depending on the semester, all teachers now have 2-3 duty periods off per week to engage in professional learning opportunities.