Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Larry Berger, CEO of Amplify Larry Berger: In 1994, I sat in a conference room at NASA watching a consultant’s presentation about what it would take for 1:1 computing to arrive in K–12: The devices would have to drop below $150 and would need to be simple enough that the total cost of maintenance would drop below $50/year.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The MacArthur Foundation got involved in the project and recommended digital badges , one of its areas of investment. Youth can develop digital portfolios, called “digital backpacks” by Chicago City of Learning, that represent their personalities, interests and achievements beyond school.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. If you successfully demonstrate competence, you will receive the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge.

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Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

MyMantl’s verified digital badging provides a way for learners, as early as high school, to chronicle their skill development and demonstrate proven credentials. In addition, there is also wireless casting via built-in AirPlay that allows presenters and teachers to share content to the display from their mobile device or computer.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Rather than our traditional conception of “training” as a time-out from everyday work to visit to a classroom, on-the-job learning is increasingly about access to just-in-time, job-relevant content—often via a laptop or a smartphone, whether at a desk or on a manufacturing shop floor.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. There’s some more research on badges and alternative credentials in the research section below. “ XO Infinity Modular Laptop Goes Up For Pre-Order Minus Its Modular Design,” The Digital Reader’s Nate Hoffelder reports.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Ban Laptops" Op-Eds. For the past ten years, every ten months or so, someone would pen an op-ed claiming it was time to ban laptops in the classroom. For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. One Laptop Per Child. WTF is Unizin ?!

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