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Why I Had to Develop a Unique Learner Profile to Meet the Needs of My Students

Edsurge

I’ve learned that I need to know my students academically and personally so I can modify instruction to be as effective, engaging and rigorous as possible, so every year I craft personal learner profiles for my students that go beyond their IEP goals and basic personality surveys. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and B.F.

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Employer Credentials and Community Colleges: A Look Behind Google’s IT Support Certificate Program

Edsurge

Despite their often limited budgets, the innovative nature and adaptability of community colleges makes them well-positioned to meet the training needs for aspiring tech professionals. For community colleges, continuing to partner with industry is a natural extension of their mission to provide training and pathways to employment.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

But this year the STEM projects, maker space designs and story hours that usually take place within the library’s walls have moved online, and the library itself has found itself innovating quickly to meet the needs of their community. includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. .

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

A 2014 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) survey found that 81 percent of surveyed schools either had a BYOD policy or planned to implement one. Badges and Wearables: On the long-term horizon, experts see digital badges and wearable technology as important technology developments in four to five years.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

Ask a Tech Teacher

Micro-credentials enable educators to better meet the needs of increasingly diverse student populations and school districts who want to shift professional learning from broad topics to competency, from seat-time to knowledge, from sporadic seminars to acknowledgment that teachers are life-long learners. Not anymore.

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A Process for Implementing Student Digital Projects

Teacher Reboot Camp

This is an outline of my process, but feel free to adapt it to meet your needs. Note that before implementing the process, I already know what digital product I want students to create (timeline, infographic, video, etc.) Feedback could also be in the form of focus groups, public surveys, or experiments. The Process.

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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

I think part of the power is giving them a voice in diagnosing and meeting the needs of students,” she said. Leaders in this movement don’t want micro-credentials to be confused with digital badges, essentially a gold star without a lot behind it, or a rubber stamp.