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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

Edsurge

Digital badges. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. They are a perfect example of what you get when you simply transfer analog practice to digital form and don’t make use of the advantages of the new medium.

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Making Learning Meaningful with Badges and Missions

Teacher Reboot Camp

Below is the archive of the Twitter chat with our participants and experts sharing tips and resources about student motivation with digital badges and missions. Will Deyamport ( @IamDrWill ) and Noah Geisel ( @SenorG ). You can still join the free course. Our focus for the upcoming week is integrating technology effectively.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Students and teachers are involved in many after school programs that could utilize Google Classroom to share resources and improve communication and collaboration. Think of how awesome it would be to use Google Classroom to share resources, flashcards, tips, practice tests, and feedback through the Google Classroom platform.

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9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!

Teacher Reboot Camp

The educators you meet will share resources, experience, and offer support! Keep a digital portfolio of your accomplishments and digital badges for current and future employment opportunities. It means you experience more “wins” as a teacher and are motivated to achieve more!

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MIT Starts University Group to Build New Digital Credential System

Edsurge

One limitation of the group, though, is that it might be more difficult for colleges with fewer resources to jump in. Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, a company that offers services for colleges, employers and students to manage digital credentials (and which owns patents for digital badges), welcomed the new effort.

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Educators Make, Play, and Connect This Summer

Educator Innovator

To help close that gap, cities throughout the country are turning to their homegrown resources to create a citywide “campus” where kids can follow their interests, create, and discover. With their rich arts, science, history resources, parks, and beaches, cities are a wealth of potential—if kids can just tap into it.

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