Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

The ACT Network brings together shared school leadership teams—teachers, principals, central office staff who serve the schools, and community advocates—to analyze a school’s data sources, including demographic data, perception and survey data, learning data, and program data.

Digital Badges 215

Digital Badges Professional Learning Data Elementary 215

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Credential Engine hopes its database will eventually help people discern which credentials offer the most value for personal learning and employment opportunities. Credential Engine is surveying the landscape first, trying to develop a comprehensive dataset before coming to any particular conclusions. “We

Secondary 112

Secondary Digital Badges MOOC Training 112

Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Jessie Woolley-Wilson, CEO of DreamBox Learning Jessie Woolley-Wilson (CEO, DreamBox Learning): In the past, educators were focused on how to get more devices in the classroom. We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms.

EdTech 174

EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 174

MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

The report notes, “This challenge is exacerbated by the fact that digital literacy is less about tools and more about thinking, and thus skills and standards based on tools and platforms have proven to be somewhat ephemeral.”. Badges are already being used to recognize competence in a skill in digital spaces like Khan Academy.

Technology 28

Technology Maker Movement Trends Khan Academy 28

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. They offer over three hundred micro-credentials addressing all levels of personal learning (more on that later). Click to view slideshow.

Assessment 155

Assessment Chromebook Digital Badges Analysis 155

MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

For the past several years the district has been focused on personalizing learning for its students by introducing more choice into classrooms, using blended learning strategies and offering multi-age classrooms. Teachers want more follow-up, and help putting ideas into practice.

Blended Learning 68

Blended Learning Course Digital Badges Professional Learning 68

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” Via Education Week : “Personalized learning pioneer Summit Public Schools is expanding its network to include 100 new schools, CEO Dianne Tavenner announced via a Facebook post today.” ” There’s more Summit Public Schools / Facebook news in the downgrades section below. Accreditation and Certification.

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