Edthena

MARCH 30, 2021

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. Now these barriers are eliminated.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. What is professional development? What are digital badges? Let us look at another.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. Step 1: Define What Professional Development Truly Is. What is professional development? What are digital badges?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

In the previous post, we discussed building authentic cultures of professional learning. Today, we explore one of the design principles at the heart of micro-credentials – embracing learning as continuous process. This is where continuous learning can really shine. And so goes on the journey of continuous learning.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Traditional forms of professional development (PD) such as “sit and get,” one-size-fits-all, and trainings lacking accountability have proven obsolete. Digital tools now allow for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

Of these, 75 percent took online and/or blended courses because they have a personal interest in the topic, or hoped to gain additional knowledge about it, the 2016 SIIA Vision K-20 Professional Learning Survey found. “Our goal with this study was to find out, ‘Are [educators] taking online professional learning courses?

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

First and foremost, make the time to learn, grown, and get better as opposed to finding the time. There is nothing more important to an educator, outside of working with kids, than professional learning. Through social media a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a great antidote to the age-old time excuse.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

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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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.” As those hiring methods go digital, they could speed adoption of new kinds of microcredentials and digital badges designed to show employers the fine-grained skills achieved during educational programs.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

It has become increasingly possible to personalize learning–adapt resources and assessments to student skills and needs and differentiate lessons that are pushed out to individual students or small groups ( read: Shifting my Teacher Mindset with Micro-credentials ). What are Micro-credentials? Not anymore. personalized.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

Micro-credentials are ideal for educators who want to close training gaps and upskill self-paced professional development, fulfill licensing requirements and propel their professional growth and advancement. Explaining the purpose and value of digital badges and their importance in competency development.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

Teachers should consult with the IT staff to ensure that screen readers and other assistive tech can give students with special needs the same learning experience as their peers. He has presented regionally, statewide and nationally on topics that have a foundation in professional learning communities and innovative schools.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

So, I think going back we would have had parallel, interlocking coaching and work and training on moving from that teacher-centered to student-centered model…and using the tech to really accelerate that.”. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. Join the Community.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

But these elements are rarely applied to professional development. School districts spend a lot of money on trainings for educators, but the returns on that investment are not always clear. Superintendent Deklotz says being a reviewer is great professional learning in and of itself.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. ” “The University of Tennessee ’s Health Science Center will no longer use live animals to train medical students,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reports. Her “ innovation agenda.”

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” “The right skills,” of course, are the skills that employers expect potential employees to possess, largely eschewing training themselves and instead offloading the risk and responsibility of training onto individuals. “More Americans just need the right training.” Sony’s in the business.

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