A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). It was always referred to like this, so who was I to argue. Through the use of social media, I realized that I didn’t really need to be “developed.”

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

Uncommon learning refers to initiatives and pedagogical techniques that are not present in scale in a typical school or district. Digital badges and micro-credentials : Digital badges are beginning to be embraced as a means to acknowledge a particular skill, accomplishment, or quality associated with learning.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Purnendu Chatterjee MAD Day from Syria Makes A Difference - Samah AlJundi Maintaining Bridges to Swaziland Via Social Media - Susan Jacques Pierson, Ph.D.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. Green Imperial Pigeon.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I’ve already made references to for-profit higher education in the second and third articles in this year-end series – on the “ innovation gospel ” and on the business of student loans. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. In other badging news, Salesforce received a patent for badges.

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