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The Professional Learning Sweet Spot

A Principal's Reflections

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. I think the same can be said when it comes to the learners we serve.

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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Amy Cooper on episode 292 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

Lee Ann Yonker on episode 168 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter. On Twitter it’s #MiniGoogleMasters for the younger kids and #MakingGoogleMasters for the older kids. “I have these great digital badges. Twitter: @ leeannyonker.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Give them learning missions you grade with digital badges. Check out my bookmarks for creating digital badges. When you complete this mission, claim your badge here, Credly.com/claim/21346/F50-B50B-105. You will find hashtags used on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Vine, and many other social networks.

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2014 Global Education Conference - Day Three!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Follow the conference through Twitter using the hashtag #globaled14. Close CEO Using Facebook and Twitter as Online Classrooms: Connecting Educators and Learners Around the Globe - Pierre Moncal and Katrina Ingco - BEEd Special Education Undergraduate 8:00pm A Student-Led Virtual Technology Conference?

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

It is the instructional designer and tenured professor’s signal — “to the barricades!” — and everyone snipes at the other side from the Twitter trenches for a week, until there’s an unspoken truce that lasts until the next “ban laptops” op-ed gets published. A “ban laptops” op-ed may be the greatest piece of ed-tech clickbait ever devised.

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'Robots Are Coming For Your Jobs'

Hack Education

Don’t mess with her on Twitter. 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. Sony’s in the business.