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Motivate Students with Digital Badges

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Motivate students with digital badges. The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. ” A digital badge looks similar to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout patch.

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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

EdTech Magazine

Of 2,000 K–12 teachers surveyed, only 10 percent reported feeling secure in their abilities to incorporate “higher-level” technology into their classroom. However, 79 percent displayed a desire to go through training regimens to familiarize themselves with these new tools, according to a PwC report. . by Eli Zimmerman.

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Get Inspired Whether You’re at #ISTE2017 or #NotAtISTE

Teacher Reboot Camp

The last week of June I am attending the Badge Summit and ISTE convention in my hometown, San Antonio. Savvy and I will be Periscoping as ISTE Media Reporters. Savvy & I are excited to be #ISTE2017 reporters #NotAtISTE #ISTE17 #PasstheScopeEDU [link]. June 24th, catch us at the Badge Summit. Join us Mon.,

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

For example, students can see what elements make up a grass block or use helium to make pigs fly, a “Minecraft” blog reported. Finally, microcredentials or digital badging are another terrific way to make learning more fun. Digital badging is a tool used in professional development to give teachers tangible goals.

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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

Why require a summative written report rather than one delivered via video or audio? By now, you can see how goals have a significant impact on the approach you select to becoming digitally literate. Many assessment tools provide this option but the simplest and most basic reports probably won’t. NorthstarDigLit.

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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

Edsurge

IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 Digital credentialing platform Credly reports that the number of organizations issuing industry and workforce credentials is up 83 percent since the pandemic. million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data

Edsurge

Department of Labor reported a near-record 9.5 First, it is important for higher ed to recognize that digital credentialing — which can provide richer, more granular and machine-readable data on learning outcomes and skills — should not be limited to the discussion about non-degree “alternative credentials” and digital badges.

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