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Micro-credentials and COVID-19: Supporting Professional Learning When Schools are Closed

Digital Promise

Micro-credential COVID-19 Library. In the last month, our teaching and learning environment has been upended. In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, districts and educators have been tasked with shifting teaching and learning online, and many are seeking resources to support learning in this new environment.

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How Online Learning Can Improve Your Teaching

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Online learning has become not only a common alternative to physical classes, but a well-regarded change maker in the education ecosystem. State requirements are starting to address this by requiring online virtual meetings between teacher and student. I already do this and find the practice invaluable. Simplify Tech Skills.

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Guest Post: From Consumption to Creation: Future Ready Librarians Embrace Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

As a former librarian and district leader, I found that success was the best form of advocacy—when the great work of librarians is shared and documented, good things follow for students and library programs. In addition to this partnership, assessors were recruited from national library leaders participating in the Lilead Fellows program.

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How Libraries Stretch Their Capabilities to Serve Kids During a Pandemic

MindShift

Hunter and her colleague Rachel Krumenacker at the Chattanooga Public Library in Chattanooga, Tennessee, had filmed the DIY craft on a Zoom call from their respective living rooms. They posted it to the library’s YouTube channel as part of their new summer programming, the majority of which is taking place online due to COVID-19. . “We

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Improving Teacher and Student Engagement Through Creativity

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Martha Bongiorno School Library and Instructional Technology Lead at Fulton County Schools How did the pandemic affect creativity? During the pandemic, schools with the infrastructure in place for moving to online learning found greater immediate success. Several factors create roadblocks to creativity happening in classrooms.

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Developing a “National Geographic Explorer” Mindset in the Classroom

Digital Promise

Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. Micro-credentials are truly authentic professional learning tools. They can also serve as important validation for educators who are growing their teaching practice through our other professional learning resources.

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School Librarians Can Save Democracy

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According to Michelle Luhtala, Library Department Chair at New Canaan High School in Connecticut, in an edWebinar sponsored by Mackin Educational Resources, “The future of democracy presents a case for the critical need for school librarians in every school.” WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Follow Michelle on Twitter @mluhtala.