The CoolCatTeacher

APRIL 17, 2018

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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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Writing prompts calendar - students check the calendar to find a writing prompt for their journals or blogs. Mission & digital badge calendar - add a learning mission for students to accomplish each day and have a digital badge they will receive if they succeed. Math tricks calendar .

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Teacher Reboot Camp

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Edmodo is another safe platform that enables teachers to share content, distribute assignments and quizzes, award digital badges, and quickly communicate with students and parents. Teachers can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place. Grade and send feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2020

On my blog, Ask a Tech Teacher , I run a column called Dear Otto where I answer teacher questions about how to integrate technology into their classes. Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 12, 2019

This blog post originally appeared on KQED.org. If it does, then the educator receives the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge that’s linked to the submitted evidence. This badge can be shared in email footers, on professional profiles, and on social networks. Read on to learn more, or get started here.

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Neo LMS

JULY 15, 2021

The alternative to four-year degrees comes in the form of digital credentials. Students who have mastered a competency can earn a digital badge to showcase that. Those who have finished a course or a series of courses in a learning path get a digital certificate. Therefore, degrees don’t weigh as much as they used to.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 11, 2013

I write this post extremely proud that Laura has run with the autonomy she has been granted and has joined a cadre of NMHS educators and students who are constantly redefining what education should look like in the digital age. In September she created a new blog called Worlds of Learning. She has become a pillar of sustainable change.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 21, 2016

Digital badges are having the same impact. When I started giving badges in my online conferences and in my online courses, I noticed teachers and learners posting all over Facebook and on Twitter. We can get students to celebrate citizenship with digital badges. Digital badges , by shellyterrell.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 27, 2022

Each module has an aligned micro-credential that learners can earn to verify their skills and signal to employers that they possess these important digital skills. Once learners earn a micro-credential, they can display it as a digital badge on LinkedIn, Facebook, and their resume.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 28, 2014

Being an author is still a shock to me as I never, ever thought I could write even a blog post, let alone three books. NMHS teachers began to earn digital badges in earnest as a way to gain acknowledgment for their informal learning. In a little less than three months it became a Corwin best-seller.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Digital Promise worked with Facebook to create a set of micro-credentials (a form of digital badges) focused on helping adults in the workforce learn these “middle” skills in the area of digital marketing.

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EdTech Magazine

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Beginning in late September, Teams will feature SEL-specific badges that teachers can give to their students as part of the Praise app. OneNote also now has digital SEL sticker packs that educators can use when giving feedback on student work.

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EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Beginning in late September, Teams will feature SEL-specific badges that teachers can give to their students as part of the Praise app. OneNote also now has digital SEL sticker packs that educators can use when giving feedback on student work.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Digital Promise partnered with Facebook to create a range of quick, free online courses in digital marketing and career-focused skills. At the end of each module, learners have a chance to earn a micro-credential, a digital badge that demonstrates competency in a specific skill set.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

Edmodo is another safe platform that enables teachers to share content, distribute assignments and quizzes, award digital badges, and quickly communicate with students and parents. Teachers can create classes, distribute assignments, grade and send feedback, and see everything in one place. Grade and send feedback.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. Student digital badges show knowledge they’ve acquired that can then be posted to their personal webpage, blogs, LMSs, or anywhere else that takes digital input.

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

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. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges. “I have these great digital badges. Blog: [link].

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 9, 2018

A micro-credential is a competency-based digital badge teachers can earn. The interview as presented has been condensed. How would you describe a micro-credential to a teacher who has never heard of one before? Micro-credentialing allows teachers to learn complex skills, then demonstrate effectiveness.

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Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Digital badges do just that: they show when students have learned a skill or met a goal. For teachers, badges make classroom goals visible to students. The value of digital badges goes beyond the classroom, as well. Students use badges that they have earned to get scholarships, enter graduate school, and get jobs.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 8, 2016

Enter micro-credentials : competency-based recognition for educator learning that is supported by digital badges. 2 – The rise of digital badging. Although competency-based learning and assessment has a long history, a workable technical solution to support this system — digital badges — is relatively new.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 17, 2019

The teachers worked together to support each other in earning the micro-credentials, helping each other troubleshoot difficult areas, and celebrating when a colleague earned a micro-credential and shared their digital badge. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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Education with Technology

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Once teachers have selected what learning and what digital badges (individual or category badges; see previous blog ), the teachers encounter another decision. What will they name each badge? ” Teachers will name each badge so that the difference is obvious to the students.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 2, 2015

Check out my bookmarks on Digital Blooms , Peeragogy, SAMR , and Connectivism. Get students to use digital tools to create interactive mindmaps , multimedia presentations, digital storiesl , comics , games , blogs, scavenger hunts, videos, podcasts, digital fliers, posters , infographics, and more!

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 1, 2019

During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers. Many times, though, the problem is also a communication gap.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 7, 2015

Afterschool Alliance’s new set of resources, “Digital Badges In Afterschool: Connecting Learning in a Connected World,” details digital badging efforts around the country. A promising new movement to address this problem is gaining traction around micro-credentials called digital badges.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

They can prompt us to assess and measure student progress in new ways; both through digital badges that demonstrate mastery of specific skills and summative portfolios of work that indicate readiness for cutting-edge careers in manufacturing, STEM careers and the creative arts.

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Shake Up Learning

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Here are the BEST Blog Posts and Podcasts of 2021! I have put together a list of the BEST and most popular Shake Up Learning blog posts and podcast episodes from 2021. I like to take a more in-depth look at what teacher tips, blog posts, and podcast episodes were the most popular and generated the most comments and traffic.

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Educator Innovator

AUGUST 7, 2015

Afterschool Alliance’s new set of resources, “Digital Badges In Afterschool: Connecting Learning in a Connected World,” details digital badging efforts around the country. A promising new movement to address this problem is gaining traction around micro-credentials called digital badges.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Next for the newly joined company is expanding the network of issuers who receive and send credentials including transcripts, diplomas, certificates and digital badges, says Parchment CEO Matthew Pittinsky, who will lead the new company. Parchment bought AVOW Systems in 2012 , and Credentials Solutions bought eScrip-Safe in 2014.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

I knew every car’s 0-60 acceleration time and horsepower, by reading every car magazine and online blog. APS Badge Initiative : Aurora Public School’s pioneered digital badging so students can showcase 21st century skills acquired not only in traditional academic settings, but also in their communities and job experiences.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

Additionally, micro-credentials create a platform for Mr. Smith to share his new skills through portable digital badges. By sharing this badge with his peers, leadership, and others, Mr. Smith will become a potential resource for other educators confronting similar challenges. And so goes on the journey of continuous learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

shareable , with evaluators, posted on social networks, displayed within the schools learning management system (LMS), curated on professional blogs, and added to resumes to demonstrate the educator’s specific skillset. One of the leaders in this field is Digital Promise. Who is Digital Promise?

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Digital Promise

JULY 27, 2016

Micro-credentials recognize teachers for the skills they demonstrate, allow them to share their accomplishments in the form of digital badges, and can be used to lay a pathway for professional learning in the direction the educator wants to grow.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Specifically, educators can pursue micro-credentials, sharable as digital badges, to gain recognition for competencies they demonstrate throughout their careers, regardless of where it happens. While this affords learners unprecedented freedom, it also can make it difficult to effectively recognize that learning.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Laura Gibbs, of University of Oklahoma, engages with her students through creative writing assignments , actively blogging along with her students in the public web. Tracy Schaelen, of Southwestern College, uses micro-videos to greet students and help them navigate an online course.

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iLearn Technology

JULY 10, 2016

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

I have also included details for each of the twenty ways in this blog post. I try not to get too technical on this blog, but it’s important to know there are certain domain settings that you will need to make some of the ideas in this post a reality. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!).

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