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Motivate Students with Digital Badges

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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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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

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Incredible Giveaways Whether You Are at #ISTE18 or #Notatiste18

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If you attend any of my presentations in Chicago or attend virtually by watching any of the live streamed interviews and presentations shared on Twitter( @ShellTerrell ), then you have the opportunity to receive a digital badge and to receive some incredible giveaways! Attending ISTE? Where to Catch Us! ” Find out more here.

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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

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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. It validates their skills by giving them a badge to display. It’s a great way to break out of the old standby art lesson.

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

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June 27th, from 11:45 am–12:45 pm, in Room 301BC, I will be part of the ISTE panel, Personalize Professional Learning with Digital Badges and Micro-credentials , along with digital badging gurus Rich Dixon, Noah Geisel, and Cate Tolnai. We truly enjoyed taking a group of friends last time ISTE was in SA.

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STEAM Up Learning Outdoors! 15+ Ideas to Try Now or this Summer!

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Observation logs are just one of the 32 resources in Hacking Learning with Edtech Missions. Group students to experiment with designing and testing out their designs for creating kites, paper airplanes, rockets, or ships. In a later post I’ll include an example of a Summer STEAM Challenge Digital Calendar for students.

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New Merger Wants to Create ‘WeWork for Education’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses

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Born in 2015 out of a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation , LRNG has reached 55,000 students in 19 cities with its digital badges and community-focused employment programs. will be a brand new venture for both groups, LeBlanc says. Its 20th city, Birmingham, Ala., The SNHU team that has been working in U.S.