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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

Some elementary classrooms are using self-directed badges for competency acquisition by students. Open Badges in Elementary School. Vicki: Today we’re talking with Amy Cooper, who’s at an elementary school in Minnesota. And Amy, you’re working with digital badges or open badges in elementary school.

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

EdTech Magazine

AR and VR Experiences: APS is now deploying both augmented reality and virtual reality experiences for K–12 students , including “expeditions” for elementary and middle school students and VR-based postsecondary tours for high school students. Here, accessibility matters. Who has access to this technology? For what purpose?

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. 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. Free Virtual Learning Environments.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

first check to see if there is a micro-credential available through Digital Promise. Allen Elementary in rural Floyd County, Kentucky, has embedded micro-credentials within a system of personalized learning. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

Seesaw is the student engagement platform and digital portfolio tool I use with my elementary students. 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. Free Virtual Learning Environments.

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

The CoolCatTeacher

How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift. In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways.