A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

The reaction to Learning Transformed has been truly humbling. We have also had the honor of co-presenting workshops across the United States. All of these experiences empowered us to think about and then create a deep learning experience that could be easily accessible to all educators across the globe. Register today!

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 16, 2017

June 24th, catch us at the Badge Summit. We will be interviewing the presenters, including one of the organizers, Noah Geisel ( @SenorG ).

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 21, 2016

There is a great deal of talk these days about micro-credentials and digital badging as a means to acknowledge professional learning of educators. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform. Acknowledging the informal learning of educators had been a long- neglected area in schools, and Ms.

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A Principal's Reflections

JULY 21, 2014

Depending on the semester, all teachers now have 2-3 duty periods off per week to engage in professional learning opportunities. This time is spent learning, innovating, and pursuing ways to become a master educator. PGP time for the past two yeas has been dedicated for my staff to become better educators and learners.

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Edthena

MARCH 30, 2021

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. Now these barriers are eliminated.

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techlearning

OCTOBER 10, 2018

The annual IMS Digital Credentials Summit brings together leaders from educational institutions, non-traditional learning organizations, government agencies, and technology suppliers to advance a digital credentials ecosystem that aims to transform the way students and lifelong learners present their knowledge and skills to future employers. [

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Planning professional learning – How many of us dreaded professional development (PD) days? They should also have choice over resources that they, the experts who work with students the most on a day to day basis, feel are valuable to support and enhance learning. You can learn more about the PGP process HERE.

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The Shake Up Learning Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!). Badging Systems. Online Professional Learning.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

First and foremost, makerspaces are more than just play spaces; they present an opportunity to complement core subject-based lessons with hands-on, inquiry-based challenges that require students to put those principles into practice.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Richards, Deeper Learning holds great promise for engaging her students. Rather than having students read about the Roman Empire and write a paper about it, students could split into groups and develop compelling presentations on the fall of the Roman Empire from different perspectives.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

In the previous post, we discussed building authentic cultures of professional learning. Today, we explore one of the design principles at the heart of micro-credentials – embracing learning as continuous process. This is where continuous learning can really shine. And so goes on the journey of continuous learning.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Richards, Deeper Learning holds great promise for engaging her students. Rather than having students read about the Roman Empire and write a paper about it, students could split into groups and develop compelling presentations on the fall of the Roman Empire from different perspectives.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. What is professional development? What are digital badges? Let us look at another.

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TeacherCast

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

She said to me something that was remarkable but at the same time, it was a simple concept that should be adopted by any school district wishing to put a value on the professional well-being of their staff members. Step 1: Define What Professional Development Truly Is. What is professional development? What are digital badges?

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers. These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 23, 2020

During ClassLink and CoSN’s edWebinar, “ Accessibility for All: Creating an Equitable Learning Ecosystem, ” the presenters discussed the lessons they’ve learned, especially regarding technology as an instrument for accessibility. About the Presenters. Highlights. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Micro-credentials enable educators to better meet the needs of increasingly diverse student populations and school districts who want to shift professional learning from broad topics to competency, from seat-time to knowledge, from sporadic seminars to acknowledgment that teachers are life-long learners. Not anymore. personalized.

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Shake Up Learning

MARCH 8, 2022

He is passionate about applying his 25+ years as a teacher, administrator, staff developer, IT director, and curriculum coordinator to promote differentiated learning that addresses educational equity issues. Previously, he served as the Director of Professional Learning Services at Lesson Planet, a legacy OER aggregation provider.

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eSpark

JUNE 28, 2016

According to a recent study conducted by the Gates Foundation, $18 billion is spent annually on teacher professional development. The average teacher spends anywhere from 68-89 hours in professional learning a year. However, only 29% of teachers are highly satisfied with their professional development.

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eSpark

JUNE 28, 2016

According to a recent study conducted by the Gates Foundation, $18 billion is spent annually on teacher professional development. The average teacher spends anywhere from 68-89 hours in professional learning a year. However, only 29% of teachers are highly satisfied with their professional development.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

About the Presenters. He has presented regionally, statewide and nationally on topics that have a foundation in professional learning communities and innovative schools. The district was one of three schools recognized nationally by ISTE for its digital badge program. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

As challenge-based learning grows in popularity, let’s think of ways that we can use Google Classroom to allow students and teachers to, “sign-up,” for optional challenges by joining a Google Classroom Class designed to detail the challenge, provide resources, and allow the user to submit their evidence for meeting the challenge.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Don''t miss this terrific opportunity to present to or learn from others, and that will kick off a month of great ed tech events. She is a recent recipient of ISTE’s first place SIGOL Online Learning Award (2013) and a Microsoft Innovative Educator Expert. Don''t miss out on a great opportunity to connect about learning!

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

This professional learning event includes thought-provoking practitioner and expert panelists, student speakers, and an interactive design thinking challenge on "How can schools cultivate a culture of changemaking?" He has presented at many conferences in North America, Asia, and Europe.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. Special thanks to TCEA and IDEAcon , and all of the amazing educators engaging in professional learning. Work with Shake Up Learning and Kasey Bell. Instructions, lessons, discussions, and presentations occur at a specific time. What is Asynchronous Learning?

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Excelsior College and publisher Cengage Learning on Tuesday said they would partner to create self-paced online degree programs to give students an alternative pathway to college credit.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. ” “U.S.

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