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Sarah Blattner

The Future is Now: Unpacking Digital Badging and Micro-credentialing for K-20 Educators... - 0 views

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    A broad and comprehensive overview of the K-20 badging movement
Kelly Platzke

My experience in getting started with Genius Hour | ReconfigurEd. - 1 views

  • We provided a proposal template in the form of a Google Doc and asked that each student submit their idea and plan to their teacher. As the proposals star rolling in, we are giving students feedback by leaving a comment on their document and suggesting changes or tweaks where necessary.
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      These are science-based ideas, but students could make LA connections as well. (i.e. Is it true that the only theme in all of literature is "Who am I?"; Yahweh means "I AM" - how does that impact our understanding of human identity?). Any topic will be applicable to LA and technology skills: research, writing, collaborating, sharing, presenting, etc. 
  • Google’s 80/20 time, where engineers are encouraged to take 20% of their weekly load to work towards personal projects of their choice.
  • The question we both had was, what if students were offered the same opportunity?
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  • twitter,
  • following media and blog articles
  • They would be given roughly 1 hour during the week to work towards their projects. I also made this sweet banner as our Genius Hour poster, and explained that photoshop was something that no-body taught me, because I was never given the opportunity to learn it. But I decided to find out if I could teach myself. The result is that I now have a basic knowledge of photoshop! This was the idea that we communicated to them about Genius Hour, that they were to be the ones to decide what to learn, how to do it, and then what to do with it.
  • 10 Principles of Genius Hour
  • firming up their essential question to set up their projects.
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Sarah Blattner

9 reasons why badges are better than degrees - eCampus News | eCampus News - 0 views

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    Wow -- 20.8 million students are enrolled in noncredit programs. How will they show what they know? Open badges, of course!
Sarah Blattner

Why the Maker Movement matters to educators | SmartBlogs SmartBlogs - 0 views

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    Lessons from the "maker movement": Doing is what matters; openness; give it a go; iterative design; aesthetics matter; mentoring defies ageism; learning is intensely personal; It IS about the technology; ownership -- Are you hooked? I am!
Sarah Blattner

Skills for Learning 2.0 - 0 views

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    Four C's of Modern Learning
Sarah Blattner

From Brooklyn to Jakarta: Teaching Teachers Well | Edutopia - 0 views

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    PD model for all...lead by example
Sarah Blattner

Common Core, Technology, & PBL - Recipe for Learning - Common Core, Technology, & PBL F... - 0 views

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    Common core, project-based learning and technology as a tool -- get started!
Sarah Blattner

#BLC14 Building Learning Communities: Sharing My Notes | Langwitches Blog - 0 views

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    Notes from BLC14 -- Building Learning Communities conference in Boston, held each summer. Here is some of the notes. Looking for an incredible learning experience? Put BLC on your bucket list for PD.
Sarah Blattner

20 High Schoolers Suspended For Retweeting Gossip - 0 views

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    How would you handle this situation at your school? How can you be proactive to help your students make the right decisions?
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