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"For those many kids who choose not to read books, for those kids who are news junkies, for those kids who choose to focus on nonfiction, for those kids who read everything anyway, and for those kids who are motivated by regular, tangible rewards, Newsela’s Free Summer Reading Challenge may be just the thing to engage students with the world, while attacking potential summer reading slump."
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you haven't had a chance to check out the website Newsela this may be a great opportunity to take a look at it and share it with students (if you have an easy way to access them). Newsela provides news at five reading lexiles, from Grade 3 or 4 through Grade 12. When you log in there will be a choice of articles to choose from. After reading you may choose to take a quiz. Although this challenge has started you may still sign up. The post provides additional details and links to the website. 
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"Catherine Lacey, a student at the University of Western Australia, is a Level 40 Hero in biology. That’s her ranking on OpenStudy, where she spends up to 30 hours per week answering homework questions posed by students around the world. Hero is the hardest badge to attain on the site, indicating considerable time spent helping other students. And Lacey doesn’t just help beginners—one of the many merit badges she’s earned from OpenStudy is for tutoring students in MIT open biology courses."
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Are you wondering what badges are? Do you ask yourself why there is so much hype around them? This post answers these questions and more. Sections include: * Background on Badges looks at how badges have been used for hundreds of years (think Boy Scounts and Girl Scounts) up through the initiative started through the Mozilla Foundation work on badges through what is happening at a variety of colleges and universities. * What do Badges have on Traditional Degrees? This section looks at how badges can transform the current resume with 15 points (each with short explanations). Three of the points are below. * Skills-based Learning * Designed by Education Reformers * Comparing skills, not students * How to Spearhead your own Digital Badge Movement - Learn about issues that may come up if you choose to begin to use badges. There are seven points (again with explanations). Two are below. * Use different badges for different types of assessment * Use Mozilla's Open Badges Infrastructure
Yasemin Allsop's curator insight,
August 16, 2013 2:35 AM
As someone who just started to elarn about badges, this is really intresting for me! 
Laura Graceffa's curator insight,
August 16, 2013 6:15 PM
Can it work in an environment that discourages making differences in achievement obvious? 
Yvonne Marie Webber's comment,
August 26, 2013 11:35 PM
@Laura, I really think it can. the badges do not have to focus on product, but can focus on each student collaborating, sharing, contributing in the way that is best for that student. The badges do not have to be given in a hierarchal manner.
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Digital literaces and web literacies - are they distinct from one another, or does one live within the other? This post looks at eight "essential elements of Digital Literaries: 1. Cultural; 2. Cognitive; 3. Constructive; 4. Communicative; 5. Confident; 6. Creative; 7. Critical and 8. Civic." After a brief discussion the concept of Web Literacies are addressed, with five elements being recognized: Exploring, Authoring, Connecting, Building and Protecting. The conclusion is that Web Literacies are a component of Digital Literacies. For additional information you may want to check out a video, Mozilla Web Literacies (and their relation to digital literacies): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9M_NOvqVn9I&feature=youtu.be.&nbsp.
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You can learn anything you want on the Internet, so the adage goes. But even if that’s true, even if it’s now easier than ever to learn about almost any subject online, there are still very few opportunities to gain formal recognition — “credit,” if you will — for informal learning done online. In September, the Mozilla Foundation launched its Open Badges Project, an effort to develop a technology framework that would make it easier to build, display and share digital learning badges...
Meredith Schoonhoven's curator insight,
July 10, 2017 11:48 PM
This is an interesting article that discusses a way for students to get recognition of skills through informal learning by earning badges. |
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"Education can scratch the surface, or it can go deep – providing students with not just subject knowledge, but the skills required to master that subject. Skills such as inquiry, critical thinking, and collaborative problem solving equip students with the tools they need to succeed in college and the workforce. Tools that set the foundation for lifelong learning. In order to move to a competency-based system, we should take advantage of the opportunity to model that approach for those at the head of the classroom: teachers."
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This infographic provides a look at what may need to change in teacher education. Areas explored include: * Preparation and Professional Development, including sections on - The Problem - The Question - The Answer - The Opportunity * Design Principles for the Next-Gen Teacher * Competency-Based Development System * Get Involved in Shaping the Future of Teacher Preparation * What's Next This infographic may make you look at the professional development that is offered in your school. Is it helping you become a "Next-Gen Teacher"? Do you have the necessary skills to help your students become critical thinkers? Collaborative problem solvers? Do you think we should be moving towards compentency based learning and do you model this in your classroom? This infographic may raise many questions.
Valeria Ríos Bedoya's curator insight,
August 22, 2017 3:20 PM
For me, the topic of this article is very important since in order to get our students to think critically and achieve each of the levels of thinking, as teachers, we need to learn how to think critically first; we need to embrace this ability so we can reflect it to your students.
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This post begins "The common understanding is that if students work hard in school they earn "A’s." For many however, there is a much straighter route to that "A." Some of the most creative learners are able to figure out what the course expectations are and do the minimum to meet them, and get the grade they want." What happens to students that are bored with the curriculum? What would happen if we moved away from grades, and replaced them with badges? It turns out that there is evidence from a July 2012 report called "Do Schools Challenge Our Students?" This report states "Many schools are not challenging students and large percentages of students report that their work is 'too easy.'" The post also provides some statistical information. The final portion looks at badges vs grades. It notes that switching from "traditional letter grades or percentage grades to badges signifying achievement could open up many possibilities for a more fine-grained tracking of student progress, address some of the criticisms regarding schools not teaching concrete skills, and motivate students to learn" (with additional information also included).
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Spotlight covers the intersections of technology and education, going behind the research to show how digital media is used in and out of classrooms to expand learning.
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Excellent source of informational articles relevant to the world and students in upper elementary grades.