Even teachers need a little acknowledgment for learning new skills, according to library media specialist Laura Fleming. Through her site, Worlds of Learning, Fleming is offering teachers at her school and beyond the opportunity to earn digital badges—honors that can be posted online—for mastering digital literacy in various areas, from QR codes to video editing.
Librarian Creates Site for Teachers to Earn Digital Badges for New Skills
By Lauren Barack on December 11, 2013
Filed Under: Featured, K-12 Tagged With: AnswerGarden, Common Core, digital badges, Eric Sheninger, Laura Fleming, New Milford High School, QR code, SLJ, SLJ_2013_Dec, ThingLink, WeVideo, Wordle, Worlds of LEarning
Cool Links: Highlights from the National Art Education Conference
By The Digital Shift on March 9, 2012
School librarian Melissa Techman attended NAEA in New York and gleaned some great art-infused ideas for the classroom and media center
Filed Under: K-12 Tagged With: Art, art education, Audioboo, Digital Learning Lab, digital storytelling, Flat Stanley, Flip, game design, gaming, iPad, John Maeda, Melissa Techman, multimedia, museums, NAEA, NAEA12, NAEA2012, National Gallery of Art, Oliver Herring, Pinterest, QR code, Ryan Hill, Slideshare, SLJ, Smithsonian, STEM, Stixy, TASK