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The Core Four
This curated collection is a good place to start! It features four basic tasks that are fundamental to the Edge•U badge program.
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My First Badge
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My First Badge
Edge・U is an online badging system that recognizes educators for demonstrated skills and competencies, making achievements visible and encouraging life-long learning.
Randy Hicks Kathy Frye Katie Ritter
Completed by Randy and 1312 others
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Screenshot Specialist
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Screenshot Specialist
Taking a screenshot is simply taking a picture of what is on the screen of your device, either selecting a portion of it or the entire screen.  Capturing screenshots is the perfect way to create unique images, save important information or student work, and develop engaging learning materials.
Kathy Frye Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart
Completed by Kathy and 976 others
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Incognito Anonymous
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Incognito Anonymous
Incognito mode allows users to browse within Chrome without any of their browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms being saved. When using incognito mode, files that are downloaded and bookmarks that are created will be kept. Note: Some districts may have disabled incognito mode, but it would be available if logged into Chrome on a personal Google account.
Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye Alysha Scott
Completed by Annamarie and 440 others
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Google Drive Sharing Superstar
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Google Drive Sharing Superstar
The sharing permissions inside Google Drive provide a few different ways to share your files with collaborators, students, or even the wider public.
Randy Hicks Maggie Harris Annamarie Rinehart
Completed by Randy and 683 others
New to Google
This curated collection is the perfect place to start if your district just switched to Google Workspace for Education, or you’re just getting started with Google tools! To see all the Google badges available, search ”Google” on the Explore Badges page.
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Gmail Genius
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Gmail Genius
Gmail is a core G Suite application that makes email easy, saves you time, and keeps your messages safe.  Sending emails with Gmail is intuitive, efficient, and practical.  Every Gmail account includes robust security features, organized inboxes, and personalized settings.  Gmail can be accessed with a wide variety of internet-ready devices and it's widely viewed as one of the most popular email applications on the planet.  
Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye Roman Waltz
Completed by Annamarie and 379 others
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Google Calendar Clever
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Google Calendar Clever
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service that helps people organize their responsibilities.  This free application makes it easy to track all of life's events (work, personal, family, etc) in one place and sync your calendars to multiple devices.  Users can easily share calendars, create events and reminders, and send invitations to others. 
Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye
Completed by Randy and 398 others
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Chrome Champion
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Chrome Champion
Google Chrome is the most widely used internet browser. Did you know that you can sign into Chrome’s browser separately from individual programs, such as Gmail? Signing into Chrome will allow you to sync your bookmarks, extensions and more across devices, making it a seamless browsing experience.
Alysha Scott Jennifer Moore Chris Shively
Completed by Alysha and 545 others
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Google Chromebook Training
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Google Chromebook Training
Chromebooks are easy-to-use, fast, and secure computers. This makes them a favorite for teachers as it removes the technology hassles, letting you focus on teaching and learning. With Google Chromebook Training, learn how to best take advantage of these devices in your classroom, from basic use and customization to integrating Google tools and services.
Tiffany Hehe Brittany Vining Michele Roberts
Completed by Tiffany and 100 others
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Bookmark Brilliance
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Bookmark Brilliance
Bookmarks allow you to save and organize frequently visited websites in Chrome. With Chrome’s bookmark bar, you can organize bookmarks into folders and more to stay organized.
Jennifer Moore Chris Shively Dottie Atkins
Completed by Jennifer and 441 others
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Extension Excellence
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Extension Excellence
Chrome extensions extend the functionality of the web browser. From reading text on a page aloud to saving you money when you’re buying school supplies, Chrome extensions are versatile browser enhancements that are easy to install and use.
Chris Shively Dottie Atkins Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Chris and 391 others
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Google Drive Guru
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Google Drive Guru
Google Drive is a cloud storage and synchronization service. It is also the home for all things Google, including Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Drawings, Sites, Maps and more.
Alysha Scott Dottie Atkins Julia Poe
Completed by Alysha and 543 others
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Incognito Anonymous
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Incognito Anonymous
Incognito mode allows users to browse within Chrome without any of their browsing history, cookies and site data, or information entered in forms being saved. When using incognito mode, files that are downloaded and bookmarks that are created will be kept. Note: Some districts may have disabled incognito mode, but it would be available if logged into Chrome on a personal Google account.
Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye Alysha Scott
Completed by Annamarie and 440 others
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Google Docs: Level 1
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Google Docs: Level 1
Google Docs is a free online word processor that allows users to create, edit, and share documents with or without an internet connection. This online platform saves documents to connected Google Drive accounts and brings documents to life with easy formatting and styling tools. Plus, you can collaborate in real-time with others on your Google Documents!
Lindsay Baiao Julia Poe Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Lindsay and 439 others
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Google Forms: Basic
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Google Forms: Basic
Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes. Users can share their forms with others, add media, and update their form on-the-go. Google Forms combine multiple question-types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality enabling easy data collection. Google Forms are simple to create and have a variety of applications both in and outside of education.  
Dottie Atkins Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe
Completed by Dottie and 305 others
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Google Slides Star
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Google Slides Star
Google Slides is an online presentation tool that allows users to create, edit, collaborate, and present slideshows wherever/whenever.  Google Slides allows for real-time collaboration, provides professionally made templates and themes to choose from, and saves your work to the cloud for access anywhere.  
Dottie Atkins Julia Poe Kerry Quillen
Completed by Dottie and 326 others
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Google Classroom Champ
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Google Classroom Champ
Google Classroom is a learning management system that allows teachers to create, distribute, and grade assignments in a paperless fashion. Google Classroom is free and helps students and teachers communicate, collaborate, organize and manage assignments, go paperless, and much more!
Julia Poe Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe
Completed by Julia and 246 others
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Google Sheets Starter
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Google Sheets Starter
View, create, edit and collaborate in real time on Spreadsheets using Google Sheets. Spreadsheets are a great way to organize information, track progress on projects, analyze data, calculate information, and so much more.
Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe Holly Kriemer
Completed by Kerry and 230 others
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Google Keep Kudos
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Google Keep Kudos
Google Keep is a cloud-synced note-taking platform that allows users to quickly capture what's on their mind, set reminders, organize notes, and add voice memos for quick information collection.
Kerry Quillen Ray McAdams Tana Behrman
Completed by Kerry and 155 others
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Google Screencast Scholar
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Google Screencast Scholar
Google Screencast is a screen-recording app that is built into the Chrome Operating System of a Chromebook (it must be ChromeOS 103 or later). With Screencast, educators as well as students can create, transcribe, trim, annotate, and share screen recordings for a variety of reasons. All screencasts are automatically stored in Google Drive for easy access. **Note: The Google Screencast app is only available on a Chromebook.
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Google Drive Sharing Superstar
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Google Drive Sharing Superstar
The sharing permissions inside Google Drive provide a few different ways to share your files with collaborators, students, or even the wider public.
Randy Hicks Maggie Harris Annamarie Rinehart
Completed by Randy and 683 others
Student Centered Learning
Badges found in this collection will help you better design a student-centered classroom. In addition to including tools for student-centered learning, there are also tools that are great for students to create and showcase their learning. For additional tools beyond what you see in this curated collection, try searching ISTE Standard for Educator 5: Designer, ISTE Standard for Educator 6: Facilitator, ISTE Standard for Student 3: Knowledge Constructor or ISTE Standard for Student 6: Creative Communicator on the Explore Badges page.
HyperDocs Handy
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HyperDocs Handy
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central "document."  These aren't just "digital worksheets;" HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, which in turn, facilitates higher order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration.  Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Melissa Simmons Cassandra Dickison Tracy Pope
Completed by Melissa and 37 others
Flip Fanatic
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Flip Fanatic
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Empower every voice with Flip.  Create a Topic and engage your community...Flip combines an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and outside of the classroom.
Melissa Simmons Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Melissa and 82 others
PearDeck Prodigy
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PearDeck Prodigy
PearDeck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Dale Anderson Brittany Vining Brittany Brewer
Completed by Dale and 54 others
EdPuzzle Expert
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EdPuzzle Expert
EdPuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers and students to create interactive online videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, voice over comments, or notes on a video. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
Jenny Benjamin Karla Cherwinski Robert Phillips Phillips
Completed by Jenny and 77 others
EduBlogs Excellence
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EduBlogs Excellence
EduBlogs is a free blogging platform, designed for educators to provide a managed blogging platform for students.  EduBlogs is completely cloud-based, so it requires no software to be installed. EduBlogs is built on the popular and powerful WordPress blogging platform.
Michelle Lemmon Colleen Pamulapati Rachel Thorman
Completed by Michelle and 4 others
Google Lit Trips
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Google Lit Trips
Google Lit Trips incorporates Google Earth technology to engage students in literature. According to their website, Google Lit Trips is "the use of Google Earth to create immersive 3D literary field trips where students virtually become traveling companions with characters in stories commonly taught in grades kindergarten through high school." 
Chandra Cox Sara Godwin Kathie Koch
Completed by Chandra and 9 others
Book Creator Brilliant
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Book Creator Brilliant
Book Creator allows teachers to create powerful eBooks that include text, pictures, drawings, video, and audio - for free. Book Creator online allows teachers to maintain a 40-book library, which students can submit their own books to. The free iPad app permits a teacher to maintain one book for editing. The paid iPad app allows storing unlimited books for editing.
Randy Hicks Roman Waltz Dottie Atkins
Completed by Randy and 54 others
Nearpod Prodigy
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Nearpod Prodigy
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom.
Sarah Miller Tracy Pope Renee Walsh
Completed by Sarah and 38 others
Incredibox Creator
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Incredibox Creator
Incredibox is an easy to use website that makes user creators of their own music! With the help of seven beat boxers, users can build their own tunes with a variety of sounds options to explore rhythm and melody. After they create the perfect mix, their sound can be recorded and shared with others.
Sarah Henderly Tracy Gilkey Ryan Hubbard
Completed by Sarah and 16 others
Google Docs for Projects
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Google Docs for Projects
Use Google Docs NEW Smart Chips to help your students complete projects while building autonomy in tracking their progress and learning collaboration skills. Learn how to create checkboxes, tag people, create tasks, design rubrics, and add dropdowns to create an interactive Google Doc for both students and teachers.
Jill DuBois Sylvia Choi Kimberly Vojacek
Completed by Jill and 22 others
Feedback & Assessment
This curated collection contains tools and strategies for assessing students’ understanding and providing them with timely and meaningful feedback. For additional tools on this topic, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 7: Analyst on the Explore Badges page.
Take The Google Out of Your Assessment
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Take The Google Out of Your Assessment
This badge will discuss practical ways you can alter assessments to confidently assess student learning...not the results of a Google search.
Melanie Boise Ranae Hamilton Ian Meiser
Completed by Melanie and 3 others
Grading Strategies That Make Sense
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Grading Strategies That Make Sense
This badge was developed based on our “Move the Needle: Grading Strategies That Make Sense” webinar. We'll review the benefits of grading strategies like standards-based grading, peer-feedback, mastery, badging options, and more and discuss how you can implement similar strategies with your students!
Gretchen Ansteatt Ian Meiser Nicole Vaughn
Completed by Gretchen and 11 others
PearDeck Prodigy
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PearDeck Prodigy
PearDeck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Dale Anderson Brittany Vining Brittany Brewer
Completed by Dale and 54 others
Google Forms: Quizzes
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Google Forms: Quizzes
Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes.  The quizzes feature in Google Forms can grade form submissions, send emails with scores and feedback, and automatically generate charts to reflect the data.  Google Forms combine multiple question-types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality enabling easy data collection for a seamless assessment experience.
Dottie Atkins Robin Clift Jenny Benjamin
Completed by Dottie and 71 others
Mote Magic
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Mote Magic
Mote is a Chrome extension that allows teachers to leave audio comments on the majority of Google applications. Students are able to then listen to the audio comment the same as reading a written one by teachers. *Mote offers a free and paid option. The free mote has limited usage, you can see the differences between the two options by clicking the "Pricing Guide" in the resource section.
Tracy Pope Pilar Y Frey Ryan Hubbard
Completed by Tracy and 28 others
Mote Certified Educator
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Mote Certified Educator
Mote Certified Educator is an achievement to recognize educators who use Mote to advance student learning. Mote is a tool that allows educators to create voice comments through a Google Chrome extension. Mote integrates seamlessly with Google tools such as; Forms, Slides, Docs, and GMail. Mote can greatly improve the reach of teacher-to-student feedback, student-to-student feedback, and accessibility to instructions and digital learning tasks. Prior to this quest, make sure you have completed the Mote Magic badge to fully grasp this tool's capabilities! Earning the Mote Certified Educator certification will not only get you one step closer to the highest level of Mote certification, Mote Ambassador, it will also give you access to Mote's exclusive webinars, competitions, and community activities!
Pilar Y Frey Kathie Koch Ian Meiser
Completed by Pilar Y and 7 others
Kahoot Expert
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Kahoot Expert
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that makes it easy to create, share and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. Unleash the fun in classrooms, offices and living rooms! It can be played by the whole class in real-time or by individual students on their time as students answer multiple-choice questions that are projected on the screen to individuals or teams of students. Students answer the questions with their smartphone, tablet, or computer.
Dottie Atkins Michele Roberts Brooke Cook
Completed by Dottie and 135 others
Quizizz Quest
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Quizizz Quest
Quizizz is a tech tool used for student-paced participation in quizzes and interactive lessons. Both quizzes and lessons can be completed in “live” or in “homework” mode. Students can use their smartphone, tablet or computer to participate and receive immediate feedback.
Dottie Atkins Kara Rodich Danielle Neddo
Completed by Dottie and 51 others
Socrative Superstar
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Socrative Superstar
Socrative is an online assessment platform which allows teachers to create, share and launch quizzes that their students can complete using their web platform or iOS app.
Christina Frosini Tracy Gilkey Ryan Hubbard
Completed by Christina and 10 others
Quizlet: Basic
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Quizlet: Basic
Quizlet is a digital learning tool that creates sets of study materials, converting the information into useful flashcards, quizzes, and games.  The study materials can be shared with students, classmates, parents, and other teachers.  Best of all, the tool is free for anyone to use, and the site contains over 100 million pre-made sets of study materials, many of which are suitable for classroom use.  
Dottie Atkins Sarah Miller Tracy Pope
Completed by Dottie and 50 others
EdPuzzle Expert
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EdPuzzle Expert
EdPuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers and students to create interactive online videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, voice over comments, or notes on a video. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
Jenny Benjamin Karla Cherwinski Robert Phillips Phillips
Completed by Jenny and 78 others
Nearpod Prodigy
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Nearpod Prodigy
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom.
Sarah Miller Tracy Pope Renee Walsh
Completed by Sarah and 38 others
Chrome Extensions for Student Feedback
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Chrome Extensions for Student Feedback
Chrome extensions extend the functionality of the web browser. Specific extensions, like Talk & Comment, allow teachers to give personalized feedback to their students efficiently and effectively. From using voice notes to custom canned comments, these extensions enhance the quality and quantity of feedback in the classroom. **NOTE: Currently Checkmark has been disabled in the Chrome web store, but Talk and Comment still works great as a feedback tool. We will update this badge once Checkmark has been restored.**
Tabatha Rapp Tracy Pope Sarah Henderly
Completed by Tabatha and 18 others
Screencast Superstar
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Screencast Superstar
A screencast is a digital recording of a computer or mobile device screen. Screencastify is a free Google Chrome Extension that allows you to quickly and easily record your desktop, laptop, or Chromebook screen. You can also use Screencastify to take a video using your webcam.
Dottie Atkins Alyssa Locker Jane Kantner
Completed by Dottie and 121 others
Bitmoji Buff
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Bitmoji Buff
Bitmoji is your own personal emoji. Create an expressive cartoon avatar and choose from a growing library of moods and stickers - featuring YOU! You can spice up presentations, use them as customized stickers and feedback for students, or in place of profile pictures. Note, you must have a smartphone to create a Bitmoji.
Dottie Atkins Kerry Quillen Katelyn Martin
Completed by Dottie and 433 others
Autocrat Ace
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Autocrat Ace
Autocrat is a Google Sheets add-on merge tool that allows you to create Google Docs, Google Slides, or PDFs with Google Sheets data. It will also automatically share and email people with a copy of the merged document.
Karla Cherwinski Jennifer O'Brien Michelle Lemmon
Completed by Karla and 19 others
ClassDojo Clever
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ClassDojo Clever
“ClassDojo is a school communication platform that teachers, students, and families use every day to build close-knit communities by sharing what’s being learned in the classroom home through photos, videos, and messages.” -ClassDojo.com This tool is available on a iOS device, Android device, Kindle Fire, or computer.
Tina Brink Melissa Simmons Kaitlyn Walker
Completed by Tina and 178 others
Social Emotional Learning
This curated collection provides badges that can help you with social emotional learning through the lens of technology with your students and families.
SEL Skills: Getting to Know Your Students and Families
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SEL Skills: Getting to Know Your Students and Families
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge will be getting to know your students and families.
Brittany Vining Emily Smith Holli Roehm
Completed by Brittany and 27 others
SEL Skills: Build Relationships with Your Students
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SEL Skills: Build Relationships with Your Students
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge will be building relationships with the students in your classroom.
Brittany Vining Tina Miller Megan Walker
Completed by Brittany and 17 others
SEL Skills: Empathy and Kindness in the Classroom
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SEL Skills: Empathy and Kindness in the Classroom
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge will be how you can implement empathy and kindness into your classroom.
Brittany Vining Stacie Taylor Megan Walker
Completed by Brittany and 17 others
SEL Skills: Grow a Positive Classroom Culture
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SEL Skills: Grow a Positive Classroom Culture
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge is to help guide you in growing a positive classroom culture.
Brittany Vining Ryan Sarchet Ashley Gerbus
Completed by Brittany and 12 others
SEL Skills: Growth Mindset I: Transform Negatives into Positives
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SEL Skills: Growth Mindset I: Transform Negatives into Positives
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. The focus of this badge will be how you can implement a growth mindset in your classroom environment.
Robin Clift Brittany Vining Ashley Gerbus
Completed by Robin and 14 others
SEL Skills: Growth Mindset II: Expect the Best from Students
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SEL Skills: Growth Mindset II: Expect the Best from Students
This badge will introduce you to some concepts in the area of Social-Emotional Learning, or SEL, and how you can implement them in your classroom environment. This badge will focus on strategies you can use to set you students up for success and get the best results!
Gretchen Ansteatt Ian Meiser Sylvia Choi
Completed by Gretchen and 7 others
Diverse Learners
This curated collection contains tools that will help with diverse learners to ensure we meet the needs of all students. For additional badges on this topic, try searching by ISTE Standard for Students 1: Empowered Learner on the Explore Badges page.
Read&Write Whiz
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Read&Write Whiz
The free features of the Read&Write toolbar enable text-to-speech and a single-word language translator in Google Docs, and text-to-speech on websites with selectable text.
Melissa Ferrell Danielle Snider Jill Moneypenny
Completed by Melissa and 86 others
Diverse Learner Defender
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Diverse Learner Defender
This badge will provide educators with strategies, extensions, and add-ons that can be used to accommodate the diverse needs of all the students in their classes.
Jill Moneypenny Kara Rodich Laura Alford
Completed by Jill and 39 others
Chrome Extensions for Visual Impairments
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Chrome Extensions for Visual Impairments
There are many free Chrome extensions that offer a wide variety of support for students with visual impairment, such as dyslexia, color blindness, and more right in their Chrome browser. Help your students become more independent in all their academic endeavors with these tools.
Alyssa Locker Jill Moneypenny Kara Rodich
Completed by Alyssa and 59 others
Google Captions
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Google Captions
Captions in Google applications are an important tool to provide assistance to students with trouble hearing. Captions provide audio to text abilities that allow students to read what is being said in a video or live session. Google Meet, Google Slides, and YouTube all have the ability to provide captions to enhance student learning.
Danielle Snider Jill Moneypenny Britney Link
Completed by Danielle and 118 others
Chrome Extensions for Easily Distracted Students
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Chrome Extensions for Easily Distracted Students
There are many free Chrome extensions that offer a wide variety of support for students who are easily distracted. These tools are quickly and easily found in their browsers and provide ways to keep them on task. Help your students become more focused with one or more of these extensions!
Alyssa Locker Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Alyssa and 97 others
Chrome Extensions for Struggling Readers & Writers
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Chrome Extensions for Struggling Readers & Writers
There are many free Chrome extensions that offer a wide variety of literacy support for students right in their Chrome browser. Help your students become more independent readers and writers with these tools.
Alyssa Locker Melissa Ferrell Jill Moneypenny
Completed by Alyssa and 78 others
Read&Write Certification - Level 1
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Read&Write Certification - Level 1
The Texthelp company has established a Level 1 and Level 2 certification for Read&Write users to show their expertise with the Read&Write tool (Windows, Mac, or Chrome) and how to implement it in the classroom to support students.  To complete the Level 1 certification you must pass an online assessment that takes approximately 90 minutes.
Mandy Stevens Ian Meiser Jennifer Lin
Completed by Mandy and 4 others
Mote Magic
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Mote Magic
Mote is a Chrome extension that allows teachers to leave audio comments on the majority of Google applications. Students are able to then listen to the audio comment the same as reading a written one by teachers. *Mote offers a free and paid option. The free mote has limited usage, you can see the differences between the two options by clicking the "Pricing Guide" in the resource section.
Tracy Pope Pilar Y Frey Ryan Hubbard
Completed by Tracy and 28 others
Mote Certified Educator
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Mote Certified Educator
Mote Certified Educator is an achievement to recognize educators who use Mote to advance student learning. Mote is a tool that allows educators to create voice comments through a Google Chrome extension. Mote integrates seamlessly with Google tools such as; Forms, Slides, Docs, and GMail. Mote can greatly improve the reach of teacher-to-student feedback, student-to-student feedback, and accessibility to instructions and digital learning tasks. Prior to this quest, make sure you have completed the Mote Magic badge to fully grasp this tool's capabilities! Earning the Mote Certified Educator certification will not only get you one step closer to the highest level of Mote certification, Mote Ambassador, it will also give you access to Mote's exclusive webinars, competitions, and community activities!
Pilar Y Frey Kathie Koch Ian Meiser
Completed by Pilar Y and 7 others
Effective Integration
This curated collection will help you blend the theory with the practice of integrating technology in your classroom.
SAMR Samurai
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SAMR Samurai
SAMR, developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, is a framework to help teachers think about meaningful technology integration. It stands for Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, and Redefinition.
Steven Fritchman Laura Alford Cassandra Dickison
Completed by Steven and 71 others
The Four C Framework
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The Four C Framework
The Four C standards, developed by the National Education Association, is a framework to help teachers to teach the 21st-century skills. It stands for Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking.
Steven Fritchman Kerry Young Kara Rodich
Completed by Steven and 58 others
Totally TIM
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Totally TIM
The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM), developed by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, is another framework for integrating technology effectively into the classroom. It’s sort of like SAMR on steroids and provides leveled technology integration (entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) for five different learning environments (active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal-directed).
Steven Fritchman Melanie Boise Patricia Mariscal
Completed by Steven and 19 others
TPACK Terrific
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TPACK Terrific
TPACK is another framework for understanding technology integration. It stands for Technological, Pedagogical, And Content Knowledge.
Melanie Boise Patricia Mariscal Thaddeus Ruffing
Completed by Melanie and 21 others
Triple E Framework
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Triple E Framework
The Triple E Framework, developed by Professor Liz Kolb, provides guidelines to effectively use technology in the classroom. The framework puts the focus on pedagogy rather than the tool. The three E’s for effective technology use are Enhance, Engage and Extend.
Laura Alford Sarah Henderly Melanie Boise
Completed by Laura and 32 others
Collaboration
This curated collection will provide you with tools to foster collaboration in your classroom. If you’re looking for additional tools, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 4: Collaborator or ISTE Standard for Students 7: Global Collaborator on the Explore Badges page.
Vocab Veteran
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Vocab Veteran
Pear Deck Vocab Builder is an interactive vocabulary game where students work together to create digital vocab flashcards. The teacher inputs a vocabulary word and definition list and students are responsible for developing visual representations of each word and using the word correctly in a sentence. Students work in teams to compete against each other to create the best vocabulary cards. The teacher can then export those cards to Gimkit for students to access as a study tool.
Robin Clift Chandra Cox Megan Longstreth
Completed by Robin and 23 others
Padlet Pro
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Padlet Pro
Padlet is a free tool to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information on any topic.  You can add images, links, video, and more.  Walls can be private, open to the public, or moderated by you- meaning that you approve all contributions before they show.
Barbara Shephard Melissa Simmons Katie Wetmore
Completed by Barbara and 50 others
Flip Fanatic
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Flip Fanatic
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Empower every voice with Flip.  Create a Topic and engage your community...Flip combines an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and outside of the classroom.
Melissa Simmons Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Melissa and 82 others
Google Jamboard
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Google Jamboard
Google Jamboard is an interactive, collaborative whiteboard tool. Jamboard allows for real-time collaboration and integrates a variety of content like videos, photos or even other GSuite files. Note: This Badge does not require a physical Jamboard. We will be working with the app that can be downloaded to mobile devices.
Melissa Simmons Melissa Ferrell Jody Clemens
Completed by Melissa and 114 others
Google Sheets Starter
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Google Sheets Starter
View, create, edit and collaborate in real time on Spreadsheets using Google Sheets. Spreadsheets are a great way to organize information, track progress on projects, analyze data, calculate information, and so much more.
Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe Holly Kriemer
Completed by Kerry and 209 others
Google Docs: Level 1
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Google Docs: Level 1
Google Docs is a free online word processor that allows users to create, edit, and share documents with or without an internet connection. This online platform saves documents to connected Google Drive accounts and brings documents to life with easy formatting and styling tools. Plus, you can collaborate in real-time with others on your Google Documents!
Lindsay Baiao Julia Poe Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Lindsay and 415 others
Google Slides Star
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Google Slides Star
Google Slides is an online presentation tool that allows users to create, edit, collaborate, and present slideshows wherever/whenever.  Google Slides allows for real-time collaboration, provides professionally made templates and themes to choose from, and saves your work to the cloud for access anywhere.  
Dottie Atkins Julia Poe Kerry Quillen
Completed by Dottie and 306 others
Google Slides in Grades 2-5
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Google Slides in Grades 2-5
Google Slides is an online presentation tool that allows users to create, edit, collaborate, and present slideshows wherever/whenever. Google Slides is immersed in features that allow even our youngest students to engage in opportunities to exercise creativity as they utilize the tool for a variety of classroom applications.
Melissa Simmons Tracy Pope Sarah Henderly
Completed by Melissa and 23 others
Google Sites Sage
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Google Sites Sage
Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.  With Google Sites, users can create their own website, update and personalize the site, share and collaborate with others, and preview and publish their site to the internet.
Jane Kantner Bailey Spriggs Laura Alford
Completed by Jane and 80 others
Google Keep Kudos
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Google Keep Kudos
Google Keep is a cloud-synced note-taking platform that allows users to quickly capture what's on their mind, set reminders, organize notes, and add voice memos for quick information collection.
Kerry Quillen Ray McAdams Tana Behrman
Completed by Kerry and 146 others
Inventiveness
This curated collection contains tools that will get your students thinking more creatively about designing solutions to real-world problems. To see more badges like this, try searching ISTE Standard for Student 3: Knowledge Constructor, ISTE Standard for Student 4: Innovative Designer, or ISTE Standard for Student 5: Computational Thinker on the Explore Badges page.
Green Screen - OBS
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Green Screen - OBS
OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) brings powerful audio/video production capability to your Mac or PC. OBS is free, open-source software you can use to produce chroma key (“green screen”) effects. Using any connected camera and microphone along with any green background, you and your students can be creating professional-looking “on-location” videos from your classroom!
Ashley Shultz Ian Meiser Justin Deeter
Completed by Ashley and 2 others
HyperDocs Handy
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HyperDocs Handy
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central "document."  These aren't just "digital worksheets;" HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, which in turn, facilitates higher order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration.  Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Melissa Simmons Cassandra Dickison Tracy Pope
Completed by Melissa and 37 others
Scratch Smart
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Scratch Smart
Scratch is a program where students can create interactive stories, and games to share with an online community. This program is geared towards students 8-16 years of age.
Stacy Westall Tracy Pope Colleen Pamulapati
Completed by Stacy and 11 others
TinkerCAD Trained
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TinkerCAD Trained
Autodesk's TinkerCAD is a free 3D object design tool that works in your browser. Users can create 3D object models that can be shared in global galleries, or sent to your own 3D printer or a commercial production service.
Sarah Henderly Samantha Clonch Amiee Byers
Completed by Sarah and 16 others
Google Sites Sage
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Google Sites Sage
Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.  With Google Sites, users can create their own website, update and personalize the site, share and collaborate with others, and preview and publish their site to the internet.
Jane Kantner Bailey Spriggs Laura Alford
Completed by Jane and 80 others
Incredibox Creator
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Incredibox Creator
Incredibox is an easy to use website that makes user creators of their own music! With the help of seven beat boxers, users can build their own tunes with a variety of sounds options to explore rhythm and melody. After they create the perfect mix, their sound can be recorded and shared with others.
Sarah Henderly Tracy Gilkey Ryan Hubbard
Completed by Sarah and 16 others
Flip Fanatic
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Flip Fanatic
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Empower every voice with Flip.  Create a Topic and engage your community...Flip combines an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and outside of the classroom.
Melissa Simmons Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Melissa and 82 others
Canva Creator
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Canva Creator
Canva is a simple-to-use online design tool that enables users to create professional-grade digital graphics.  Canva can be used to create a variety of images, including event flyers, resumes, cards, certificates, and infographics. This tool includes a variety of editing tools and allows teachers and students to teach/learn things visually.
Kerry Quillen Danielle Snider Bailey Spriggs
Completed by Kerry and 191 others
Digital Citizenship
This curated collection will provide you with tools and strategies to model digital citizenship with your students. If you’re looking for additional tools, try searching by ISTE Standard for Educator 3: Citizen or ISTE Standard for Students 2: Digital Citizen on the Explore Badges page.
Google Digital Citizenship and Safety Course
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Google Digital Citizenship and Safety Course
The Google for Education center offers a variety of free training courses for teachers and administrators.  One course, Digital Citizenship and Safety, helps teachers and students learn how to stay safe online and equip students with the knowledge to manage their online behavior and become responsible digital citizens.  This interactive course features lessons, videos, and quizzes and helps teachers earn a unique recognition badge for their efforts.  
Melissa Hazelbaker Rachael Willoughby Megan Davis
Completed by Melissa and 47 others
Common Sense Digital Guide
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Common Sense Digital Guide
Common Sense Media is an online platform that aims to help students and teachers be successful in the digital classroom era. The Common Sense Media platform provides teachers, students and families with free materials to better prepare the future of digital learners through training, lifelong habits and skills, as well as helpful tips and tools that can be used not only at school but throughout a person's interaction with technology. 
Melissa Hazelbaker Tracy Pope Danicia Scheidt
Completed by Melissa and 13 others
Cybersecurity: Social Engineering
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Cybersecurity: Social Engineering
Social Engineering is the subtle art of manipulation, influence, or deception in order to gain control over a process, system, or person. Social Engineering is often used by bad actors and scammers by phone, email, or even direct contact to gain illegal or unauthorized access to account information.
Tracy Gilkey Jenna Lichtle Tracey Pearson
Completed by Tracy and 74 others
Cybersecurity: Password Management
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Cybersecurity: Password Management
Password management is a set of principles and best practices for storing and maintaining passwords in order to prevent hackers from gaining unauthorized access to our information.
Jenny Benjamin Sarah Henderly Tracy Gilkey
Completed by Jenny and 53 others
Admin & Productivity Tools
This curated collection is great for administrators and administrative assistants who would like to become more proficient in their daily work.
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ToDoist Tremendous
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ToDoist Tremendous
ToDoist is an all-in-one productivity website, application, and Chrome extension that allows users to create to-do lists, track projects, and schedule events. Best of all, you can use ToDoist to get the tasks you have in your head onto a digital to-do list that follows you anywhere you go! ToDoist is easy to use, and it's hard to imagine how you lived without it!
Danielle Snider Danielle Neddo Meghan Butcher
Completed by Danielle and 41 others
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Gmail Genius
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Gmail Genius
Gmail is a core G Suite application that makes email easy, saves you time, and keeps your messages safe.  Sending emails with Gmail is intuitive, efficient, and practical.  Every Gmail account includes robust security features, organized inboxes, and personalized settings.  Gmail can be accessed with a wide variety of internet-ready devices and it's widely viewed as one of the most popular email applications on the planet.  
Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye Roman Waltz
Completed by Annamarie and 378 others
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Gmail: Filter Fanatic
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Gmail: Filter Fanatic
Filters are an available feature in gmail that allow you to automatically sort your incoming messages. You can create rules that tell Gmail how to manage your email for you, saving time and increasing efficiency for mail coming in while also organizing messages that are  already in your inbox. 
Natalie Smith Megan Hall Taylor McLaughlin
Completed by Natalie and 107 others
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Google Calendar Clever
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Google Calendar Clever
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service that helps people organize their responsibilities.  This free application makes it easy to track all of life's events (work, personal, family, etc) in one place and sync your calendars to multiple devices.  Users can easily share calendars, create events and reminders, and send invitations to others. 
Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye
Completed by Randy and 396 others
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Chrome Champion
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Chrome Champion
Google Chrome is the most widely used internet browser. Did you know that you can sign into Chrome’s browser separately from individual programs, such as Gmail? Signing into Chrome will allow you to sync your bookmarks, extensions and more across devices, making it a seamless browsing experience.
Alysha Scott Jennifer Moore Chris Shively
Completed by Alysha and 543 others
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Bookmark Brilliance
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Bookmark Brilliance
Bookmarks allow you to save and organize frequently visited websites in Chrome. With Chrome’s bookmark bar, you can organize bookmarks into folders and more to stay organized.
Jennifer Moore Chris Shively Dottie Atkins
Completed by Jennifer and 440 others
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Extension Excellence
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Extension Excellence
Chrome extensions extend the functionality of the web browser. From reading text on a page aloud to saving you money when you’re buying school supplies, Chrome extensions are versatile browser enhancements that are easy to install and use.
Chris Shively Dottie Atkins Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Chris and 391 others
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Google Sheets Starter
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Google Sheets Starter
View, create, edit and collaborate in real time on Spreadsheets using Google Sheets. Spreadsheets are a great way to organize information, track progress on projects, analyze data, calculate information, and so much more.
Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe Holly Kriemer
Completed by Kerry and 228 others
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Google Forms: Basic
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Google Forms: Basic
Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes. Users can share their forms with others, add media, and update their form on-the-go. Google Forms combine multiple question-types, real-time results, and auto-grading functionality enabling easy data collection. Google Forms are simple to create and have a variety of applications both in and outside of education.  
Dottie Atkins Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe
Completed by Dottie and 304 others
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Autocrat Ace
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Autocrat Ace
Autocrat is a Google Sheets add-on merge tool that allows you to create Google Docs, Google Slides, or PDFs with Google Sheets data. It will also automatically share and email people with a copy of the merged document.
Karla Cherwinski Jennifer O'Brien Michelle Lemmon
Completed by Karla and 22 others
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OneTab Terrific
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OneTab Terrific
One Tab is a chrome extension that allows you to save all your tabs as a list with one button click. It also saves most of the computer memory so your computer won’t get slowed down.
Kerry Quillen Danielle Snider Kara Rodich
Completed by Kerry and 77 others
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Google Keep Kudos
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Google Keep Kudos
Google Keep is a cloud-synced note-taking platform that allows users to quickly capture what's on their mind, set reminders, organize notes, and add voice memos for quick information collection.
Kerry Quillen Ray McAdams Tana Behrman
Completed by Kerry and 154 others
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Remind Resource
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Remind Resource
Remind is a private mobile messaging tool that allows teachers, parents, students, and administrators to communicate with everyone at once. Even if you use your phone number to set up your account all of this information is kept private!
Martha Laihr Kara Rodich Erika Godenschwager
Completed by Martha and 63 others
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Form Ranger Forever
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Form Ranger Forever
FormRanger allows you to auto-populate the choices in list, multiple choice, checkbox or grid question options from columns of data in any Google Sheets. Great for ensuring form choices match values in an existing database of records, such as students, inventory items, expected attendees, workshop or session titles, etc.
Justin Natalie Staci Fletcher Amy Smith
Completed by Justin and 8 others
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Outlook Organizer
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Outlook Organizer
The Outlook Organizer badge focuses on features of and on setting up your email. However, Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac, or mobile device, you can: Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are.
Megan Longstreth Samantha Prado Stacy Abroms
Completed by Megan and 13 others
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Outlook Optimizer
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Outlook Optimizer
Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac or mobile device, you can: Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are. ~support.microsoft.com
Jennifer Mitchell Karen Brunner Donna Ruttschaw
Completed by Jennifer and 15 others
Paras & Aides
Badges found in this curated collection will be particularly helpful to classroom support staff, such as paraprofessionals and education aides.
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Screenshot Specialist
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Screenshot Specialist
Taking a screenshot is simply taking a picture of what is on the screen of your device, either selecting a portion of it or the entire screen.  Capturing screenshots is the perfect way to create unique images, save important information or student work, and develop engaging learning materials.
Kathy Frye Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart
Completed by Kathy and 972 others
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Gmail Genius
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Gmail Genius
Gmail is a core G Suite application that makes email easy, saves you time, and keeps your messages safe.  Sending emails with Gmail is intuitive, efficient, and practical.  Every Gmail account includes robust security features, organized inboxes, and personalized settings.  Gmail can be accessed with a wide variety of internet-ready devices and it's widely viewed as one of the most popular email applications on the planet.  
Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye Roman Waltz
Completed by Annamarie and 378 others
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Chrome Champion
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Chrome Champion
Google Chrome is the most widely used internet browser. Did you know that you can sign into Chrome’s browser separately from individual programs, such as Gmail? Signing into Chrome will allow you to sync your bookmarks, extensions and more across devices, making it a seamless browsing experience.
Alysha Scott Jennifer Moore Chris Shively
Completed by Alysha and 543 others
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Extension Excellence
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Extension Excellence
Chrome extensions extend the functionality of the web browser. From reading text on a page aloud to saving you money when you’re buying school supplies, Chrome extensions are versatile browser enhancements that are easy to install and use.
Chris Shively Dottie Atkins Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Chris and 391 others
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Bookmark Brilliance
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Bookmark Brilliance
Bookmarks allow you to save and organize frequently visited websites in Chrome. With Chrome’s bookmark bar, you can organize bookmarks into folders and more to stay organized.
Jennifer Moore Chris Shively Dottie Atkins
Completed by Jennifer and 440 others
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Google Drive Guru
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Google Drive Guru
Google Drive is a cloud storage and synchronization service. It is also the home for all things Google, including Docs, Slides, Sheets, Forms, Drawings, Sites, Maps and more.
Alysha Scott Dottie Atkins Julia Poe
Completed by Alysha and 541 others
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Google Keep Kudos
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Google Keep Kudos
Google Keep is a cloud-synced note-taking platform that allows users to quickly capture what's on their mind, set reminders, organize notes, and add voice memos for quick information collection.
Kerry Quillen Ray McAdams Tana Behrman
Completed by Kerry and 154 others
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Google Docs: Level 1
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Google Docs: Level 1
Google Docs is a free online word processor that allows users to create, edit, and share documents with or without an internet connection. This online platform saves documents to connected Google Drive accounts and brings documents to life with easy formatting and styling tools. Plus, you can collaborate in real-time with others on your Google Documents!
Lindsay Baiao Julia Poe Susan Lobsiger
Completed by Lindsay and 439 others
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Google Meet
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Google Meet
Google Meet is a video conferencing service that helps people easily set up and join meetings with their team. This application makes it easy to connect with anyone, anywhere with the click of a link. Users can use audio, video and even share their screen.
Jenny Benjamin Stacie Taylor Alyssa Locker
Completed by Jenny and 157 others
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Google Calendar Clever
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Google Calendar Clever
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service that helps people organize their responsibilities.  This free application makes it easy to track all of life's events (work, personal, family, etc) in one place and sync your calendars to multiple devices.  Users can easily share calendars, create events and reminders, and send invitations to others. 
Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart Kathy Frye
Completed by Randy and 396 others
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Outlook Organizer
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Outlook Organizer
The Outlook Organizer badge focuses on features of and on setting up your email. However, Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac, or mobile device, you can: Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are.
Megan Longstreth Samantha Prado Stacy Abroms
Completed by Megan and 13 others
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Outlook Optimizer
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Outlook Optimizer
Outlook is more than just email. With Outlook on your PC, Mac or mobile device, you can: Organize email to let you focus on the messages that matter most; Manage and share your calendar to schedule meetings with ease; Share files from the cloud so recipients always have the latest version; Stay connected and productive wherever you are. ~support.microsoft.com
Jennifer Mitchell Karen Brunner Donna Ruttschaw
Completed by Jennifer and 15 others
Distance Learning
Badges found in this curated collection will help you connect with students and families for both synchronous and asynchronous distance/remote learning.
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Distance Learning Skills Roadmap
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Distance Learning Skills Roadmap
Our Distance Learning Skills Roadmap provides a scaffolded set of skills for successful remote teaching and learning. Teachers can reflect upon their own teaching style and skills to determine where they fall on the roadmap (toe-in-the-water, waist high, all in). Administration can use the roadmap paired with teacher feedback in order to determine what sort of professional development and training they need to provide their staff in order to prepare them for remote learning.
Jill Moneypenny Audria Reed Laura Alford
Completed by Jill and 19 others
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Virtual Icebreakers for the Classroom
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Virtual Icebreakers for the Classroom
Virtual Icebreakers allow students a chance to get to know each other and the teacher in a fun and engaging way. Hook your students in with a fun game or a drawing activity to see their strengths anytime during the school year.
Laura Alford Sarah Henderly Melanie Boise
Completed by Laura and 16 others
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Virtual Class Culture
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Virtual Class Culture
Starting the school year online or in a hybrid setting will present unique challenges to get to know your students and create a sustainable classroom culture. This webinar will cover beginning of the year ice-breaker activities, ways to foster invaluable "hallway" conversations, and strategies to establish norms and expectations online.
Sarah Henderly Laura Shirkey Renee Walsh
Completed by Sarah and 11 others
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Digital Organization
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Digital Organization
Learn different strategies and conventions for how to declutter and organize your Google Drive, ways to stay organized within your LMS, and tips and tricks to help your students stay organized as well.
Michele Roberts Devin Fairchild Laura Alford
Completed by Michele and 46 others
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Offline Opportunist
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Offline Opportunist
Learn about different ways to create offline opportunities for students to engage with and learn while they are home.
Robin Clift Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Robin and 20 others
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Take The Google Out of Your Assessment
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Take The Google Out of Your Assessment
This badge will discuss practical ways you can alter assessments to confidently assess student learning...not the results of a Google search.
Melanie Boise Ranae Hamilton Ian Meiser
Completed by Melanie and 5 others
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Google Meet
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Google Meet
Google Meet is a video conferencing service that helps people easily set up and join meetings with their team. This application makes it easy to connect with anyone, anywhere with the click of a link. Users can use audio, video and even share their screen.
Jenny Benjamin Stacie Taylor Alyssa Locker
Completed by Jenny and 157 others
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Zoom Conferencing
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Zoom Conferencing
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms.
Kara Rodich Audria Reed Laura Alford
Completed by Kara and 69 others
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Loom Leader
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Loom Leader
Loom is a Google Chrome Extension that enables you to record your computer screen, or create a “screen cast”. Loom is easy to access, easy to use, and can be used in a multitude of ways.
Audria Reed Karla Cherwinski Tracy Pope
Completed by Audria and 40 others
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Screenshot Specialist
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Screenshot Specialist
Taking a screenshot is simply taking a picture of what is on the screen of your device, either selecting a portion of it or the entire screen.  Capturing screenshots is the perfect way to create unique images, save important information or student work, and develop engaging learning materials.
Kathy Frye Randy Hicks Annamarie Rinehart
Completed by Kathy and 960 others
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Screencast Superstar
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Screencast Superstar
A screencast is a digital recording of a computer or mobile device screen. Screencastify is a free Google Chrome Extension that allows you to quickly and easily record your desktop, laptop, or Chromebook screen. You can also use Screencastify to take a video using your webcam.
Dottie Atkins Alyssa Locker Jane Kantner
Completed by Dottie and 125 others
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Choice Board Creator
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Choice Board Creator
Choice Boards are an excellent strategy to promote student centered learning and student voice and choice! By creating a choice board for your class, you give them the power to make decisions about their learning. This strategy can empower students to determine how they want to learn, the pace in which they work and even how they demonstrate their learning.
Melissa Simmons Kara Rodich Danielle Neddo
Completed by Melissa and 78 others
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Google Calendar Appointment Slot Saver
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Google Calendar Appointment Slot Saver
Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service that helps people organize their responsibilities. Two of the many awesome options with Google Calendar are Appointment Slots and Appointment Schedules. With both options, you can block off any amount of time on your calendar and allow others to sign up for time with you quickly and easily by sharing a link.
Jenny Benjamin Paula Miller Jill Moneypenny
Completed by Jenny and 56 others
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Flip Fanatic
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Flip Fanatic
Flip (formerly Flipgrid) is a simple, free, and accessible video discussion experience for PreK to PhD educators, learners and families. Empower every voice with Flip.  Create a Topic and engage your community...Flip combines an interactive social learning experience to encourage teachers and students to share their thoughts with others and stimulate discussion both in and outside of the classroom.
Melissa Simmons Jill Moneypenny Devin Fairchild
Completed by Melissa and 88 others
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Google Slides Q&A Moderator
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Google Slides Q&A Moderator
Google Slides Q&A is a feature that can be used during your presentation to allow students or participants to ask questions about concepts in your lesson or discussion.
Carolynn Sullivan Ryan Hubbard Jennifer Sampson
Completed by Carolynn and 7 others
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PearDeck Prodigy
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PearDeck Prodigy
PearDeck is a tool to make your Google Slides more engaging for students, encourage classroom discussions, collect formative assessment data, and get kids actively participating in your lesson.
Dale Anderson Brittany Vining Brittany Brewer
Completed by Dale and 60 others
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Nearpod Prodigy
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Nearpod Prodigy
Nearpod is a platform used to engage learners in the classroom. Teachers can create interactive lessons that can be used in the 1:1 classroom.
Sarah Miller Tracy Pope Renee Walsh
Completed by Sarah and 40 others
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Padlet Pro
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Padlet Pro
Padlet is a free tool to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information on any topic.  You can add images, links, video, and more.  Walls can be private, open to the public, or moderated by you- meaning that you approve all contributions before they show.
Barbara Shephard Melissa Simmons Katie Wetmore
Completed by Barbara and 57 others
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Google Captions
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Google Captions
Captions in Google applications are an important tool to provide assistance to students with trouble hearing. Captions provide audio to text abilities that allow students to read what is being said in a video or live session. Google Meet, Google Slides, and YouTube all have the ability to provide captions to enhance student learning.
Danielle Snider Jill Moneypenny Britney Link
Completed by Danielle and 125 others
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Google Classroom Champ
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Google Classroom Champ
Google Classroom is a learning management system that allows teachers to create, distribute, and grade assignments in a paperless fashion. Google Classroom is free and helps students and teachers communicate, collaborate, organize and manage assignments, go paperless, and much more!
Julia Poe Kerry Quillen Tiffany Hehe
Completed by Julia and 244 others
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Virtual Classroom
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Virtual Classroom
An interactive virtual classroom is a creative delivery method that teachers can use to have students interact with various resources. Teachers can add themselves as a bitmoji in the classroom - or another setting - and add links to outside resources and activities through their image. This can be created through Google Slides.
Dottie Atkins Hannah Sumich Michele Roberts
Completed by Dottie and 94 others
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Tweetdeck Tweeter
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Tweetdeck Tweeter
Tweetdeck is a web-based tool that helps you manage your Twitter feed and sort through great content quickly.
Emily Adams Shauntiel Qualls Natalie Smith
Completed by Emily and 21 others
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HyperDocs Handy
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HyperDocs Handy
HyperDocs are interactive digital lesson plans that combine links, resources, and activities into one central "document."  These aren't just "digital worksheets;" HyperDocs transform the way content is delivered to students, which in turn, facilitates higher order thinking skills and new levels of collaboration.  Even though HyperDocs can be created using a variety of tools, the resources and activities inside every HyperDoc should give students opportunities to critically think, connect, and create.
Melissa Simmons Cassandra Dickison Tracy Pope
Completed by Melissa and 41 others
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Google Jamboard
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Google Jamboard
Google Jamboard is an interactive, collaborative whiteboard tool. Jamboard allows for real-time collaboration and integrates a variety of content like videos, photos or even other GSuite files. Note: This Badge does not require a physical Jamboard. We will be working with the app that can be downloaded to mobile devices.
Melissa Simmons Melissa Ferrell Jody Clemens
Completed by Melissa and 119 others
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YouTube Teacher
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YouTube Teacher
YouTube is a video-sharing platform that makes it easy to search, share, and watch online videos.  YouTube is one of the most popular sites on the web, and it's in-depth set of video creation tools helps users develop a profile, create a channel, upload videos, and share content with others.  The site was founded on four principles that champion voice and community including freedom of expression, freedom of information, freedom of opportunity, and freedom to belong.
Bailey Spriggs Melissa Hazelbaker Erika Godenschwager
Completed by Bailey and 72 others
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Book Creator Brilliant
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Book Creator Brilliant
Book Creator allows teachers to create powerful eBooks that include text, pictures, drawings, video, and audio - for free. Book Creator online allows teachers to maintain a 40-book library, which students can submit their own books to. The free iPad app permits a teacher to maintain one book for editing. The paid iPad app allows storing unlimited books for editing.
Randy Hicks Roman Waltz Dottie Atkins
Completed by Randy and 58 others
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Seesaw Smart
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Seesaw Smart
Seesaw is a digital portfolio management system, allowing students to submit artifacts of learning to a class feed that is managed by the teacher. Seesaw is great for progress monitoring, supporting differentiated instruction, and enhancing student voice.  A teacher sets up a classroom, and decides whether students will sign in with their existing e-mail address or via a specially generated QR code.  The QR code option is an easy way to get young children started using Seesaw, and permits students to use a wide variety of devices such as laptops, Chromebooks, tablets, or smartphones.
Sarah Henderly Daniel Rothwell Stacey Adams
Completed by Sarah and 16 others
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EdPuzzle Expert
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EdPuzzle Expert
EdPuzzle is a free assessment-centered tool that allows teachers and students to create interactive online videos by embedding either open-ended or multiple-choice questions, voice over comments, or notes on a video. Edpuzzle videos can be made with videos from a number of websites, including YouTube, TED, Vimeo, and National Geographic.
Jenny Benjamin Karla Cherwinski Robert Phillips Phillips
Completed by Jenny and 81 others
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Whiteboard.fi
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Whiteboard.fi
Whiteboard.fi is a digital whiteboard for teachers and classes. Students only need a class code to join (no account set up required)! This is essentially the same thing as using whiteboards in the classroom - but now you can do it virtually!
Hannah Sumich Melissa Hazelbaker Nicole Glanzer
Completed by Hannah and 25 others
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Quizizz Quest
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Quizizz Quest
Quizizz is a tech tool used for student-paced participation in quizzes and interactive lessons. Both quizzes and lessons can be completed in “live” or in “homework” mode. Students can use their smartphone, tablet or computer to participate and receive immediate feedback.
Dottie Atkins Kara Rodich Danielle Neddo
Completed by Dottie and 55 others
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Educreations Whiteboard
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Educreations Whiteboard
Educreations is a digital white-boarding tool (available on a web platform and as a mobile app) that allows teachers to record their lessons and share recordings with students in a variety of ways. This demo will show Educreations on an iPad and using Chrome on a laptop.
Barbara Shephard Karen Ward Amy Jones
Completed by Barbara and 4 others
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Khan Academy
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Khan Academy
“Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom.” -khanacademy.org Khan Academy offers courses for learners in kindergarten all the way through graduate school. Subjects covered on Khan Academy include math, grammar, history, music, computer science, ELA, physics, chemistry, biology, economics, and more! Khan Academy is available on the web and is also available for iOS and Android devices.
Alyssa Locker Katie Pruiett Devin Fairchild
Completed by Alyssa and 57 others
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Quill Interactive Writer
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Quill Interactive Writer
Quill is a lightweight learning management system integrated with a suite of online apps that teach writing, grammar, and vocabulary skills to students. Students using Quill learn English grammar and vocabulary by fixing sentences, proofreading passages, and collaboratively writing passages. - Quill.org
Hsiao-Ling Huang Patricia Mariscal Jodi Bay
Completed by Hsiao-Ling and 7 others
Schoology Skills
This curated collection is great for any Schoology users, whether you are just getting started or looking to take your Schoology use to the next level. To see all the Schoology badges available, search “Schoology” on the Explore Badges page.
Schoology Skills: Profiles and Settings
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Schoology Skills: Profiles and Settings
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.  Although each LMS is different, Schoology boasts a robust social experience that helps users connect, communicate, and share.  Each user is equipped with a personal profile and access to settings/options that accentuate the social aspect of the platform.  
Jen Taylor Sara Godwin Carolynn Sullivan
Completed by Jen and 73 others
Schoology Skills: Updates
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Schoology Skills: Updates
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.  Schoology “updates” are course or school-wide announcements that allow for quick communication between users in the platform.
Jen Taylor Sara Godwin Carolynn Sullivan
Completed by Jen and 55 others
Schoology for Elementary
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Schoology for Elementary
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.  Schoology “updates” are course or school-wide announcements that allow for quick communication inside the platform.  
Amanda Fortener Michelle Lemmon Danicia Scheidt
Completed by Amanda and 10 others
Schoology Skills: Discussions
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Schoology Skills: Discussions
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.  Schoology “discussions” are online discussion boards that allow students to share ideas, feedback, and thoughts with others.  Students can respond and reply to their classmates and engage in real-time or asynchronous discussions in an online environment.  
Carolynn Sullivan Amy Parker Amanda Fortener
Completed by Carolynn and 16 others
Schoology Skills: Assessment Basics
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Schoology Skills: Assessment Basics
“Schoology brings together the best K-12 learning management system with assessment management to improve student performance, foster collaboration, and personalize learning." - Schoology.com The Assessment tool is currently only available in the Enterprise and Enterprise Plus versions of Schoology.
Carolynn Sullivan Amy Parker Michelle Lemmon
Completed by Carolynn and 8 others
Schoology Skills: Assessment Advanced
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Schoology Skills: Assessment Advanced
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Schoology assessments allow educators to evaluate student progress and learning. Teachers can use assessments to obtain valuable feedback in order to guide future instruction.
Jen Taylor Courtney Deller Allyson Malkowski
Completed by Jen and 14 others
Schoology: Embedding Tools
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Schoology: Embedding Tools
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Embedding tools in Schoology allows users to upload content directly on their page, so students can have access to various materials without leaving the site.
Kelsey Winebar Ryan Hubbard Daniel Rothwell
Completed by Kelsey and 5 others
Schoology Skills: Conferencing
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Schoology Skills: Conferencing
Schoology Conferences by BigBlueButton provides a platform for teachers to meet with students and colleagues virtually. Users can share audio, video, and are able to utilize collaborative features like shared notes and multi-user whiteboard. Conferences can be recorded and stored in Schoology for students to refer back to later.
Holli Roehm
Completed by Holli and 0 others
Schoology Skills: Groups
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Schoology Skills: Groups
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools. Schoology groups allow users to create, manage, and share content and resources, making connection and collaboration possible within the school and beyond.
Jen Taylor Sara Godwin Amy Parker
Completed by Jen and 24 others
Schoology Skills: Grading Groups
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Schoology Skills: Grading Groups
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. The Grading Groups feature allows educators to sort students into groups within a single course section, allowing for differentiation or group work.
Jen Taylor Sara Godwin Tucker Berger
Completed by Jen and 18 others
Schoology Skills: Assignments
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Schoology Skills: Assignments
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Schoology Assignments allows for teachers to post digital assignments that students can complete and submit in an online environment. Teachers can use Schoology Assignments to engage students in their learning through multiple different forms, create individually assigned assignments for small groups, and the ability to incorporate videos and images to the learning as well.
Amanda Fortener Michelle Lemmon Kelsey Winebar
Completed by Amanda and 11 others
Schoology Skills: Student Completion Rules
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Schoology Skills: Student Completion Rules
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Schoology student completion rules are requirements that are placed on materials within a course folder, or the material itself, to establish a self-paced learning environment for the students. Teachers have the ability to apply different completion rules to materials to allow for a structured workflow for students.
Carolynn Sullivan Amanda Fortener Michelle Lemmon
Completed by Carolynn and 5 others
Schoology Skills: Mastery
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Schoology Skills: Mastery
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Student Mastery Reporting allows teachers to view student achievement on any standard or learning objective that has been aligned to Assignments, Test/Quiz questions, Assessment questions, or graded Discussions within a course.
Carolynn Sullivan Courtney Deller Michelle Lemmon
Completed by Carolynn and 6 others
Schoology Skills: Rubrics
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Schoology Skills: Rubrics
Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources.  Schoology rubrics allow educators to easily grade student work using custom or standards-based criteria connected to a particular assignment or question in a course.  Rubrics can be attached to assignments, discussions, and short answer/essay questions to allow for constructive feedback in a variety of applications.
Jen Taylor Carolynn Sullivan Amanda Fortener
Completed by Jen and 13 others
Canvas Skills
Badges found in this collection are meant for districts that use Canvas as their LMS. These badges will help you learn how to effectively implement this LMS into your instruction.
Canvas Skills: Profile & Settings
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Canvas Skills: Profile & Settings
The Canvas Learning Management Platform allows schools to build digital learning environments that meet their unique needs. Canvas simplifies teaching, elevates learning, and eliminates the headaches of supporting and growing traditional learning technologies. By customizing your profile and settings, you can make sure you see the things you need and not the things you don't! 
Alyssa Locker Paula Miller Danielle Snider
Completed by Alyssa and 102 others
Canvas Skills: Course Settings
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Canvas Skills: Course Settings
The Canvas Learning Management System is a paid platform that allows schools to build digital learning environments that meet their unique needs. By personalizing the settings for a Canvas course, teachers can keep what they need and get rid of what they don't! Taking time to make changes to the course settings can save time and simplify Canvas for all users.
Sarah Henderly Samantha Clonch Patricia Mariscal
Completed by Sarah and 31 others
Canvas Skills: Canvas Commons
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Canvas Skills: Canvas Commons
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Canvas Commons is a resource repository for teachers to share and find a variety of Canvas content that can be transferred to their courses with just a few clicks.
Sarah Henderly Samantha Clonch Pilar Y Frey
Completed by Sarah and 19 others
Canvas Skills: Announcements
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Canvas Skills: Announcements
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Announcement feature allows teachers to post important information, reminders or content to the top of their Canvas course.
Daniel Rothwell Shelley Nooe Nick Blanch
Completed by Daniel and 18 others
Canvas Skills: Modules
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Canvas Skills: Modules
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. Using the modules within Canvas, teachers can upload and organize their course content in meaningful ways for students.
Sarah Henderly Buford Payne Erin Bloomfield
Completed by Sarah and 26 others
Canvas Skills: Pages
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Canvas Skills: Pages
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. Pages, within Canvas, allow teachers to make a more engaging course. This tool can be used to build lessons, bring in resources, create newsletters or just improve the overall appearance and navigation of your course.
Paula Miller Meghan Butcher Tracy Pope
Completed by Paula and 54 others
Canvas Skills: Assignments
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Canvas Skills: Assignments
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Assignment feature allows educators to post assignments and collect student work all in one place. With so many options for set up, teachers can create assignments for everyone or tailor assignments to small groups or even individuals.
Paula Miller Meghan Butcher Tracy Pope
Completed by Paula and 64 others
Canvas Skills: Google Integration
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Canvas Skills: Google Integration
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The ability to integrate Google Workspace right into Canvas allows teachers to easily share and assign Google tools. Explore the 3 ways that you can bring Google into your Canvas course and promote collaboration.
Samantha Clonch Heather Eastep Pilar Y Frey
Completed by Samantha and 14 others
Canvas Skills: Discussion
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Canvas Skills: Discussion
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Discussions feature allows teachers to create a space for collaboration and idea sharing right within their course. With this tool, teachers can share resources to support and guide students in both whole group and small group discussions.
Pilar Y Frey Jenna Lichtle Katie Harr
Completed by Pilar Y and 8 others
Canvas Skills: Quizzes
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Canvas Skills: Quizzes
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Quizzes feature allows teachers to create, assess, grade and provide feedback for students right within their course. With this tool, teachers can build surveys, pre or post assessments and more!
Samantha Clonch Pilar Y Frey Jenna Lichtle
Completed by Samantha and 15 others
Canvas Skills: Student Annotation
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Canvas Skills: Student Annotation
Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The new assignment submission type, Student Annotation, allows students to annotate a PDF file right in Canvas.
Pilar Y Frey Brittany Jardy Ranae Hamilton
Completed by Pilar Y and 8 others
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