Edge•U Badges

Multicultural Family Engagement

This badge, featuring author and parent impact coach Punam Saxena, is about building strong, authentic partnerships with families. Explore strategies for navigating cultural differences, recognizing implicit bias, and creating an inclusive classroom where all families are empowered to support their child's success.

Gemini: Gems

Learn how to use Gemini Gems to streamline your work by automating repetitive tasks. This badge will guide you through using existing Gems and creating custom ones, empowering you to develop personalized AI assistants for specific educational needs.

Wayground Wonder

Wayground (formerly Quizizz) is a tool used for student-paced participation in gamified assessments and interactive lessons. Both assessments and lessons can be completed in “live” or in “homework” mode. Students can use a smartphone, tablet, or computer to participate and receive immediate feedback.

Microsoft Bookings Buddy

Microsoft Bookings is an online scheduling and appointment management tool within the Microsoft 365 suite designed to simplify the process of scheduling with parents, admin, students, and colleagues. It features a customizable booking page for self-service appointments, integrates with Outlook calendars, and sends automated reminders.

Gemini in Google Classroom

Unlock the power of Gemini, Google's powerful AI tool, right inside Google Classroom! Effortlessly generate content and streamline your lesson planning with a suite of intuitive tools designed to meet your needs, all without ever leaving the platform. These exciting tools are free for everyone!

Language Learners: Scaffolding Content

This badge provides educators with strategies to scaffold language and content for Language Learners. Learn how to help students access grade-level curriculum and improve their English proficiency using targeted tools and techniques.

Language Learners: Promoting Discourse

This badge focuses on fostering rich, meaningful classroom discourse where every student, regardless of their language proficiency, feels confident to share their voice and ideas. You'll learn strategies that encourage active participation and build academic language organically.

Escape Room Engineer

This badge empowers educators to design and implement engaging educational escape rooms, transforming learning into an interactive and collaborative problem-solving experience. Explore various methods for creating immersive challenges that deepen student understanding and foster critical thinking.

Learning Stations Strategist

Learning stations are designated areas within a classroom where students work independently or in small groups on varied activities that reinforce, extend, or introduce specific content or skills. This strategy enables differentiation by allowing educators to address diverse student needs simultaneously.

Flexible Grouping Guru

This badge empowers educators to master flexible grouping, a cornerstone of differentiated instruction, by dynamically organizing students into temporary groups based on evolving data. You will learn to ensure every learner receives targeted instruction and support precisely when and where they need it.

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. Get started here!

Screenshot Specialist

Taking a screenshot is simply capturing 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.

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 saved.

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. Choose this badge if your district uses Google.

OneDrive Sharing Superstar

The sharing permissions inside Microsoft OneDrive provide a few different ways to share your files with collaborators, students, or even the wider public. Choose this badge if your district uses Microsoft.

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.

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.

Gmail Genius

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.

Google Calendar Clever

Elevate your organization and time management with this in-depth Google Calendar tutorial! Learn to master event creation, recurring schedules, detailed reminders, powerful calendar sharing, and essential productivity hacks.

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.

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 Docs!

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.

Google Forms: Basic

Google Forms is a free online tool that allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes and then collects and organizes information into spreadsheets. 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.

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 it helps students and teachers communicate, collaborate, organize and manage assignments, go paperless, and much more!

Google Sheets Starter

View, create, and collaborate on spreadsheets in real time using Google Sheets. Google Sheets is a great way to organize information, track progress on projects, analyze data, calculate information, and so much more. This badge is a beginner introduction to Google Sheets.

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.

Google Docs: Level 2

Discover how to maximize your productivity as a teacher with this comprehensive tutorial on advanced Google Docs tools and features. Learn how to use tools like Smart Chips, Building Blocks, Citations, and more to streamline document creation, collaboration, and assessment. Empower yourself with these powerful features to save time, improve organization, and enhance student engagement in your classroom.

Google Forms: Advanced

Google Forms is a free online tool that collects and organizes information into spreadsheets and allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes. Advanced features allow users to password protect forms, add media, create sections, and copy and paste data charts into other documents.

Google Forms: Quizzes

Google Forms is a free online tool that allows users to easily create surveys and quizzes to collect and organize data. 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.

Google Forms: Quizzes

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 chock-full of features that allow even our youngest students to engage in opportunities to exercise creativity and utilize the tool for a variety of classroom applications.

Google Slides in Grades 2-5

Force Copy Competent

Force copy is a quick and hassle-free way to share individual copies of your Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets with students or colleagues, ensuring your original file stays unchanged.

Force Copy Competent

Force copy is a quick and hassle-free way to share individual copies of your Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets with students or colleagues, ensuring your original file stays unchanged.

Choice Board Creator

Choice boards are versatile tools that allow students to select from a variety of tasks or activities to demonstrate their learning in a way that suits their interests and learning styles. Digital tools make it easy to create and customize these boards for any subject or grade level.

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, yielding 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.

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.

Extension Excellence

Google Earth Projects

Google Earth Projects is a feature of Google Earth that allows users to create customized maps and tours about places around the world. You can mark notable spots, search famous landmarks, and add photos, text, and videos to complete your story and share it with others.

Google Screencast Scholar

Google Screencast is a screen-recording app that is built into the Chrome Operating System of a Chromebook (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. This means that videos made with the Screencast app can only be CREATED on a Chromebook; however, videos made with the Screencast app can be VIEWED on any device.

Google Arts & Culture Connoisseur

Google Arts & Culture is a non-profit initiative. They work with cultural institutions and artists around the world. Together, their mission is to preserve and bring the world’s art and culture online so it’s accessible to anyone, anywhere. Enjoy collections of over 2000 museums, art galleries and other cultural institutions.

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.

Google Sheets Logical Guru

The IF function is one of the simplest logical functions in Google Sheets - and one of the most useful. When we use the IF function, we create an "If...then" statement within our data. Basically, it checks if a condition was met and creates an action based on whether or not said condition was met. By using the IF function, we can qualify our data to make it easier to interpret and use.

Google Sheets Elementary Expert: Pixel Art Pro

Pixel Art is a fun and creative way to provide elementary students with the opportunity to practice with Google Sheets. Using conditional formatting, students can input numbers or letters, and ultimately represent objects by coloring the cells in a spreadsheet. Google Sheets is collaborative, meaning that multiple students can work together in one spreadsheet to create Pixel Art. They also have the ability to publish their Pixel Art, generating a link that will enable them to share their work.

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.

Google Sites Sage

Google Classroom: Practice Sets

Practice sets allow educators to transform teaching content into interactive and engaging assignments that provide students with real-time feedback as they work through the lesson. Note: Practice sets are a part of the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Google Workspace for Education Plus editions, which are paid Google for Education tiers. Please check with your school or district to see which edition you currently have. You will need access to one of these editions to complete this badge.

Google Classroom: Interactive Questions for YouTube

Interactive Questions for YouTube can transform passive video-watching into an engaging learning experience. Easily add questions throughout any YouTube video to provide interactivity and assess understanding. Note: Interactive Questions for YouTube are a part of the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Google Workspace for Education Plus editions, which are paid Google for Education tiers. Please check with your school or district to see which edition you currently have. You will need access to one of these editions to complete this badge.

Google Classroom: Read Along

Read Along allows teachers to track and understand students' reading progress, modify their teaching approach through regular and actionable data, and share student progress with parents and school leaders. Note: Read Along is a part of the Teaching and Learning and Education Plus plans, which are paid Google for Education tiers. Please check with your school or district to see which edition you currently have. You will need access to one of these editions to complete this badge.

Google Classroom: Grading

Advanced grading features in Google Classroom empower you to manage assessments with precision and flexibility. Set up grading periods, apply custom scales, and access powerful analytics to streamline grading and track student progress with ease. Note: Several of the features in this badge are a part of the Teaching and Learning Upgrade and Google Workspace for Education Plus editions, which are paid Google for Education tiers.

Google Classroom: Collaboration

Discover features within Google Classroom that allow you to collaborate seamlessly with other teachers, enhancing consistency and improving the learning experience. Note: The features in this badge are a part of the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition, which is a paid tier. Please check with your school or district to see which edition you currently have. You will need access to the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition to complete this badge.

Google Docs: Premium Features

This badge will explore premium Google Docs features, like Smart Chips and Custom Building Blocks, that allow for more collaboration and productivity. Note: The Google Docs features in this badge are a part of the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition, which is a paid tier. Please check with your school or district to see which edition you currently have. You will need access to the Google Workspace for Education Plus edition to complete this badge.

Gemini in Gmail

Gemini within Gmail helps you communicate more effectively, summarize lengthy email threads, and draft responses quickly. Note: Gemini within Gmail is a part of the Gemini for Workspace plan, a paid tier. Check with your district to see if you have access, which you will need to complete this badge.

Gemini in Google Drive

Gemini in Google Drive integrates AI directly into your workflow, helping you create, summarize, and organize content more efficiently. Note: Gemini within Google Drive is a part of the Gemini for Workspace plan, a paid tier. Check with your district to see if you have access, which you will need to complete this badge.

Gemini in Google Docs

Gemini in Google Docs can be a versatile assistant for you, helping you save time on various tasks, enhance your teaching materials, and personalize learning experiences for your students. Note: Gemini in Google Docs is a part of the Gemini for Workspace plan, a paid tier. Check with your district to see if you have access, which you will need to complete this badge.

Gemini in Google Slides

Gemini in Google Slides can be a versatile assistant for you, helping you save time on various tasks, enhance your teaching materials, and personalize learning experiences for your students. Note: Gemini in Google Slides is a part of the Gemini for Workspace plan, a paid tier. Check with your district to see if you have access, which you will need to complete this badge.

Google Meet: Premium Features

This badge will explore premium Google Meet features, like live translated captions, polls, Q&A, and breakout rooms, that allow for more increased accessibility and collaboration. Note: The Google Meet features in this badge are a part of the Google Workspace for Education Teaching & Learning Upgrade and Education Plus editions, which are paid tiers. You will need access to either the Google Workspace for Education Teaching & Learning Upgrade or Education Plus edition to complete this badge.

Gemini: Gems

AI Policy for Edge•U

Artificial Intelligence is a powerful tool with seemingly endless possibilities. Therefore, it is important to use AI responsibly and ethically. This badge will provide guidelines of AI usage in Edge•U and beyond.

AI Adept

Generative AI is a powerful form of artificial intelligence that can create original content. For educators, it offers innovative ways to generate lesson materials, personalize learning experiences, and automate routine tasks. This badge provides an introductory overview to help you get started with this transformative technology.

AI Engineer

Generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini are invaluable tools for educators, as they can help streamline lesson planning, classroom management, and student engagement processes. By leveraging AI-generated content, teachers can efficiently create differentiated and personalized learning experiences, catering to the diverse needs of their students.

Gemini Genie

Gemini, created by Google, is a versatile AI tool that can significantly assist teachers in various educational tasks. It can help generate lesson plans, grade assignments, and personalize instruction. By leveraging Gemini, teachers can save time, improve efficiency, and provide a more engaging and effective learning experience for their students.

Gemini in Google Classroom

MagicSchool Maven

MagicSchool is an AI-powered platform designed to streamline and enhance the teaching experience. It empowers teachers by automating tasks like lesson planning, assessment creation, and individualized learning plans.

Brisk Brainiac

Brisk is a free, AI-powered extension that allows teachers to streamline their workload to improve their teaching experience. Brisk offers a variety of tools such as planning, curriculum alignment, and student feedback.

Diffit Delight

Diffit is an AI-powered tool that streamlines the creation of differentiated learning materials. Teachers can quickly generate customized resources like leveled reading passages and assessments, ensuring each student receives content tailored to their needs.

Canva Creator: Canva AI

Canva's AI studio, powered by generative AI, helps educators create amazing content – presentations, images, and even interactive tools – from simple prompts. Whether you're an AI pro or just starting out, you'll gain practical skills to elevate your teaching.

AI for Students

Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be a powerful tool for students, and can help teachers create a more personalized learning environment. This badge will explore how teachers can create customized chatbots or spaces to enhance learning for students on any subject or topic.

SchoolAI Sensei

SchoolAI is an artificial intelligence platform for both teachers and students. It features tools and chatbots designed to help teachers plan and research, along with the ability for teachers to create fully monitored AI spaces for students with specific requirements and restrictions.

Class Companion AI Feedback Facilitator

Class Companion helps teachers multiply their impact by offering personalized tutoring, instant feedback, and ample practice opportunities for every student—all while streamlining the teaching process to save time and effort. This powerful AI tool fosters intrinsic motivation, a growth mindset, and deeper student understanding by providing tailored support that drives mastery and encourages continual improvement.

MagicSchool for Students

MagicStudent, a part of MagicSchool, is an AI-powered educational platform that helps students learn more effectively. It provides personalized learning and AI-powered tutoring, increases engagement, and allows for easy progress tracking.

Snorkl Splash

Snorkl empowers students to enhance their thinking and reasoning skills by recording and sharing their explanations. Using a simple whiteboard, students visually represent their thoughts and receive instant AI-powered feedback, which celebrates their unique approaches and prompts deeper thinking.

Curipod Creative

Curipod is an AI-powered interactive presentation tool that helps teachers create engaging and personalized lessons. Teachers can use Curipod to generate lesson plans, create interactive slides, and provide real-time feedback to students. Students can use Curipod to participate in polls, answer questions, and collaborate on projects.

NotebookLM Ninja

Google's NotebookLM is a powerful AI tool designed to help you and your students work smarter with documents and other learning materials. It becomes an expert on the sources you upload, allowing you to ask questions, generate summaries, and create new learning resources, including podcasts!

AI in Education: Create

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be a powerful resource for helping educators with creative processes in the classroom. This badge will explore how AI can assist in and streamline the process of content creation, assessment design, and lesson planning. Discover the potential of AI-assisted educational creation!

AI in Education: Differentiate

Differentiation is crucial to helping students succeed in the classroom, but it's a lot of work! Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools can help lighten the load by generating personalized reading assignments or math word prompts, rewriting one text at multiple reading levels, brainstorming a variety of assessment choices, and so much more.

AI in Education: Engage

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and intentional instructional strategies can help educators boost student engagement, provide interactive activities, or even allow students to interact with the AI tool themselves, if appropriate. These tools can be used to create engaging text, images, or activities to include in lesson delivery.

AI in Education: Streamline

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a growing and evolving resource that can be used to save time and promote efficiency. Create lesson plans in seconds, create personalized feedback to students, and more. This badge will focus on utilizing AI to increase productivity.

AI in Teaching and Learning

This badge explores the potential of AI in education, discussing practical applications and addressing common concerns. It draws upon Season 4, Episode 6 of Forward Edge's Restart Recharge podcast, featuring guest Adam Moler.

Classroom Supports: Creating Structure

Tier 1 Intervention through Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is an educational framework that provides early and targeted support to all students. It focuses on delivering high-quality instruction and interventions within the general education setting using evidence-based strategies to address academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This particular badge will focus on cultivating a community and culture in your classroom that supports the behavioral needs of students by exploring strategies that help create structure.

Classroom Supports: Building Academic Vocabulary

Tier 1 Intervention through Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is an educational framework that provides early and targeted support to all students. It focuses on delivering high-quality instruction and interventions within the general education setting using evidence-based strategies to address academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This particular badge will focus on students’ academic needs by exploring vocabulary strategies using graphic organizers.

Classroom Supports: Sensory and Behavioral Strategies

Tier 1 Intervention through Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is an educational framework that provides early and targeted support to all students. It focuses on delivering high-quality instruction and interventions within the general education setting using evidence-based strategies to address academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This particular badge will focus on students’ sensory/social-emotional needs by exploring sensory and behavioral strategies.

Classroom Supports: Assessment Interventions

Tier 1 Intervention through Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is an educational framework that provides early and targeted support to all students. It focuses on delivering high-quality instruction and interventions within the general education setting using evidence-based strategies to address academic, social, emotional, and behavioral needs. This particular badge will focus on students’ assessment needs by exploring strategies utilizing digital assessments.

AI in Education: Differentiate

Learning Stations Strategist

Flexible Grouping Guru

Choice Board Creator

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.

Advancing Education Through Accessibility

Dive into the heart of accessible education and explore strategies that ensure an inclusive learning experience for all. This badge is based on our webinar entitled "Seamless Accessibility Every Day." Learn about Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles and discover accessible teaching methods for accommodating every student.

Intro to Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology is any device, software, or system that improves the functional capabilities of a student with a disability. Improving access to the general curriculum is a key factor in supporting student success.

HyperDocs Handy

Jigsaw Pro

Jigsaw activities add a dynamic twist to traditional learning. Students actively engage with the material, taking ownership of specific content areas. Then they become the teachers - collaborating with their peers, fostering deeper understanding, and boosting overall engagement in the learning process.

Mote Magic

Mote is a Chrome extension that allows teachers to leave audio comments on websites and in Google applications. Students are able to then listen to the audio comment within the file, email, or website. *Mote offers a free and paid option.

Read&Write Whiz

Read&Write is a free literacy support tool that offers text-to-speech features, including read-aloud and read-along highlighting on documents and webpages. While there is a premium version with additional features for supporting struggling readers, teachers can access these premium tools for free without needing a paid account to earn this badge.

Chrome Extensions for Easily Distracted Students

There are many free Chrome extensions that offer 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!

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.

Chrome Extensions for Visual Impairments

There are many free Chrome extensions that offer supports for students with visual impairments right in their Chrome browser. Help your students become more independent in all their academic endeavors with these tools.

Multicultural Family Engagement

Language Learners: Promoting Discourse

Language Learners: Scaffolding Content

Mote Magic

Remind Resource

Remind is a messaging tool that allows teachers, parents, students, and administrators to communicate easily and quickly without sharing personal contact information. Send out announcements, reminders, or updates to your class. Use the mobile app for even more convenience!

Canva Creator

Canva is a simple-to-use online design tool that enables users to create professional-quality digital graphics. Canva can be used to create a variety of designs, including event flyers, presentations, newsletters, and infographics, and includes a multitude of editing tools.

Google Screencast Scholar

Google Captions

Closed captions are a vital accessibility tool, converting audio to text in real-time. Captioning features in Google Meet, Google Slides, YouTube, and across Chrome allow students to read what's being said, greatly enhancing learning for those with hearing impairments, English language learners, and more.

Read&Write Whiz

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.

Creativity in the Classroom

This badge is developed from our webinar entitled "The Role of Arts and Creativity in K-12 Classrooms." It provides strategies to infuse your curriculum with artistic elements that empower students to communicate, problem-solve, and thrive as well-rounded individuals.

Canva for Education

Canva is a simple-to-use online design tool that enables users to create professional-grade digital graphics. Canva for Education unlocks free premium features for educators and their students, and creates a space where students and teachers can easily share and collaborate on posters, infographics, and more.

Book Creator Brilliant

Learn to effectively use Book Creator, a tool that allows students and teachers to create digital books, to enhance student engagement and creativity. Navigate the Book Creator site to create and publish interactive eBooks and integrate multimedia elements such as images, audio, and video.

Adobe Express Expert

Adobe Express is an easy-to-use graphic design tool that allows users to create professional-looking designs. Users can start creating in a blank design space or choose from their large selection of templates. Adobe Express can be used to create social media posts, brochures, flyers, worksheets, and so much more!

Escape Room Engineer

Project-Based Learning

Immerse yourself in the world of project-based learning (PBL) as we uncover how this innovative approach transforms the learning process. This badge was developed from our webinar entitled "Fostering Inquiry and Collaboration."

Building a Maker Mindset

Makerspaces are a great way to help your students become creative problem-solvers and critical thinkers. If you don’t have a makerspace in your district, it’s still possible to bring the benefits of makerspaces into your classroom - by creating activities that encourage your students to develop a maker mindset.

Design Thinking Dynamo

Design thinking is a foundational practice of any makerspace, but it is a process that can be applied across all disciplines to help students learn to reflect on and continually improve their work.

Chrome Music Lab Producer

Chrome Music Lab is a free resource that makes music creation fun and interactive through hands-on experiments.

Gimkit Gamer

Gimkit is a gameshow-style tech tool for the classroom that requires knowledge, collaboration, and strategy. With a variety of ways to play - earning “money,” racing the clock, individual or as teams - expect high engagement during review!

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.

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. Nearpod provides immediate feedback based on student responses to questions and activities, which allows teachers to assess in real time.

Wayground Wonder

FigJam Facilitator

FigJam is a collaborative online whiteboard tool that can be utilized for team collaboration, brainstorming, and initiating goals or activities in real time. Using FigJam with students or colleagues promotes engagement, time management, and overall consistency of the task at hand.

WeWillWrite Wizard

WeWillWrite is an innovative platform that elevates writing skills and fosters student collaboration through real-time creation and peer feedback. This dynamic tool empowers students to take ownership of their writing, develop their voice, and improve their craft.

Genially Game Changer

Genially is a free platform that teachers and students can use to create a wide variety of engaging digital learning materials. From interactive presentations and infographics, to animations and digital breakout rooms, the possibilities are endless with Genially.

Scratch Smart

Scratch is a free, block-based programming tool designed for students to create interactive stories, games, and animations while learning the basics of coding. It offers an intuitive drag-and-drop interface and fosters creativity, problem-solving, and computational thinking.

Social Media Mania

Social media is something students (and teachers) use on a daily basis, so why not bring it into the classroom? Using social media templates in lessons encourages students to engage with class content in new and creative ways, helping them think outside the box while connecting the material to modern, relatable formats.

Spotify for Podcasters

Spotify for Podcasters is a free podcasting platform that makes creating a podcast quick and easy. Designed as a beginner's way to create a podcast, Spotify for Podcasters allows you to record audio clips directly from your computer or mobile device and publish your podcast on all major platforms with one button.

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. Push further to explore the TinkerCAD for Teachers dashboard!

Assessment All-Star

Explore the evolving landscape of assessment, and learn how to design effective assessments that align with diverse learning styles and meet the demands of 21st-century education. This badge is based on our webinar entitled "The Role of Assessment in Modern Education."

Grading Strategies That Make Sense

This badge was developed from Forward Edge's webinar entitled “Move the Needle: Grading Strategies That Make Sense." Review the benefits of grading strategies like standards-based grading, peer-feedback, mastery, badging options, and more - and discuss how to implement these strategies with students.

Master Data-Driven Tools

Are you feeling overwhelmed with expectations and the time involved to make data-informed decisions in your classroom? In this badge, based on the webinar titled "Master Data-Driven Tools with Real-Time Results" by the Forward Edge team, we will show you how to utilize digital tools that provide instant formative data to gauge student understanding.

Maximize Student Feedback with Tech Tools

This badge was developed based on our "Maximize Student Feedback with Tech Tools" webinar. Badge earners will discover tips and tricks for maximizing time while giving specific and constructive feedback, discover strategies to make feedback age-appropriate, and explore ways to keep feedback timely, no matter the class size!

Visualize and Interpret Student Data

This badge is based on Forward Edge's webinar entitled "Visualize and Interpret Student Data in Meaningful Ways." Tap into the power of charts, graphs, and more to analyze what your students understand and make data-driven decisions to improve their learning.

Google Forms: Quizzes

Amplifying Student Achievements

Discover how project showcases celebrate student accomplishments, empower public speaking skills, and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback. This badge is based on our webinar entitled "Amplifying Student Achievements and Growth."

Digital Portfolio Pioneer

Dive into the world of digital portfolios and discover how these interactive platforms empower students to curate and showcase their academic growth, accomplishments, and reflections. This badge is based on Forward Edge's webinar entitled "Documenting Learning Journeys for the Modern Learner."

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. It is based on Forward Edge's webinar of the same name.

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.

Formative Focused

Formative is an online assessment platform that allows teachers to create assessments with a wide variety of question types. Formative also allows teachers to tag their questions with standards so that they can easily identify areas where they might need to provide re-teaching or intervention. Note: Formative has free and premium features. This badge will only cover the free features.

Bitmoji Buff

A Bitmoji is your own personal emoji. Create an expressive cartoon avatar and choose from a variety of moods and stickers. You can spice up presentations, add life to your emails, or even in feedback for students.

NotebookLM Ninja

Google Drive Organizer

Google Drive is a cloud storage and synchronization service as well as the home for all things Google, including Docs, Slides, Sheets Forms, Drawings, Sites, Maps, and more. Many educators use their drive on a daily basis for creating and sharing resources for themselves, their colleagues, or their students. Organization is key when it comes to using Google Drive effectively and efficiently.

OneDrive Organizer

Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based storage and synchronization service. It is the home for all of your Microsoft files and documents.

Force Copy Competent

Force copy is a quick and hassle-free way to share individual copies of your Google Docs, Slides, and Sheets with students or colleagues, ensuring your original file stays unchanged.

Bitly Bold

Bitly is a powerful tool for creating custom, shortened URLs, making links more readable, shareable, and effective for presentations and communication. It enables educators to share resources with students, parents, or a wider audience in a streamlined and accessible way.

QR Qualified

QR (quick response) codes are digital labels that are read by machines and link to various objects, such as website URLs, images, videos, MP3s, and more.

Autocrat Ace

Screencast Superstar

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.

Tango Triumphant

Tango automatically generates workflows with screenshots and step-by-step directions to take the pain out of documenting instructions, steps, and processes. Capture processes in real time and share them with peers, parents, and students without having to record a video.

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. 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.

AI in Education: Streamline

OneTab Terrific

OneTab is a Chrome extension that allows you to save all your tabs as a list with one click. It also saves most of the computer memory so your computer won’t get slowed down.

Core of Coaching Framework

The Core of Coaching Framework goes beyond the day-to-day of instructional coaching and aims for sustainable, systemic change in schools. It is a research-based, practical model designed to empower instructional coaches and school leaders to achieve lasting improvements.

Canva Creator

FigJam Facilitator

Bitly Bold

Pear Deck Prodigy

Pear Deck 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.

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.

The Four C Framework

The Four C standards, established by the National Education Association, provide a framework to help teachers foster essential 21st-century skills: Communication, Creativity, Collaboration, and Critical Thinking.

Totally TIM

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM), developed by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, is a framework for integrating technology effectively into the classroom. It provides leveled technology integration (entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) for five different learning environments (active, collaborative, constructive, authentic, and goal-directed).

TPACK Terrific

TPACK is a framework for understanding technology integration. It stands for Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge, and works to explain the intersectionality of knowledge needed for teachers to integrate technology successfully.

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.

Innovating with Immersive Learning

This badge explores the world of immersive learning and escape rooms for professional development and beyond. It draws upon Season 4, Episode 18 of Forward Edge's Restart Recharge podcast, featuring guest Dr. Rachel Arpin.

Presenter: District Level

Lead professional development presentations for your school or district that feature information on relevant classroom technology or instructional practices. This particular badge is not linked to one specific tool or strategy. Rather, it encourages educators to develop leadership and share their innovative practices with others.

Presenter: State Level

Lead professional development presentations at statewide educational conferences that feature information on relevant classroom technology or instructional practices. This particular badge is not linked to one specific tool or strategy. Rather, it encourages educators to develop leadership and share their innovative practices with others in their home state.

Presenter: National Level

Lead professional development presentations at national education conferences that feature information on relevant classroom technology or instructional practices. This particular badge is not linked to one specific tool or strategy. Rather, it encourages educators to develop leadership and share their innovative practices with others across the nation and around the world.

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.

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 Educator program aims to teach educators how to effectively use technology in the classroom, promote digital citizenship, and engage families in discussions about safe and responsible technology use.

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.

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.

Outlook Organizer

Outlook is an all-in-one communication and organization tool that combines email, calendar, and file-sharing capabilities. It helps you manage your inbox, organize your schedule, share cloud-based files, and stay connected and productive across all your devices.

Outlook Optimizer

Outlook is a versatile tool that goes beyond email, helping you stay organized and connected. It allows you to prioritize important messages, manage and share your calendar effortlessly, and collaborate with up-to-date files from the cloud, all from your PC, Mac, or mobile device.

OneDrive Sharing Superstar

OneDrive Organizer

Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based storage and synchronization service. It is the home for all of your Microsoft files and documents.

Microsoft Word Whiz

Microsoft Word is a versatile word processing tool equipped with numerous formatting and collaboration features. With its user-friendly interface, teachers can easily format text, create headers, and customize styles to enhance the visual appeal of any document. Word's collaboration tools enable seamless teamwork, allowing educators to collaborate on lesson plans, share resources, and provide real-time feedback, fostering efficient communication and productivity.

PowerPoint Protégé

When you have a story to tell, PowerPoint unlocks your creativity. It all starts with an idea that will come to life in your presentation. Design with ease, using the built-in Designer to help with layout, and add photos, videos, and more to augment your message.

Microsoft Forms Fluent

Microsoft Forms is a versatile online tool within the Microsoft 365 suite that allows educators to easily create surveys, polls, questionnaires, and more. It can be used to gather student feedback, conduct parent surveys, collect registration information, or facilitate peer reviews.

Microsoft Excel Explorer

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program designed to organize, analyze, and visualize data. It allows users to perform calculations and generate charts and graphs with the click of a button. Excel can be used for classroom tasks like tracking grades, creating budgets, or conducting data analysis.

Microsoft Bookings Buddy

Microsoft OneNote Navigator

OneNote is Microsoft’s version of a digital binder where you can organize all your notes, files, images, and more. It's perfect for everything from lesson planning to note-taking to student project management.

Microsoft Teams for Assignments

Microsoft Teams for Education, free with a school email address, is a powerful communication app for schools that enhances collaboration and learning. Video collaboration, chat, assignments, class materials, and notes are all built into the app. This badge focuses on using Teams for posting, collecting and grading assignments.

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.

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.

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 allow teachers to create and customize tasks with various file types, set due dates, and attach rubrics for detailed grading. Students can submit their work directly through Schoology, view instructor feedback, and track their assignment progress all in one place.

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.

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. This badge will focus specifically on tailoring your Schoology course to fit the needs of your youngest learners.

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.

Schoology Skills: Assessment Basics

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 are a versatile tool that allows educators to create, distribute, and grade a wide range of interactive and customizable assessments. This badge takes a look at getting started with Assessments and simple question types.

Schoology Skills: Assessment Advanced

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 folder 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.

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.

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.

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.

Schoology Skills: Embedding Content

Schoology is a comprehensive learning management system (LMS) for K-12 schools that allows users to create, manage, and share content and resources. Embedding content in Schoology allows users to upload content directly on their page, so students can have access to various materials without leaving the site.

Schoology Skills: Conferencing

Schoology Conferences provide a platform for teachers to meet with students and colleagues virtually. Users can share audio and video, as well as utilize collaborative features like shared notes and a multi-user whiteboard. Conferences can be recorded and saved in Schoology, allowing students to access and review them at a later time.

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!

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.

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.

Canvas Skills: Announcements

Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The Announcements feature allows teachers to post important information, reminders or content to the top of their Canvas course.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Canvas Skills: Discussions

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.

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!

Canvas Skills: Student Annotation

Canvas is a paid Learning Management System that allows schools to build learning environments for their unique needs. The assignment submission type called Student Annotation allows students to annotate a PDF file right in Canvas.

Apple Pages Pro

Apple Pages is a versatile word processor and design tool for creating documents. With customizable templates, collaboration features, and seamless iCloud integration, it’s perfect for everything from simple letters to professional-quality designs.

Apple Keynote

Keynote is a presentation tool that can be used on Mac computers, iPhones, iPads, and by PC users with an iCloud account. Teachers and students can create visually engaging presentations, collaborate on projects, and showcase learning in dynamic ways.

Apple Clips Aficionado

Apple Clips is a video editing application available for iOS mobile devices (iPhone and iPad). Clips is full of fun filters, effects, and animations that can be added to videos. Videos can easily be shared to other iOS users via Mail and Messages, uploaded to YouTube and shared via social media sites.

Apple Garage Band

GarageBand turns your Apple device into a recording studio, with a variety of instruments and features to choose from, so that you can create your own music. This demo will be done on an iPad.

iMovie Maker

iMovie is an video editor application that is available to use on iOS devices (Mac, iPad, iPhone). Teachers and students can use it to combine videos, photos, music, and effects to create their own movies.

Apple Teacher Certification

Apple Teacher is a free professional learning program designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. As an educator, you can build skills on iPad and Mac that directly apply to activities with your students, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for the great work you do every day. Note: This is an outside certification through Apple.

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. Get started here!

Book Creator Brilliant

Canva Creator

AI in Education: Engage

Curipod Creative

FigJam Facilitator

Google Captions

Kami Basics

Kami is an online tool for creating, annotating, and collaborating on digital documents. Whether you're looking to remix resources, provide feedback to student work, or create a more accessible learning experience for your students, Kami is the tool for you!

Reimagine Your Classroom Role

This badge was developed from Forward Edge's webinar entitled “Facilitate Not Frustrate." It examines ways to build in choice, create room for student driven exploration, and promote personalized pacing that even the most traditional teacher can embrace.

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.

Wayground Game Changer

Become a Wayground Game Changer! According to Wayground creators, "the Certification program is for teachers who mastered the foundational course on how to use our program. Wayground Game Changers are teachers who go above and beyond to get the most out of their activities to motivate students." Note: This is outside certification earned through Wayground.

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