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How To Use Digital Badges for Flexible Professional Development

This episode of Tech Coach Corner is all about how to create flexible professional development for K-12 teachers during this time of remote learning by using a digital badge system. Eric Guise, Tech Coach at Hopewell County Central High School, joins us to share how his team created an effective digital badge system making professional development possible during distance learning. Like what you see? SUBSCRIBE: https://bit.ly/2QuFEAo Connect with Eric Guise: Twitter:   / guisegotteched   Got Teched the Podcast: https://gotteched.com/ Got Teched the Podcast on Twitter:   / wegotteched   --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's what you'll learn in today's episode: First, we talk about what a digital badge system really means. Digital badges are a great way for professionals to easily attain proof of completion for various training and certifications. Eric Guise then outlines 5 barriers for creating effective professional development for teachers in K-12 schools and districts. These barriers are Time, Interest/Relevance, Cost, Personalization, and Goal Alignment. At Hopewell Valley Central High School, Eric and his team used digital badge systems to overcome these barriers creating effective and flexible professional development for teachers. Using digital badges for teacher professional development is easy. First, teachers choose an edtech tool they want to learn about, then they show how they integrated that edtech tool into class, and as a result, they receive a digital badge of completion. Although there are paid tools to create digital badges, the Hopewell team was able to create free professional development using G-Suite tools like Google Slides, Google Forms, and Gmail, and used Drawings and Canva to create the digital badges themselves. So what do K-12 teachers get out of digital badges as free professional development? After completing the professional development exercise and receiving a digital badge, teachers should find new ways to implement that edtech tool, reflect on how they are using the tool, and gather feedback from fellow teachers and students to refine how they are using that edtech tool in the classroom. More from Eric Guise: How To Create a Digital Badge System for Flexible Professional Development: https://www.dyknow.com/blog/how-to-cr... How Distance Learning Has Changed Professional Development and Tech Coaching: https://www.dyknow.com/blog/how-dista... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dyknow - Classroom Management Software, Student Device Monitoring, EdTech, and K-12 Technology Integration Visit us: https://hubs.ly/H0mc9DH0 Subscribe to our Blog: https://hubs.ly/H0mcbwB0 Tackling Tech Podcast: https://www.dyknow.com/tackling-tech/ Follow us on Twitter:   / dyknow   Visit Dyknow on Facebook:   / defeatdistractions   Connect with us on LinkedIn:   / dyknow   At Dyknow, we are committed to helping Teachers, Tech Coaches, and Administrators maximize technology integration and learn from educators just like them. Who we help: Teachers: https://www.dyknow.com/who-we-help/dy... Tech Coaches: https://www.dyknow.com/who-we-help/dy... Administrators: https://www.dyknow.com/who-we-help/dy... Looking for effective ways to manage one-to-one devices at your school? Schools Like You: https://www.dyknow.com/schools/