Episode 56: Brave Metaphors

Today In Digital Education (TIDE)

This week, Dai and Doug discuss positive news, metaphors, badges, exercise, credentialing, Evernote, Douglas Rushkoff, Brave, Ecosia, Codemoji, Obama, cognitive potential, and more!

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Intro

• Positive News
• weareopen.coop Slack channel
• Doug’s Badge Summit keynote: slides slides / video (skip to around 22:30)
• How to use metaphors to generate badge-based pathways
• CantoYes

Education

• Exercise helps children learn, say experts
• How children lost the right to roam in four generations
• Millennials prefer credentialing programs to traditional degrees
• Three steps to become a digitally agile educator

Technology

• Evernote Limits Device Sharing for Free Users, Bumps Up the Price of Paid Plans
• How to Jump Ship From Evernote and Take Your Data With You
• Douglas Rushkoff: Has Technology Failed Us?
• The Self-Fulfilling Prophesy
• Brave
• Ecosia
• Mozilla Codemoji: a fun way to learn about ciphers
• Uh-Oh, Mozilla Is Open-Sourcing Its New Logo Design

Misc.

• Obama After Dark: The Precious Hours Alone
• You can increase your intelligence: 5 ways to maximize your cognitive potential
• Coach.me

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