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!
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.
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