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Tiny Certifications

I love the idea of leveling myself up with useful skills that I can use immediately. Not every single part of these are immediately useful, all the steps that it requires builds important technological pathways in my head. I have finished one of the three, but have so many new understandings and ideas making the time spent a great investment. 

Here are the top three that I have found so far.

Microsoft Educator

We all have access to a ton of Microsoft products and have used them for years. I started this course and have identified a ton of things we need to do more with. I feel some of the topics will reinforce or add value to things we are already doing. I am most excited to dive into what they offer for OneNote.

Google Certifications

I started but have not gone very far yet. While the test costs $10, it will help you dive deep into everything Google has to offer teachers and students. You can keep leveling up to become a coach or innovator.

Apple Learning Coach

I earned this over the summer, it was not easy! What I walked away with is new ideas on coaching and how to use Pages to capture learning over a period of time. If you are interested in this, I do recommend first earning your Apple badges as you will need these to level up to the coach.

Maybe this summer I will start the Adobe path.

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