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As a follow up to the benefit of badges article I posted before (see here), here is another article showing you places where you can make Digital Badges. http://www.techlearning.com/blogentry/10409 Mozilla Open Badges is a free tool that you can create, issue and verify digital badges. With over 200 million combinations, it gives a lot of varieties to choose from. See more in the article.

With yesterday's post about Fight for Life , my blog reached over 4000 views! Thank you for your continued support. Here is a video that shows some of the humorous rules in the English language.

Congratulations to Eureka School District and Student Council on surpassing their fundraising goal for Fight for Life! The amount of effort put forth by the faculty. staff, students, and this community to help the children of St. June is unparalleled! I truly grateful to be a part of this community! Watch the Reveal Ceremony http://thecube.com/event/fight4life-reveal-assembly-630466 For More information on Fight for Life http://www.d140fightforlife.org/ District 140 and the Eureka community are teaming up to help support childhood cancer! Through a variety of events in March, Eureka High School's Student Council will lead all district schools in the fight for life. One hundred percent of proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Check out these Add-ins for PowerPoint http://www.powerusersoftwares.com/#!40-of-the-best-addins-plugins-and-apps-for-Microsoft-PowerPoint-free-or-not/biauv/56b62cf80cf26832893d6eb2 Now with the updated link. Add-ins, similar to Google's Apps for Education Add-ons, add more features to Microsoft Office products. These are usually developed by other parties rather than by Microsoft.

Where to get "Insert and Delete Cells" https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/insert-and-delete-cells/fnpojobhpldojabbdcoajjmboaallcmk?hl=en

This is a very neat tool for teachers looking for some classroom management help in a Windows Laptop setting. This OneNote add-in allows educators to better manage their class assignments, quizzes and more. http://www.eweek.com/enterprise-apps/microsoft-streamlines-classroom-management-with-onenote-add-in.html How to Get Class Notebook https://www.onenote.com/classnotebook This is mainly meant for environments where access to Google's Apps for Education may not be the best solution. Many of these features in this add-in can also be achieved on Chromebooks with different tools.

Check out the verge's live blog coverage of the Apple Event from today (3/21/2016) via the link below. https://live.theverge.com/apple-iphone-se-ipad-pro-event-live-blog/ Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed on The Verge blog does necessarily not reflect the opinions of Mr. B. iPhone SE A 4 inch version of an iPhone 6s More Details:  http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11254078/apple-iphone-se-announced-size-price-release-date iPad Pro 9.7inch More Details:  http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11256118/apple-new-ipad-price-specs-release-date iOS 9.3 New Features Night Shift Mode Improved security for Notes Multi-user Support Enhanced 3D Plus Features More Details:  http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11260536/apple-ios-9-update-announced-release-date-features