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I’ll Show You Mine if You’ll Show Me Yours! Online

Badges That Is…

TCEA 2015

Dr. Mary Ann BellDr. Holly WeimarSam Houston State UniversityHuntsville TX

BADGING IN SCHOOLS

CONSIDER KHAN ACADEMY, Edmodo, and P2PU

WHAT CAN GIVERS & RECIPIENTSDO WITH THEIR BADGES?

•COLLECT THEM! People love to collect things!•SHARE with family and friends•Feature on Library Websites•Add to Facebook•Students in our program are showing theirs in their portfolios•Enjoy recognition from peers and other campus users•Sit back and gloat•A school badge showcase could be created

ISN’T THIS A LOT LIKE AR?

ISN’T THISPAVLOVIAN?

Doesn’t this…SHUDDER…make me a Skinner loving behaviorist???

NAH!

MY SURVEY RESULTS WERE MOSTLY POSITIVE

FIRST 3 QUESTIONS WERE ABOUT ATTITUDES:1. How did earning badge make you feel?2. How did it feel NOT to earn a badge?3. Did the badges motivate you?

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NEGATIVE

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IMPRESSION MOTIVATING

FEELING NOT GETTING

FEELING FROM GETTING

BADGE

REPRESENTATIVE COMMENTS FROM SURVEY

•How did it make you feel to receive a badge?•I felt successful and was therefore more competitive in my assignments because I wanted to earn more badges.

•How did you feel to NOT receive a badge?•Bummed

•Did badges motivate you to try for a specific one?•I am going to do my best work whether I earn a badge or not, but it was nice motivation to keep working just as hard throughout the semester.•I always tried to earn the creativity badge.•Yes. It is a conversation at the dinner table when I receive a badge/award.

•How many badges should be offered? •Most people said around 5, which is what I recommend.

•What actions or behaviors should be recognized?•Superior work, students who provide help to their fellow students, original ideas/work

•At what age would badges work? •Answers ranged from primary grades to adults.

•Are you considering starting to use badges. •Five people said yes•One person, a librarian, said she wanted to use with teachers.

•ACCESS SURVEY AT THIS ADDRESS: http://bit.ly/badging

YOU MAY NOT PLEASE EVERYBODY

MOST NEGATIVE SURVEY COMMENT: I felt that I was beyond the place in my life where I needed a sticker to affirm that I was doing well.

HOW DO I

START??

Here is a link to my article in [email protected]/badging There’s a bibliography for more

information.

• WHAT IS YOUR GOAL? WHAT OUTCOME DO YOU WANT TO PROMOTE?

• EVIDENCE BASED OR NOT?• HOW TO EARN?• SHARE PUBLICLY?

THINGS TO CONSIDER…

HERE’S AN IDEA SUGGESTED BY A SURVEY PARTICIPANT…

DO Keep Badges Digital

I used Credly to make and manage badges.https://credly.com/

TRY THESE TWO FREE ONLINE SERVICES!

HERE ARE SOME THINGS I RECOMMEND

NOT TO DO…

•Don’t tie them to grades!•Don’t start with too many.•Don’t give them so often that the become meaningless.•Don’t take them beyond online posting or bolster them with material prizes.

•DO Keep grades out of your badging.•DO Give badges frequently but seek balance so as not to “cheapen” them•DO Use for things that are behaviors you want to foster•DO Have some badges that any student can attain.•DO Make it clear how to earn each badge.

IDEAS FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS

• Using with 7th graders in a particular unit…to encourage reading

• Computer/Internet skills• Skill based badges• Smaller Badges could lead to bigger• Use for out-of-school learning

IDEAS FOR LIBRARIANS• CAUGHT YOU READING• TRIVIA CONTESTS• OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL LEARNING• GENRES• TECH SKILLS• WEB 2.0 CREATIONS• HELPING OUT• PROGRAMMING EVENTS • SAVE THE DAY• CONTEST WINNERS

NEIL KRASNOFF ON BADGES

• Neil is librarian at Highland Park High School,Texas

• He wants to use Mozilla Open Badges • His idea is…” a collaborative project among

librarians to create a badge ecosystem for information literacy.”

• http://www.slideshare.net/txlibraryguy/information-literate-a-badge-of-honor

• Join in if you’re in Region 10!

DISCLAIMER…THIS DOES TAKE SOME TIME!

•This is especially true when setting up.•Using a site like Cred.ly or Classbadges does save time.•Creating a webpage just for badges is best alternative.•Once system in place, it’s easy to maintain.

ALL MARY ANN BELL’S STUFF CAN BE FOUND AThttp://bit.ly/mabellstuff

There is additional content relevant to this presentation as well as other presentations at the site above.

HELPFUL SITES:Credly—This site can help you make badges easily and quickly. It is also useful for

managing them. The Teacher’s Guide to Badges in Education from Edudemic:

http://www.edudemic.com/guides/the-teachers-guide-to-badges-in-education/YALSA Badges for learning: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/badges-learning

OCLC Badging the Library Parts 1 and 2: http://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/badging-the-library-part-

01.htmlhttp://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/badging-the-library-part-

02.htmlACRLog…Digital Badges For Academic Research?

http://acrlog.org/2012/06/28/digital-badges-for-library-research/Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About Badges: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eli7085.pdf

BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE!! On the Next Page…

MORE HELPFUL SITES

Classbadges is a one stop shop for getting started!http://blog.classbadges.com/

Michael Boll’s Badging Presentationshttp://www.michaelboll.me/presentations/one-hour-plus-workshops/bring-

badges-to-your-classroom-or-school/

This article by Anne O’Brien talks about out-of-school learninghttp://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-badges-student-awards-anne-obrien

Blended Librarian: Digital Badges for Learning: Exploring the Possible Impact on Higher Education & Libraries:

http://blendedlibrarian.badgestack.net/sessions/digital-badges-for-learning-exploring-the-possible-impact-on-higher-education-libraries/

Neil Krasnoff;s Presentation: http://www.slideshare.net/txlibraryguy/information-literate-a-badge-of-honor

BADGES FOR YOU!

The first is from American Library Association. Click on it to go to the related page and Love Your Library.

Did you attend this presentation or go through it online?If so collect this badge!