MEETING APRIL 3RD 2012POD 10NANCY DON CHRIS
Badges: Special GuestAmy McQuigge
Tonight’s meeting is about earning badges for learning
Badges can be used for motivating students and recognizing achievements
that we may not be able to grade
Students can achieve badges when they are able to learn with or without high achievement. Badges can be given for learning that goes above and beyond the assignment or for achieving a small level of success on their way to higher level.
How do you get credit for things you have done that
have no way of measurement?
A badge can be adapted to any level and skill
that a student is working on achieving.
Assessment by peers can be eye opening and beneficial to
students
Badges are different from prior level achievement and can be a way to reward and motivate students when
they are on their way to higher achievement but have not gotten there yet.
Students can earn and collect badges once a badge site for minors is
created. For now they are for 18 and over.
The slide was blurry but the websites are
p2pu.org and openbadges.org
Nancy and Don met in Pod 10 to discuss our questions. (We don’t know
what happened to Chris, hope he wasn’t lost)
We talked about getting badges for work that we have both done. Don has
already gotten his first badge.
@amymcquigge Follow her on Twitter
Learning happens everywhere
Badges can be awarded to learners for different knowledge
and skills
Don and I earned Badges 101 and the Hackasauras Navigator Badge. PS: This can get addicting