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