The Blogger Challenge
The Blogger Challenge concludes today. A challenge was issued and 18 daring educators answered the call. Some had never blogged before. A few had blogs, but had not written and
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What Does This Badge Get Me?
Badges Earned (1/20/16)Create bar charts What Does This Badge Get Me? Continuing to explore how a badging system can be used to communicate and measure learning, we conducted an analysis
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4 Badging Must Do’s for Teachers
4 Badging Must Do’s for Teachers In the 2016-2017 school year, our team’s goal is to launch a student badging program. An initiative like this could be daunting and overwhelming,
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Student Badge Designs (Prototypes)
Taking a first attempt at designing badges, check out these student generated badges…
Infographics on Easel.ly
Infographics on Easel.ly Create and share visual ideas online (Thanks for sharing this site Brittany!)
Students Earn Study Skills Badge
Students Earn Study Skills Badge After launching two student badges as a test pilot a few weeks before Thanksgiving, 13 students have earned the ‘Taskmaster’ badge. By earning this badge,
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The Power of Badging
The Power of Badging Since launching our faculty badging program in August, teachers have earned over 100 badges and provided some intriguing information related to mastery and learning needs. What
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Piloting Student Badges in Study Skills
Piloting Student Badges in Study Skills Since launching ‘central station’ and the designs of our XLR8 summer grant in August (thank you Amy and Chrissy), Middle School faculty have earned
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Leadership Badge Series
Leadership Badge Series Here is a badge design I am experimenting with as a way to show appreciation and recognition for leadership. This badge does not have a ‘submit evidence’
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Student Feedback on ePortfolios
Student Feedback on ePortfolios Today, students met with their conference mentors to read an article and discuss how to make e-portfolios more relevant for students. Many students do not see
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