#BadgeChatK12 Archive
#BadgeChatK12 was founded in December, 2014 by a group of educators who are passionate about credentialing learning and achieving. While there are thousands of us around the globe issuing badges to learners, there was not yet a regular twitter chat for those of us in the K-12 space to gather for learning and sharing about badging. After reaching out to leaders in the field (like the good folks at Mozilla and The Badge Alliance) for their thoughts, #BadgeChatK12 was born.
Monday August 15, 2016
Welcome to ! Let’s get to know each other. What do you teach? Where are you? Do you use Badges or just curious?
I'm Noah in Denver and a big believer in Badges' ability to tell more complete story about learners + achievers:)
Tom from Southern California. Using badges for 1st time this year in my AP Spanish class.
I work with edtech pd and digital badges. Excited to back on with
Hi! Adam from Va Beach. K-12 Principal. Just curious
Welcome Adam! Awesome to have some admin representation at first chat of the semester!
I should mention I'm in So California
Ready 2 learn! https://t.co/yiiixDzmsH
Welcome Adam! Awesome to have some admin representation at first chat of the semester!
Gregg - Straight Outta Modesto, CA. Proj Coord Ed Tech at our COE. Getting prepped to launch our badge project for teacher PD
Awesome to see you Gregg! Excited to hear about the PD rollout!
We might be an intimate crew today, or others will join later. Either way, let's get on to first question...
Hey So stoked to be back at it. I'm Ben in Santa Cruz and I'm all about for and classrooms!
Q1: What are Pro Tips for teachers new to Badges? What questions should they be considering?
A1. I'm completely new to this ready to learn
Actually, that's a point in and of itself: Seek questions just as much as answers!
A1: Ts should always consider the end product. What do I want my Ss to learn and what evidence will I require to demo that.
A1: Remember the 'A' in SMART goals! Start small > study > learn > achieve > reiterate
Rebecca Leid - Spanish teacher/Instructional coach - Williamsport, PA - new to badges. Incorporating for prof. dev. this year
Are there any articles you can reference about badges?
A1: agreed - being able to answer the q "why" is essential.
A1: Do the badges have only internal (private) values, or are you going for external values (i.e.: Open Badges) ?
Yes!
1) Make it about the learners, not the tech
2) Evidence is powerful https://t.co/8IFdADoO3s
A1: Ts should always consider the end product. What do I want my Ss to learn and what evidence will I require to demo that.
A1: what skills do end consumers (employers? college?) want, and seek their endorsement of badges to give value to students
here is one resource - let us know if more info about a specific aspect of badges would help
Great question to consider Ahn! Can you expand on that for folks totally new to Badges?
Is this a program to create badges for your classroom?
Keep the pro tips and questions coming! We're going to push out question 2 in the meantime!
Q2: What’s new, different or improved in the Badges landscape that we need to know about?
1a: allow issued badges to persist and earners can use that as a lifelong record. Long value after issued
A2: at least one provider of the Common App is allowing students to integrate Badges to share w colleges
1b: Private badges would have short term values limited to just your classroom/school . Program same, value scope different.
A2: endorsements ... kind of still emerging. But https://t.co/JYRLBJVQyu now will endorse preservice Ed Tech badging systems
Looks like it could be a big deal! Do you mind elaborating on "endorsement" for folks new to that word?
The most basic of ones. Very naive to this https://t.co/Pc8NXzA8nj
So many! What kind of articles are you looking for?
I like what is doing at her school by getting local business involved as rewards for badges earned
A2: Higher Ed beginning to recognize some PD Badges for grad level credit! knows more...
Yes, it helps with establishing badge credibility by having a known entity endorse the badges.
. There are some pretty sweet evidence tracking features in where learners can upload work & get feedback
In this case, AECT is a national Ed Tech organization with a badging committee providing this endorsement.
What exactly are the businesses rewarding?
I'm chair of that committee ... we review badges for their rigor in criteria and reviewing practices for endorsement.
A1: Yes! Having a clear answer for Badge Earners who ask: "Why should I care?" https://t.co/pkEgufU3Iz
I like what is doing at her school by getting local business involved as rewards for badges earned
This is similar to what we are doing as well. Presenting the idea to our rotary club! https://t.co/dnFhMoe9vt
I like what is doing at her school by getting local business involved as rewards for badges earned
badges that have meaning to a wide set people helps increase value. Partnering w/other agencies helps (university)
Public TechEd is just one group built in , a badge issuing platform You can copy badges or build your own
A2: Lot of new self-paced PD Badge opportunities from various endorsers avail for FREE now on
OK, question 3 coming in hot!
Q3: Link dump! What resources can you share w others just getting started?
A1 Keep your eyes open for PDs on badges and then become an advocate for badges to your colleagues
We're tying bdg goals with badges for individualized prof dev. Then using it to gamify our PD against building level teams!
Thanks man. Pretty stoked about what'll come of it.
A3: here is a planning template to help guide your first steps - improvements are most welcome:
https://t.co/nMENgEt3Qg
3: (Totally shameless plug) https://t.co/slKqmYzC8M see what other badges are out there as you design your badges :)
A3 Look to content standards/can-do statements for guidelines for establishing badge mastery criteria
A3 - and are Badge Gurus so follow them on Twitter.
No problem You can build your own badges on Let me know when you have Qs. Stoked to help people learn
3: Anyone need helps making sure their has all the necessary data for discovery, feel free to ping :)
On the way out, let's reflect...
Q4: What are your takeaways from this week’s chat?
A4: There is a lot of excitement, a growing set of tools and resources to help get started with badging.
A4: When moderating, challenge yourself to simplify, even when you thought you already did:)
A4. I have tons of research to do! Thanks for the great start
A4 That I want more time with ! So glad we're back for another school year ! Thanks for everything you do. :-)
A4 Ask tons of questions to badge experts. 9 mths ago I heard this at by and now in 2 wks I'm launching mine
Thanks for joining! Great to have some fresh perspectives!
I'll have to throw my ideas past you guys to see if I'm on the right track =)
Beyond asking questions, u also model believing in yourself and daring to dream big and go for it! Great job!
A4 We need another Badge Summit (maybe a virtual one).
It does feel good to be back, doesn't it? Educators are a fortunate breed to be excited about going back to work:)
Thanks for joining everybody and see you next week!
Haha. Totally. I love the enthusiasm of the twitter teacher community! I want another half hour of right now!
A virtual Happy hour! Drinks on
Please let me know if you have any more questions about or badging in general. Here to help.
