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Making Classroom Writing Assessment More Visible, Equitable, and Portable through Digital Badging
Educator Stephanie West-Puckett describes her experience using collaboratively designed digital badges as a networked, contextual, and participatory form of writing assessment in a college first-year writing course. She describes how this “community-based assessment” supported diverse…
Reflecting on the Benefits of Badging: A Collection of Blog Posts
In this collection of blog posts, teacher Deanna Mascle shares her reflections on the benefits of three ways of using badges with her students: for assessment, for student-to-student peer response, and for recognition of their work. These blog posts capture her reflections and offer links,…
Student-Made Badges as Self-Assessment
Teacher Chad Sansing explains how he uses badges, rather than as an award or symbol of achievement, as an assessment tool for student self-reflection. He approaches the students' use of badging through the lens of digital-making and web-authorship. Through coding, the badge designs emerge…
TTT (Teachers Teaching Teachers) Talks Badges
This blog post from "The Current" features two videos that offer comprehensive talk-throughs about badging (credentialing) including various iterations, pros and cons, structures and practical uses in education and other contexts. Teacher leaders will find the featured discussions useful in…
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