A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 7, 2013

The following is cross-posted at Laura Fleming''s blog titled Worlds of Learning. I am proud to announce Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School , a digital badge professional learning platform. The idea behind this platform is to provide professional learning with a pinch of gamification. ?For

Digital Badges 310

Digital Badges Professional Learning Learning Gamification 310

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Get Your Gamification On. Several years ago, gamification was an emerging trend and even named one of the Horizon Report’s Top 10 things driving educational change. For example, students can see what elements make up a grass block or use helium to make pigs fly, a “Minecraft” blog reported. Break Out of the Digital Mold.

Gamification 324

Gamification Digital Badges Classroom Microsoft 324

Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

But those webtools exemplify where the gamification of education started. Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. More on SAMR and Gamification. The first thing most teachers think about when discussing gamified learning is the online math games kids play.

Gamification 233

Gamification Learning Digital Citizenship Smartphone 233

Fractus Learning

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Digital badges do just that: they show when students have learned a skill or met a goal. For teachers, badges make classroom goals visible to students. The value of digital badges goes beyond the classroom, as well. Students use badges that they have earned to get scholarships, enter graduate school, and get jobs.

Digital Badges 44

Digital Badges Classroom Gamification Accessibility 44

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

We are partnering with Chrome Warrior and using their gamification platform to provide an enhanced professional development experience for Global Education Conference attendees. If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC!

Conference 28

Conference Case Study Digital Badges Education 28

TeachThought - Learn better.

JUNE 7, 2015

In a learning ecology–as we use them now–digital badges usually cause little excitement and mean nothing. As levers of gamification , however, they have the potential to uncover the nuance of performance, as I explained in that post. This is also where most classrooms are today.

How To 40

How To Gamification Learning Digital Badges 40