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The time has come to roll on once again. As I reflect on my class experience, I am drawn to Digital Badges and Rubrics that communicate student growth through visual communication to enable all students to learn at their individual ability levels.
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Digital Badges Personalization /Differentiation
 Equity: the quality of being fair and impartial. At times, it is a difficult task to be impartial when I connect a name to an assignment. Sometimes it is for the good, the betterment of the student. A nameless paper is read and assessed for its quality. But then I see that it was written by a student who is capable of more detail, voice, or correct grammar. And I score accordingly: the proficiency grade, but then I will leave explicit guidance on the rubric to support deeper learning for better writing. And not just writing, but in every subject. Best practice, gear the classroom according to ability level groupings and assignments in literacy and math. Move more slowly for certain groups, break down the lessons into smaller chunks, and find a multitude of visuals and concrete examples and activities to support all learners. Accelerated learners are given more autonomy than the rest, and teach each other. Peer tutors are a mainstay and have been for years in this classroom.    online rubrics using ForAllRubrics.com. |
Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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Joan,
ReplyDeleteI love your use of badge boards since they make it easier to visual the learning progression and encourage students to want to earn the next badge. Have you noticed an increase in students' motivation since implementing the badge boards? Rubrics simplify assignments on both the student and teacher ends. They specify exactly what criteria the teacher will be grading so students aren't left guessing and makes the grading process much more objective for teachers.
The above comment was me, Kathleen Dunneback. It showed my name before I submitted but didn't post it with my response.
ReplyDeleteIt has helped some students. I love seeing the drive, the ambition to attain higher levels of learning. Others, it has no impact.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear from you Kathleen!
Hi Joan -
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed creating my digital badges as a source of motivation for my students. I'd like to also allow time for students to create their own badges, or identify the outcomes for which they'd like a badge created, as ways to personalize the learning experience further. When it comes to rubrics, have you experimented with tasking your students to create their own rubrics for an activity? When I taught language arts, I tried a series of small writing assignments where students knew the standards/outcomes on which they were being assessed; however, they needed to collaborate and place importance in the form of point values on other categories to formulate their own rubrics. It was interesting to see how sixth-graders broke down the importance of each requirement.
Hi Ryan,
DeleteI did have students help generate rubrics in years past. Thank you for the friendly reminder. i can see this years class taking to it quite well.
Hi Joan.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to see the creative badges that you made for your students. I think that they will definitely be motivated to complete the aspects of the tasks. Have you implemented the use of the badges yet in the classroom? If so, how do you share them with the students once they have mastered a specific level? I also appreciate you sharing the rubric site that you use.
Thanks for all of your insight during discussions in this course!
Lisa Vondrak
I too enjoyed the process of creating digital badges for my students so they could keep track of their learning. I plan on implementing them into my classes second semester and look forward to seeing my students reaction to them. I love that you use them also as an alternative to grades.
ReplyDeleteSorry the above comment did not post my name Meghan Innis
DeleteJoan,
ReplyDeleteI too really like the digital badges. I think it ties with the gamification of the classroom really nicely. Creating them can be a little drawn but once it is set up, it may help to incentivize the unmotivated student. You can also tie rubrics together with this and students will know exactly what they need to do to attain the badge. If this is something that you are doing/will do I would love to hear more about how it went!
Joe