Attend
Exhibit
Curricularize Your Makerspace With Badges |
Listen and learn : Ed talk
Craig Dunlap
Starting a makerspace can feel haphazard. You have all these new tools but don't know how to make it all work. I created a badge system that encourages kids to learn maker skills and continue to level up. This curriculum is totally flexible and can handle your next idea.
| Audience: | Library media specialists, Teachers |
| Skill level: | Intermediate |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Maker activities & programs |
| Grade level: | PK-12 |
| Subject area: | Computer science, STEM/STEAM |
| ISTE Standards: | For Students: Innovative Designer
|
| Related exhibitors: | WeVideo, Inc., Sphero |
Attendees will have resources necessary to create their own badge system which will can be adapted to virtually any curricular discipline.
Attendees will examine how to examine requisite skills for increasing levels of mastery for maker tools in their rooms.
Attendees will learn to write badge requirements as success criteria.
Attendees will create a badge with me to walk through the process.
All attendees will have access to my work so they can use or modify as necessary.
Introduction -- myself and the topic (5 minutes)
History -- WHY did I create a MakerSpace Badge program? (10 minutes)
Process -- WHAT does the badge program look like? How to earn a badge? (10 minutes) Includes demos of robots/coding
Behind the Scenes -- GIVE link to my Google Drive folder with all information. Show highlights of the folder (5 minutes)
Create a Badge -- Help me write a new badge. (10 minutes)
Q&A/Wrap Up -- (5 minutes)
The badge system is goal-related, but all the goals are written as success criteria and "I can" statements. https://www.tepsa.org/resource/crafting-i-can-statements-a-practice-worth-pursuing/.
Digital badges are huge with adults, as many proudly display their digital badges on email signatures and Twitter profiles.
This system marries to the two concepts in a manner that helps kids learn technical skills and continue to level up as they earn more badges.
Craig Dunlap was the 2021 KySTE Impact Teacher of the Year. He is the blended learning teacher at Yealey Elementary School in Florence, KY. Drawing on 28 years of teaching experience, he loves to open up the world of technology to students and teachers. He specializes in video production and robotics but loves a good Google Slide Show too. Craig is an ambassador for WeVideo and Kodable and is a huge Philadelphia Eagles fan. Craig lives in Covington, KY, with his wife (a 2nd grade teacher), 7th grade daughter, and two crazy pets.
Changing the World Bit by Bit With Microbit
Teaching Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning With Code.org
The Scanning History Project
Return