I LOVE the motivation and personal gratification that comes with working toward and earning badges! This is the coolest idea for PD and I would love to find an accessible way to implement badges with my 1st graders! I don't know how we could easily get the kids access to accounts since we are not 1:1 but I would like to play around this summer and find a way! Seeing how excited I get about new badges tells me my little ones would be all about this! My teammate, Julie (another inspiration!), wants to try to implement a school-wide reading badge system if we can figure out the logistics. I would also like to try creating badges for specific content standards or skills for students to be able to show evidence of their own learning and mastery! The possibilities are endless and I am inspired to find a way to make this work for primary students.
