40 Book Challenge
spent a lot of time looking up progress of individual kids because they wanted to know where they stood
we couldn't just let them look at our spreadsheet because of privacy issues
THIS SOLVES THAT
Student Micro-Credential Database
We really struggled maintaining a database from year-to-year
Same privacy concerns prevented us from sharing with students, so they had to come to us for updates
All data entry was on us
Our new GDS report system spread like wildfire--kids were motivated to see their individual report
Including the digital badges motivated some kids to earn more. They are obviously adorable.
Leaderboards and the like
This is the less-explored application that we are turning our sights to next
James Allen's KYVL report is a great example of possibilities in this area
We'll play with making one of these during the session