Badges-Awards

Reward students with badges & awards: For each unit or section completed, reward students with badges. Khan Academy is an example. As students watch instructional videos and complete problem sets, Khan Academy awards them with points and badges to track progress and encourage perseverance.

Badges should have a value:

• points earned on task, challenge, quest
• specific combination of points and badges earned, unit successfully completed etc
• reaching a specific skill level
• peer helping, tutoring

Systems like 3D Game lab have three types of rewards:

• Badges: Achieve more complex unit or a combination of points, badges, or attain a specific skill
• Award: can be used to reward a behavior (helping other team members, helping another group, tutoring)
• Achievement: Achieve success: Complete a unit of study, master a test in a topic

Class-wide Rewards system:

To encourage collaboration, teamwork and peer helping, setup a reward where students achieve something as a team. For example, set a goal of 85% of class passing an exam. As a reward, the entire class gets an award with bonus points. This way students are helping each other instead of just competing for themselves.

Create a Badge Template:

Badge Template- Google Drawing: http://goo.gl/6ltPZF

Take a look at the 5th grade science example:

5th Grade Science- Gamified- Mariana Garcia

Badges and rewards

A required 85% is needed to receive a badge and the associated reward: