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Key Questions for Global Kids Badge Development 

Submitted by daria on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 19:14

For the past few months, we’ve been meeting with a small group of Global Kids staff members called the Badges Fast Action Team or B-FAT. The group consists of five staff members who convene every other week to discuss big picture questions as we build out badges for ourorganization. So far, we've discussed what the overall badging schemata for Global Kids should look like, including what features there should be and what skills, abilities, accomplishments, etc. we want to badge. You can read about that in more detail here and a template of what it looks like here.

 

Most recently, we discussed two key questions:

1. Are their GK badges that we are offering to youth not in GK and GK badges that we want to certify other organizations to offer?

2. What is our process for rolling out the badges system and what challenges can we foresee?

 

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.

GK Announces New Badging System to Certify Informal and Interest-driven Learning 

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/21/2012 - 16:39

GLOBAL KIDS, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW BADGING SYSTEM
TO CERTIFY INFORMAL AND INTEREST-DRIVEN LEARNING

More than two dozen institutions in New York City and Chicago invited to participate

Through a generous grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Global Kids, Inc. is excited to announce that it is developing a new badging system for New York City and Chicago members of The Hive Learning Networks. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Up to 28 Hive member organizations will pilot badging programs within the system, both for their own organizational needs and for the broader Hive network. Global Kids (GK) will contribute the first series of badges, for global citizenship and civic participation, and be amongst the first to offer a model demonstrating how the Badging System can be deeply integrated throughout a youth-serving organization.