What are Badges? Personally I have never heard of this therefore I’m going to start with introduction to these.
This video gives an over view of what badges are:
Benefits of Badges to Teachers:-
Using Badges in the classroom allows teachers to personalise their class as well as set tailored targets that a visual and realistic for the children. For children to be motivated I feel that the visualisation of their targets can encourage them to reach them, children are also able to view own progress allowing them to work at their own pace. This can also be used as an assessment tool for the teacher as they document a child’s progression. Having this sorts of details information can also be used to set new targets for the class as a whole or individual children. Badges can be a motivation tool in the classroom, they can also lighten the load of the teacher as this allows the teacher to share these with the children online as well as in their books with ease.
Benefits of Badges to Children:-
Badges allow children to engage with their learning as they are able to see when they have achieved a target, being able to see their achievements can motivate the children to set new targets themselves and not wait for the teacher. Children can create personal targets that they are able to work towards at their own pace. Having badges can create a sense of self competition as the children strive to meet the next target or goal.
Personally I would have to do more research into this before implementing it into the classroom.