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This Concept Map, created with IHMC CmapTools, has information related to: Digital Badges, Teachers Worlds of Learning: New Jersey digital badging website to show teachers' continued learning, specifically with 13 badges that teachers can include in an end of year portforlio that shows they can implement digital technologies in their instruction, Digital Badges are a way to create an online persona that displays one's abilities and forms an identity and reputation, have alternative ways of evidence for learning by recognizing learning and sharing it anywhere Digital badges are versitile, A Future in a 7t grade Math classroom I could see using digital badges in my classroom as a way to engage my students at home, encourage finding mathematics in the community, recognize math in other content areas, and utilizing the best resources possible to solve math problems., Digital Badges are A learning technology: meant to personalize learning and make it more accessible. May be developed for education or adapted from other uses and made useful for learning purposes, Teachers can receive digital badges to show continued learning, Students City of Chicago: in 2013 partnered with 100 organizations, including museums, libraries,schools, businesses, and community centers to ensure all youths learn something, have evidence of their learning, are encouraged to learn more, and can communicate their learning in their future for recognition, Digital badges are versitile are meant to incentivize, Digital badges are versitile are A learning technology: meant to personalize learning and make it more accessible. May be developed for education or adapted from other uses and made useful for learning purposes, Implications for Students, Digital badges are versitile are a way to summarize achievements, Challenges & Concerns Still require the setup of infrastructures that support digital badging as a legitimate record of learning, A Future Many possibilites..., A Future in which digital badges do not only display mastery of standards, but also of "soft skills"; teachers can recognize progress, collaboration, speaking skills, presentation skills, digital literacy, etc., A Future Badges as a way to secure jobs: In Madison, WI institutions found badging as a way to recognizemarketable skills and built a program to show to rigorous acquisition of these skills, Students have alternative ways of evidence for learning, Mozilla'smetadata includes information:the achievement, description of the achievement, who issued the badge, criteria for earning the badge, when the badge was issued, standards it links to, and keywordsrelated to the badge according to Janzow, P. (2014). Connecting Learning to Jobs through Digital Badges. Catalyst, 42(2), 9-11., Digital Badges are meant to incentivize, A way to grant certification for formal or informal learning based on learned skills and outcomes rather than seat time according to Horizon Reports: K-12 and Higher Education, A learning technology: meant to personalize learning and make it more accessible. May be developed for education or adapted from other uses and made useful for learning purposes according to Horizon Reports: K-12 and Higher Education