[p2pu-webcraft] Badges for skills/values in Webcraft (you can earn, assess and issue)

[B. Maura Townsend]

I'm wondering how the "expert level" badges will be assessed when nobody has
the badges yet?

BMT

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Erin Knight <erin.knight21 at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hey Webcrafters - The assessment and badge pilot is still going for the
> next couple weeks and you still have a chance to participate:
> http://badges.p2pu.org
>
> *1) Try for a badge*
> There are a number of assessments in there including Javascript Basic<http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/1/javascript-basic-badge-challenge> (also
> in Spanish <http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/21/reto-de-javascript-basico>!) and
> Expert<http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/2/javascript-expert-badge-challenge>,
> PHP Basic <http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/3/php-basic-badge-challenge>and
> Expert <http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/4/php-expert-badge-challenge>, Accessibility
> Foundations<http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/5/accessibility-foundation-badge-challenge>and
> Expert<http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/6/accessibility-expert-badge-challenge>and Open
> Source Contributor<http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/7/open-source-contributor-badge-challenge>.
> If you think you have one or more of these skills, you can submit work for
> these assessments, and earn the associated Mozilla-endorsed badge which you
> can use to demonstrate your skill set to the Webcraft and P2PU communities,
> Mozilla and other key stakeholders like other potential employers.
>
> *2) Assess existing work*
> This is a peer-driven learning community, so assessments are also peer
> driven. All of the Basic/Foundation badges are peer assessed - so that means
> that you can go in and look at submitted work, review it against the rubric
> and vote yes/no and leave feedback for the submitter. Once the submission
> received 3 yes votes, the submitter will earn the badge. But it is important
> to have an active community of assessors in there so help out where you
> can.
>
> **Note, the Expert-level badges, those are "guru" or "has-the-badge"
> assessed, so once you earn the JS Expert badge, for example, you can assess
> future submissions for that badge*
>
> *3) Give badges to peers*
> There are a number of badges that you can just give peers directly. These
> badges include: Team Player <http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/41/team-player>,
> Peer Mentor <http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/40/peer-mentor>, Community
> Builder <http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/44/community-builder>, Innovator<http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/42/innovator>and
> Communicator <http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/43/communicator>. With the
> skill badges, these peer-issued, community badges help create a more
> complete picture of each learner, and these skills are often those that
> employers are looking for (and currently have little to no way of knowing
> about). To give one of these badges to a peer, go to
> http://badges.p2pu.org/badges/, click on the appropriate SAPPHIRE badge
> and fill out the form with the peer username and a comment explaining why
> they deserve the badge.
>
> **Note: peers must sign into the badge environment at least once with
> their P2PU account to show up in the peer badge form, so if you don't see
> them in there, send them a quick side note to encourage them to log into the
> badge environment so that you can issue them a badge. *
>
> *4) Suggest and vote on badges you would like to see in the next phase of
> the pilot* (in the April SoW courses).
>
> http://badges.p2pu.org/questions/67/what-assessments-and-badges-would-you-like-to-see-here
> Help us plan for the next iteration of badges for School of Webcraft! We
> are aiming to have a comprehensive set of assessments and badges within 2011
> so it will be helpful to understand the skills, value and qualities that are
> important to the webcraft community. Suggest ideas and vote up/down
> suggestions.
>
> *5) Give us feedback*
> We are always open and appreciative of feedback and insights. You can use
> this mailing list to give us feedback on the assessments and badges.
>
> Thanks,
> Erin
>
> Assessment and Badge Lead, P2PU and Mozilla
>
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