Demo Slams with Google Apps #37
Had a fun time doing some Demo Slams on the "Demo Slams featuring Google Apps" YouTube Channel this week. I can't wait to do another next month:
New Badging Tool for schools
I just finished and published my latest Google Sheets Add-on: BadgerPD.
BadgerPD is a Google Sheet Add-on for Micro-Credentialing / Badge tracking. Set it up for a school, classroom, conference, or business. It will allow you to link to your own training's, or a public repository. Enjoy and Never Stop Learning.
VT Fest: Build Your Own Badge Framework
Title: Build Your Own Badge Framework
Time: Thursday at 9:15
Description:
There are many places that allow you to earn badges, and they are a great way to show your proficiency level of a subject. In this session we will have an open discussion about building your own micro-credential lessons that result in earning a badge. For example, think about all the items in your makerspace, how do you know if a student can use the 3d printer, or the Arduino. Now imagine associating a micro-credential lesson with each of those items, students or teachers could complete those lessons and provide proof of knowledge.
Types of badges
Micro-Credentialing
Break-out Group Discussion
Badge Tracking Tools
Badgeing and Professional Development
Build your own badge
Earn a badge at VT Fest
Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) at VT Fest
Time: Thursday at 9:15
Description:
There are many places that allow you to earn badges, and they are a great way to show your proficiency level of a subject. In this session we will have an open discussion about building your own micro-credential lessons that result in earning a badge. For example, think about all the items in your makerspace, how do you know if a student can use the 3d printer, or the Arduino. Now imagine associating a micro-credential lesson with each of those items, students or teachers could complete those lessons and provide proof of knowledge.
Types of badges
- OpenBadges
- Basic Images (Tip: Google Draw, File => published to web)
- Symbols (https://icons8.com/)
- Stickers
- Physical Badges
- Patches
Micro-Credentialing
Micro-credentialing is the process of earning a micro-credential, which are like mini-degrees or certifications in a specific topic area. They can either be broad, such as 'Machine Learning,' or specific, like 'Using Data to Differentiate Instruction for ELL Students.'What is Micro Credentialing? | Study.com
Break-out Group Discussion
Badge Tracking Tools
- https://badgerpd.edlisten.com/ (Google Sheets Add-on) ~ Official launch at VT Fest 2018
- https://www.flippity.net/
- https://www.badgelist.com/
- https://badgr.com/
Badgeing and Professional Development
Activities that Qualify for Professional Learning Credit
"As long as it fits with the professional learning standards. Documentation HAS to have the name of the sponsoring institute, dates, and hours. "
Build your own badge
Use Google Draw to create the badge. Then click File => Publish to get a public URL for that image.
Earn a badge at VT Fest
http://vtfest.vita-learn.org/badges/
Extended Learning Opportunities (ELO) at VT Fest
Thursday Block 3: 10:30 - 11:00 - Let’s Talk Micro-credentialing (Meetup) with Susan Henessey, Bjorn Behrendt, Ruben Puentedura, Tim O’Leary.
Thursday Blocks 2,3,4,5 & Friday Blocks 2,3 - Making Physical Badges with Cricut Maker, GlowForge Laser Cutter, or Button Maker
Tips For Quickly Enrolling Chromebooks
Enrolling Chromebooks can take some time, but if you plan ahead then the process can happen much quicker. Here are some tips that I have done to help the process along.
Tip 1: Use a usb-to-nic adapter. Connecting to wifi during the enrollment will slow down the process considerbly.
Tip 2: In the Admin Dashboard set up a network policy so that Chromebooks in your desired Org get a device-based SSID.
Are keystroke automation tools worth it?
Tip 1: Use a usb-to-nic adapter. Connecting to wifi during the enrollment will slow down the process considerbly.
Tip 2: In the Admin Dashboard set up a network policy so that Chromebooks in your desired Org get a device-based SSID.
- Open the Google Admin Dashboard
- Navigate to: Device management => Networks => Wi-Fi
- Select the appropriate Org.
- Add a device based Wifi
Tip 3: Set up an easy to type username / password.
- Place the username into the same Org as you want the devices to go into (See Tip 4);
- The username does not need any special permissions
- Make the name simple to type, like: 121@yourdomain.com
- Make the password easy to type, like: 1234567890
- You can disable the user (or make a more complex password) after the bulk of the enrollment process is done.
Tip 4: Have the devices automatically go into a specific Org when enrolled.
- Open the Google Admin Dashboard
- Navigate to: Device management => Chrome => User Settings
- Select the appropriate Org.
- Scroll down to Enrollment Controls Section
- In device Enrollment select "Place chrome device in user organization"
- If you do any asset tagging, or location tagging, I also suggest enabling the "Asset Identifier During Enrollment"
Are keystroke automation tools worth it?
- Ones I have used: I have played with the USB Rubber Ducky, and heard of Centipede.
- What they do: They basically mimic keystrokes, as soon as you put the usb key into a computer, allowing you to skip the repetitive keying in.
- Are they worth it? For our network they were not worth it; mostly because we enter the asset tag and location during enrollment. We also found that between the Nic-to-USB and the easy to type enrollment user, the process went so quick that the above were not worth it for us.
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