DML2014: Ignite Talk - Krystal Meisel
0...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Badges: Forging a Chicago STEM Pathway Across the US
This engaging presentation will share our experience developing and implementing a shared STEM digital-badging ecosystem for non-formal learning environments in Chicago. It will center on the process of gathering consensus around the adoption of Project Exploration's Youth Science Matrix © as a foundation for standard implementation and assessment among six diverse STEM programming institutions (Adler Planetarium, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, After School Matters, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, and Chicago Botanic Gardens) and two badging platforms (ForAll Badges and Youtopia). We will share student reflections and ideas for overcoming the technology gap.
Krystal Meisel, program manager at Project Exploration, Art of Science Learning Innovation Fellow and C-STEMM member, will igniting interest in the invention of an I-80 for digital badging. Come prepared to reimagine pathways, connect organizations, build bridges between cities and get our youth and communities to amazing new places. Listeners will be inspired to explore possible ways to get all students, parents and communities (including those who may not have reliable access to technology) to travel on our newly imagined super highway.