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This is an example of how tagging is so helpful. If you're following the open badge movement, you can look at the HASTAC badges tag on their website and stay up to date.  For netgened students, badges relate to game based learning as they are part of gamifying learning: a trend that will continue to influence education. 

As I look to gamify my classroom, I'm heading to Class badges to do this. If you want to gamify your classroom, look to this website. (Hey, yes, you could, dare I say it, align with standards!) 

this site explains a badge systems that can incourage school work 

This is a winner in the digital media badges for lifelong learning competition. "In the Youth APPLab, middle and high school students in the District of Columbia design software and mobile apps in an after-school program that supplements their formal learning in computer science. They conceive, develop and co-create their own Android Apps. Ultimately, students and their apps will compete for internships with technology-based startup companies in and around the DC area."

A collection of articles on different ways games can be use, how they can benefit children, and plans to educate teachers on GBL.

This lab allows classes to learn through gaming. The classroom becomes the game by personalized learning by using quest-based learning and game mechanics. The students can progress through standards and categories the teacher can create. The 3D GameLab is currently closed, but it will kick off in an online spring camp for teachers and instructional designers that provides the tools and training to turn the classroom into a living game. Up to 60 students are allowed to play their way through the curriculum.

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