Digital Badges/Helpers

White Album Badge — Level 0, Snowball (melted)

Feet Wet Badge — Level 1: Get Your Feet Wet

Volunteer Apprentice Badge — Level 2: Volunteer Apprentice

Background

These community-engagement and sports-engagement badges track and acknowledge participants at all levels. This suite of digital badges address leadership, trust and volumes of work.

The Digital Badges also offer an opportunity for recognition. These Digital_Badges/Helpers are inclusive of students, citizens, parents, volunteers, junior staff aids, athletes, professional workers, coaches, officials and community members of all ages and backgrounds. Sponsor and donor badges and other categories for retirees are expected too.

History

In 2015, this framework consist primarily for a few dozen staff members buzzing around Swim & Water Polo Camp.
In 2016, the framework might not be inserted into the Sprout Fund/Playlists RFP. It is worthy of its own topic area and does not need to confuse the Play.CLOH.org/application

Insights

The low-level badges are functional such that the simplest badges mark the completion of certain milestones useful for tracking employees, volunteers, and students. At events, after a participant sets up their badge profile, signs a photo release form, (and liability waiver if the event requires it), and wants to join or help in the City of Learning badging process (through either giving or working towards badges) he/she earns a Level 1 badge for getting their feet wet in the badging process.

Additionally, at 4-H service events, the volunteer screening form and the 4-H Code of Conduct as well as any necessary clearances need to be completed, at which point the individual is recognized with the volunteer (if older than 18) or volunteer apprentice (if younger than 18) badges and able to participate in the service event. These badges also link to necessary documents for ease of access and organization. The badging process continues with service goal marks that escalate as volunteers' skills and knowledge are noticed. Life-long achievement marks of distinction and disposition are to the top of the ladder for those who not only regularly volunteered throughout their lives, but who shaped the sandlots of the city.

The Sports-Ethics badges can be awarded and revoked. Spreading miss-information and using poor judgement make causes for concern and the badge system can respond appropriately. As issues occur, see the Review Committee.

A Digital Badges/Helpers start with a rudimentary registration (i.e. signing of photo release waiver, registration with an emergency phone number, providing a photo, email, wiki-page and getting into the attendance system). ontinue by rewarding participants for continued participation in both sports and volunteering events with several marked goals (e.g. 10 of each, 50 of each, etc.). The summative disposition badge for summer programs in the sports-ethics concentration would be a sportsmanship badge, because sportsmanship is essentially the comingling of sports teamwork performance and ethical, respectful behavior.

Idea: Snowball app.

Ladder of Engagement

Digital_Badges/Helpers range from Get Your Feet Wet to Mt. Rushmore status. The progression has volunteer and some other specific role designations for Police, Firefighters, EMS, and Teachers. Ladder from Walk-on, Recruit, Draft Pick, Player, Starter, All-League, All-Star, Superstar, Emeritus, HOFer (Hall Of Fame), CLOH-retired (Collegiate Letterman (Letter-earner) Of Honor), Referee, Official, Team Owner, Rooney-like, Benefactor.

Levels and letters are part of the badge name

Level 0: Historical Housekeeping Digital Badges/4-H/00 White
- The 0 badge can be given without the earner's knowledge, for any act, even in the past.
  - If you were in Summer Dreamers three years ago, before Digital Badges were used, this badge might already given to you without your knowledge. This is the badge to fling at the masses in blanket statements. All those that attended Take A Father to School Day, you've all be awarded a Digital Badge, just because your name is on the list. It is like a snow-ball badge or ice cube badge in that its staying power is limited.