Ok, so this badge thing from MacArthur has me a bit mystified, actually quite a bit. I was just reading the curated space about the badging (http://www.scoop.it/t/badges-for-lifelong-learning) and I still can’t figure it out.

Really, badges as evidence of “skill.” I’ve never been one big on grades or pieces of paper as symbols of education. So, if that’s the case, how is getting to the next level (now a badge) any better than some pre-designed curriculum? Really, what’s the difference. Is the rubric isn’t handed out by some lame, lazy teacher but an invisible algorithm designed by a fad-bitten nerd in cubicle. So what?

Can’t we imagine a world with ambiguous problems, in which our work stands for itself?

I will keep mulling over my thoughts here, but I am dubious that this is really anything new…