<div><div dir="auto">I kind of like the idea! Of course I teach, and I am into issuing certificates validating knowledge of some topic. This Summer I am teaching a big bunch of kids, and their teachers, about robotics in KC. I may suggest this for that organization (aSTEAMVillage.org) Hmmm, a certificate in robotics from DPRG! Might be interesting!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Roie</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 11:33 PM Doug Paradis <<a href="mailto:paradug@gmail.com">paradug@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>James,<div> Interesting idea. I would like to see how difficult it would be to implement. It might be hard to get some older members to buy into it ("I don't need no stinking badges"). I think that it would be good way for new members to see how they are progressing.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Doug P.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 6:11 PM, James LeRoy <span><<a href="mailto:james@getsurreal.com" target="_blank">james@getsurreal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I was curious what the group thinks of implementing a badging
system. With the challenges of keeping competitions interesting for
advanced roboticists, but then the barrier being too high for new
roboticists a badging system could be very interesting. Unlike the
competitions, badges can be earned anytime throughout the year.<br>
<br>
We've discussed some of these basics in DPRG meetings so we could
have badges like: <br>
<br>
<ul>
<li>MicroController - Arduino basics. 8bit AVRs, 32bit ARM</li>
<li>Motor Control - Driving a straight line</li>
<li>Odometry - Rotating 360 degrees, driving a square.</li>
<li>Displays - Matrix displays, LCD displays</li>
<li>Sensors - Ping, IR, etc.</li>
<li>Having a robot that turns on :)<br>
</li>
<li>And many more...<br>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
But we can also issue badges for things like: <br>
<br>
<ul>
<li>Entering a DPRG competition</li>
<li>Placing top three in a DPRG competition</li>
<li>Volunteering at a DPRG event</li>
<li>Making a presentation at a DPRG meeting</li>
</ul>
<br>
Mozilla has an open source badging system <a class="m_3907444298248338146m_3274129652953045502moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://openbadges.org/" target="_blank">https://openbadges.org/</a>
and there is a free WordPress plugin,
<a class="m_3907444298248338146m_3274129652953045502moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/badgeos/" target="_blank">https://wordpress.org/plugins/badgeos/</a>, that should make it easy to
manage the badges on the DPRG site. <br>
<br>
What's unique about these badges is they have data embedded in them
that identify the person that earned it and they can have links in
them that validate the badge. i.e. People can post youtube videos
for verification.<br>
<br>
Thoughts?<br>
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