Whether you are looking to step up your sticker game in the classroom or looking to introduce gamification into your learning environment, customizable badges are a great way to start! Badges, by definition, are a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, or achievement. The use of badges is not a novelty and has been around for quite some time to motivate and encourage people to achieve certain standards and complete s

When I received the email calling for makers to exhibit in this year’s Maker Faire Miami, I thought it would be a fun learning experience. I’ve been to Maker Faires before, but had never been a part of one, so my colleague and I went ahead full force. Now when I said I thought it was going to be a learning experience, I truly underestimated myself. Not only did I learn about the do’s and don’ts of exhibiting, but also a lot about myself too. Maker Faire exhibitors are brok

The Challenge: Build an observation tower, using the given supplies, that will support weight on top. A platform is provided to be used as the top of the tower to place the weight on. Each tower is judged on HEIGHT, STRENGTH, and AESTHETICS. The Background: This challenge is a quick 30 minute project from our Makerfication line of projects. Makerfication is an idea that Rick Funes and I came up with where aspects from Gamification and the Maker Movement come together in a sym