I woke up with more thoughts about how to do the awards.
- Write them in first person. Make them into personal statements of accomplishment. See below.
- For under 18, two people verify an award: another child, friend or family member and a non-family adult. It would solve the problem of child protection and safety and also include more people in the process.
- Put a “not yet” feature for reviewers so that when a person doesn’t make the award on the first try, the response is still positive. It could go on the future awardee’s site to remind him/her to finish it. We could also have an auto feature from the reviewer if the future awardee hasn’t come back to finish.
- Awards include a small deposit into a scholarship account. Auto send award to parents, grandparents, friends, like in facebook. Give them a chance to honor the event by donating to the scholarship system.
- Get an icon for achieving an award, an icon with silver lining for teaching/awarding one, and an icon with a gold lining for designing one.
For a rough, off-the-top-of-my-head example, a page for single-digit addition:
Adding Single Digits (better title needed, maybe “I Can Add!”)
____ I have mastered single-digit addition on paper and out loud. I can add from 1 + 1, 1 +2, …..9 + 9 without mistakes.
____ I don’t count on my fingers. I do it “in my head.”
____ I helped my friend or younger brother or sister learn addition facts.
How I’ve used addition facts in the last two weeks:
How and where I’ve seen addition used in my home and neighborhood:
Verification:
____ Not yet! You almost got it! Come back soon.
____ You did it! You have accomplished an important award.
Verifiers sign in and link this award to their sites.
Comments and links to other pages/awardees:
How I use addition facts.
Great ways to learn addition facts.
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