We are very excited that Citizen Schools is a stage 1 winner in the Digital Media and Learning (DML) Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition. They won for their “Digital Badges for Apprenticeship Learning in Middle School” application. Here is an excerpt from the Citizen Schools winning proposal:
Citizen Schools partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for low-income children across the country. We mobilize a second shift of afternoon educators who provide academic support, leadership development, and “apprenticeships”—hands-on projects taught by volunteers from business and civic organizations. At Citizen Schools, students develop the skills they need to succeed in high school, college, the workforce, and civic life. In 2011-12, Citizen Schools will serve 4,500 students and engage 4,200 volunteers across 31 schools in seven states.
We hope that Citizen Schools digital badges will function as visible manifestations of learning, documenting the effort and mastery of individual students, groups of students, and volunteers. Over time, we also hope that a new badge ecosystem will reflect the full suite of academic, 21st century, and social-emotional skills that students develop in our program – skills that will propel them to college and beyond.
We are pleased to be integrating the Citizen Schools Apprenticeship Badges project into the BadgeStack DML proposal for stage 2. Citizen Schools will join several other DML Stage 1 Winners as BadgeStack partners and collaborators.
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