Sunday, February 12, 2012

Badge Maker

The website www.bighugelabs.com has a ton of great teacher resources.  One of my favorite is the badge maker.  Here are a few ideas on how to use badge maker with 3rd-5th graders.


Pre-writing Activity
Because there is limited typing space on an ID badge, kids are forced to focus in on the main points.  This makes ID badges great for pre-writing as students prepare to compose personal narratives or research papers.   If you are running short on time they make a great end product too.







Displaying Students Poetry
Student's poems are often short enough to fit on an ID badge.  Students can then upload a picture to go with their poem or add a picture of themselves, the author.





Classifying & Creating Data Tables
Since ID badges have a big title line they are perfect for creating classroom graphic organizers.  Students print out their badges & the teacher classifies and displays students work on a graph that is on the class bulletin board. 



Tech Tip: Id badges make for an impressive final product that can be displayed in hallways or clipped to research journals for inspiration.  To print them have students save the file and then past them into a word document.  This allows students to control the print size and print a badge that is actually the size of a real ID badge (thus saving ink!).

Student Instructions: Student Handout

How have you used BigHugeLab's Badge Maker with your students?  Did your kids have fun?

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