from the teacher? There is a case for wideinging the net for feedback as commetned by Steve Wheeler and I'm trying this out with the afformentioned Viral Videos topic at the moment. In the Media Masters model assessment is summarised in 2 ways Skills development (formative assessment) Collected badges on a final digital trasnsript (summative assessment) These then combined on a digital portfolio. 2 Using badges for the gamification of education A lot of my students are gamers, both boys and girls. They are used to the rewards systems on the play station network and also Xbox live. Although I have accounts for both I have dabbled in either area in much detail. In both these systems the awarding of "trophies"/"awards" takes place and is managed outside the playing of the games. For this system to be implemented and used in the classroom students would be rewarded for the design of their "game". The term "game" could refer to an activity carried out by the students but one of the key factors is the learning environment created.  This model although popular in both systems is sufficient reward or motivation for students. We are currently developing a house system in school where this would be relevant but in terms of merits I have found from personal experience that competition between students for such systems are not a motivational tool. I have tried unsuccessfully to implement an online leader board recently for students who were playing retro games in order to understand