This came about after working with our mentors who defined what they would like our Ninjas in Portarlington to achieve to earn their yellow belts.
Below is a snippet regarding belts from our website : www.coderdojoport.com/belts.html
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All other belts will be awarded once a number of skill badges have been earned. The number and level of badges required to achieve a belt will increase as ninjas move through the colours.
The next belt that ninjas can try for after the white belt is the yellow belt. The yellow belt is awarded to ninjas who have achieved a basic skill level in certain areas.
In order to earn a yellow belt, ninjas must achieve the following
1) Be awarded a basic badge in the following four coding disciplines
* HTML
* Javascript
* CSS
* Scratch
2) Be awarded a “Social Good” badge for helping others with computer related tasks, mentoring others in the dojo, or providing technical support in the local community.
The mentors and administrators will lay out exactly what standard is required to achieve the basic badge in each discipline, as well as what is required in achieving a Social Good badge.
In order to earn a yellow belt, ninjas must achieve the following
1) Be awarded a basic badge in the following four coding disciplines
* HTML
* Javascript
* CSS
* Scratch
2) Be awarded a “Social Good” badge for helping others with computer related tasks, mentoring others in the dojo, or providing technical support in the local community.
The mentors and administrators will lay out exactly what standard is required to achieve the basic badge in each discipline, as well as what is required in achieving a Social Good badge.
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Using this as inspiration & having a "crafting" background I designed firstly the badges. I used the HTML image from the www.coderdojo.com website as a template to develop ideas....
They represent (in order from the image) Scratch, HTML, CSS, Java Script & Social Good. The yellow ring around them is obviously to indicate these are the yellow badges required to collect. I have made more with different colours to test... See below :
Next the dilemma was what do to with them... They could have been turned into actual badges by simply adding a pin to the back, but using my 10yr old son Conor (who is a Coder Dojo Ninja) as a sounding board, I came up with another idea... A grading card that's hung on a lanyard!! The image below is the front, where the logo, requirements & any other details can be added. The surrounding paper that the card is layered on is in fact yellow, but my photography skills are not great!!
Oh and of course the potential for sponsorship was NOT overlooked with the use of a lanyard :-)
On the back (image below) there is a space for each badge to be added. The kids can earn their badges in their own pace, in stages & once the card is filled, they are then ready to receive their yellow belt. The same theory & design can work for other coloured belts as they learn & grow!
I brought these to the attention of our Ninjas & they were all very excited about it!!
They are all actually extremely easy to make & should cost no more than €2 to make using a plain lanyard! (Remembering that sponsored ones could potentially be free!!)
At last (my apologies) I'm finally getting to write up a piece about them & hope they inspire either other ideas & discussions or that they might be something I can share with others, designed with their logo etc :) I was nervous about sharing purely as I was feeling mighty shy... But after showing James Whelton & some other mentors at DojoCon2013, I'm feeling braver lol...
Looking forward to hearing from anyone who would like more details!!
Yours Clare Slevin xx
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