TL;DR As a math and comp sci teacher, I'd like to know the best strategies for using achievement/triumph badges in a high school setting effectively that reward the repetitive nature of good character and academic growth or achievement in a way that is rewarding for the students and efficient for the teacher. I feel that Bungie does this really well and I am asking them and the community for ideas about this. Although my content may not be as exciting as an epic galactic throw-down for the survival of humanity, Calculus might feel that dire at times. All of my students do awesome things at some level (crushing a test, showing up, giving a compliment), and I'd like to give them a chance to be recognized for it in a fun and unique way. ******** I am a math and comp sci teacher at a public high school. I also have grown up playing video games and have found my favorites to be from Bungie's Halo and Destiny games. Not only am I compelled by the game design, artwork and stories, but I also enjoy unlocking achievements. Whether it is tenacity tasks (repeating an action for a certain amount of times) or a skill-based achievement, I feel that Bungie has a way of keeping the game relevant and rewarding by having these Triumph awards/badges that acknowledge the player's time commitment and/or ability. I am asking for ideas on how to implement these concepts into a classroom setting that the students can buy in to and is not too cumbersome for me to track and keep up with. This idea of gamification has been floating around education pedagogy for many years now but has not really caught on. This generation of students has more gamers than any other before them. The gaming club at our school is one of the most popular and even those that don't consider themselves as gamers still value game-like achievements (they will do anything to keep their SnapChat streaks going). In researching the psychology of the badge reward systems and the successes and failures of trying to implement this, I wanted to reach out to Bungie and its community for ideas on how to get started in a way that is not frustrating for me but, more importantly, engaging for the students. I have rewarded achievements before by generic things like tracking perfect attendance or posting up perfect papers on the "Wall of Fame". But most kids do not fall into these categories but should be rewarded for their hard work and small successes, not just the big ones. Several online platforms offer digital badges that are customizable but I am not sure that that is the best route because of how hidden or remote those badge displays seem to a user. Using this reward/recognition system should allow for students to consistently see what the badges are for and how to achieve them. Here are some questions I have on how to set up a system that the students would be invested in and proud to look at or show off: Should they be digital or displayed on a bulletin board in the classroom? If the bulletin board method is used, I was thinking of using different name associations so people wouldn't know whose badges belong to who (unless they wanted to share it) and whenever the unlocked an new achievement they got to color it in themselves. How many achievements should there be for a semester class? Should they be tiered achievements? Should I take the Bungie approach and have witty names and secret achievements too? Are there any other games that have fun achievements that keep the game engaging throughout endgame? Are there any other resources that would be beneficial to getting more ideas or information on this?