Hi Pat, you asked:
>>Now that I have seen an actual badge I am thinking shouldn't they have something on them to say what they are for, especially when you want to display them openly?
Yes, I think the way it is supposed to work is that when you click on somebody's badge, it will open a webpage that describes in detail what the badge is for & what the badge-earner did to earn the badge. But the Mozilla Open Badges project seems to be in permanent beta format & the informational display aspect doesn't seem to be working yet. Not as far as I can tell, anyway.
Gina