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How Ask An ECE Works

This is kind of an FAQ about Ask An ECE, the forums, and other stuff.

Badges
To start with, the badges. As you'll see, some users have badges under their names. The current (public) badges are:

- For ECE of the Month Award Winners (See here for more info)
- Administrators. Not many of these around
- Our Experts, answering questions in the "Ask" area
- Infant. Given for 10 points
- Toddler. Awarded for 100 points.
- Preschool. Given at 500 points.
- Kindergarten. For 1000 points.
- School Age. 2000 points.
- Teacher. 5000 Points.

Points
Now that we know what you get for points, the obvious next question is, "How do I earn them?". The short answer is, the more you post, the more points you get. For now, points are awarded as follows:

20 points for submitting an article that gets posted.
5 points for starting a Forum Topic or asking a question in our "Ask The Expert" area.
1 point for commenting on an article or posting a reply to a forum topic.