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Dec 26

Testing or Arts?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News
December 26, 2012

I saw this video again and thought I’d post it. We need to see this often, at least until the test craze ends. Sir Ken Robinson’s Changing Education Paradigm animated by RSA (It’s only about 11 mins).

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Nov 07

Innovators or Pioneers?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Tech Integration
November 7, 2011

When I think of innovators I think of Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. They come up with something new and people use it. I guess there are people who are innovators whose stuff we don’t use or whose stuff aren’t so famous but I am familiar with many Apple products and the lure of Facebook, …

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Apr 09

What is On-Task?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News, Grades & HW
April 9, 2011

What does on-task look like in a 21st century classroom? How do you get your students engaged in learning? I think about the types of learning that take place in my classroom a lot because I don’t know if the things I’m doing actually help my students learn. Is it enough to abolish grades so …

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Nov 29

Can Inquiry Be Structured?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News
November 29, 2010

Short answer, yes. There is a time and a place for everything. And even with inquiry there is a time and place for structure. I think learning a structure like the one in this blog is great for elementary teachers who teach Science. Is this the only way? No. Should you do this all the …

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Oct 06

Future of Ed Webinar

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
October 6, 2010

After Monday’s epic webinar, I sent this email out to all the MS and HS school teachers in my district: If you missed the Elevating the Education Reform Dialog webinar and want to know what happened here is a link to the event recording page: http://www.learncentral.org/event/106358 The rest of the links came up during the …