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Jul 18

1:1 iPad Program Proposal

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Tech Integration
July 18, 2013

Back in December when I heard there was interest in starting a 1:1 iPad program in my district I jumped on the idea. I got with the middle school teachersÂ (all nine of us) and I asked if they wanted to pilot a 1:1 program in our school. Everyone was on board so I started drafting …

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Oct 29

How Valuable is My Time?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
October 29, 2012

Last week we had our parent/teacher/student conferences in an “arena style” format. What that means is that all the middle school teachers set up shop in the commons. Families come in, get their child’s progress report and visit each teacher in turn. In about half an hour or so a family could meet with all …

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Nov 23

Leave with Your Students

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News
November 23, 2011

This is my 21st year teaching and today I did something that I’ve never done in my career; I left work with my students. Literally. I experienced what it’s like to wait behind the buses to pull out of the parking lot. This is huge for me. Twenty-one years and I’ve never left school with …

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Nov 23

Extend the Lesson for Inquiry

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
November 23, 2010

Science kits are great for elementary and many middle school teachers. I’m a generalist (got the early adolescent generalist national board certification before it went away), which basically means I dabble in everything, so the fact that I’m teaching only Science is through some fortunate circumstance. I saw fortunate because I love teaching Science and …

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Aug 25

Digital Story About Salmon Life Cycle

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News
August 25, 2010

After our two day workshop on Digital Storytelling with Dr. Helen Barrett and Erin Barrett a group of Chimacum High and Middle School teachers create digital stories. I really enjoyed and appreciate the idea of creating digital stories that are narrated by the author. They are much more personal that way and sound great. Most …