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Oct 30

Seriously, Facebook, Er, Meta?!?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
October 30, 2021

At the end of December 2020 I was planning to purchase four Oculus Quest 2’s for students to use in my Science class and for esports. When I finally got the four quests in the spring of 2021 I ran into an obstacle that I thought would be easy to overcome – to make school …

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Dec 26

Gamified Science

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
December 26, 2020

Before I share an amazing resource for getting some awesome gamified Science lessons, I wanted to share a cool resource for having students request photos to be taken of locations on Earth from the International Space Station (ISS)! Yes, the students choose where the ISS camera will take the photos based on the ISS’s orbit! …

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Dec 26

Gamification of Online Teaching

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
December 26, 2020

I’ve written and shared quite a bit about Classcraft as not only a full-fledged Learning Management System (LMS) but also as a way to easily gamify any class and content for students. I’ve mentioned before and it’s worth mentioning again that of all the edtech tools I use with students this is the only tool …

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Dec 16

Quest-Based Learning – QBL

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
December 16, 2019

Quest-Based Learning or QBL is one aspect of Gamification. As you read this post you might wonder, “do I need to gamify my course or use technology to offer choices, multiple pathways, or differentiate?” The answer to that would be a resounding no! Nothing here is new but added to a gamified classroom, the strategies …

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Jul 25

Gamification Elements

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
July 25, 2018

For my gamification workshops I created a Rezzly course, Gamification 101, to have teachers learn about the more popular gaming elements or game mechanics often used when gamifying a course. By learning about gamification taking a course using a gamification learning management system (LMS) made sense. That way teachers can experience the gaming elements while …