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Jan 28

Days 10, 11, 12, 13 WoW in Science #gbl

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
January 28, 2014

After having my 8th graders play World of Warcraft (WoW) during class for nine periods to level up their characters and live their stories, we spent another four periods in the computer lab bringing all our characters together to split into teams. Small groups of WoW characters had to get together and run to different …

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Jul 25

Teacher Moves

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News, Grades & HW, Science
July 25, 2013

[This is part of a series of posts I’m writing as I reflect on another online course I’m taking this summer, Stanford University’s EDUC115N How to Learn Math. Sure, I’m a Science teacher but I have taught Math so I’m familiar with Math instruction. Besides, we do use Math in Science so it’s not like …

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Aug 10

Student Feedback 11-12

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Class News, Ed News, Grades & HW, Science, Tech Integration
August 10, 2012

Every year I find some way to get feedback from my students. I’ve been getting feedback from my students for years to determine what I’m doing well and what could use some fixing. I especially wanted to see what students thought this past school year about getting feedback from me because I struggled finding time …

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Jun 17

Looking for Ideas

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Tech Integration
June 17, 2012

I have this vision of something I’d like to do at the start of each class. I usually start by talking. I remind kids what we’re doing, where they left off the day before, and what the agenda or goals are for the current time period. I find this useful because my students only have …

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Jul 21

Goals for my Students

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Ed News
July 21, 2010

Stream table exploration to see how to save homes.

After July 20th’s #edchat on the Goal of Education (see archive here) I got to thinking about my goals for the children I help educate. It helped me, with my thinking, to read “Backwards Design and Integrating New Technology” because I integrate technology whenever I can. I need to continually ask myself if what I …

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Jun 30

iPads in Science

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Class News, Science, Tech Integration
June 30, 2010

[See iPads in Science 2 to see what I learned a year later.] I am very fortunate. Of the 19 years I’ve been teaching I’ve gotten at least one grant for 12 of those years; 10 of them have been the last 10 consecutive years. Four years ago I received a couple of Best Buy …