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Jul 16

Gamifying My Classes

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Gamification
July 16, 2012

I’m taking the leap and am going to try it out. I finished reading The Multiplayer Classroom by Lee Sheldon and I was able to start mapping out how I can gamify my classes. After two and half years of teaching completely gradeless I have found that I still haven’t managed to engage all my …

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Mar 06

Why Collaborate?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News
March 6, 2012

Why collaborate? That is the question. Let me focus in a bit on a more specific question. If you, in a middle and a high school, were given the opportunity to meet regularly with your peers why would you want to? What could all the Science teachers in grades 6 through 12 meet about if …

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Mar 17

Just Saying

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
March 17, 2011

Okay, so in a ten and a half hour average work day I go to the restroom three times. I try to make sure I go by 7:30am before the kids get to my room when the bell rings at 7:40am (unless there’s a morning meeting when I have to skip my morning restroom break). …