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Oct 08

Talking About Grading with Larry Ferlazzo

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News, Gamification
October 8, 2019

Just recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed once again by Larry Ferlazzo for his amazing BAM Radio Network show, Classroom Q and A. Larry also shared a written commentary I wrote for his EdWeek column that goes with the show on Grading. My commentary focused on gamifying the grading process to make it …

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Aug 23

Gamification Grading – XP

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
August 23, 2018

Lucidchart Mind Map of part of my course.

I have always said and I continue to share that if you are going to start gamifying your courses and want to take one small step, start with XP. The way experience points, or XP, work in gaming makes for a decent way to grade our students. Here’s the main difference between traditional grading and …

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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 …