Curiosity | Mr. Gonzalez's Classroom

Feb 09

Inquiry in Science

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Science
February 9, 2014

In response to my questions on the Inquiry Dry Spell post I wrote Edna (@whatedsaid) posed some questions to get me thinking about inquiry in my Science classes. She wrote the following on her post, Response to the dry spell… Inquiry encourages students to be actively involved in and to take responsibility for their own …

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Jan 29

Dry Spell?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Science
January 29, 2014

Cross-posted on Inquire Within. I wrote my first post for Inquire Within on Nov 29, 2010 and my last post was on Dec 5, 2011. I’ve gone two whole years without writing a post! Last school year, after many months of not writing a post for this blog, I asked Edna to keep me on …

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Mar 27

Grades and Feedback

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Grades & HW
March 27, 2012

Just a couple of years ago this is what my progress reports looked like. This is what I would give students every three to four weeks for the whole school year. This was what I thought would motivate my students. A majority of them were never motivated by this. And those who got “good” grades? …

Alfie Kohn, blogs, Cheating, Curiosity, Facebooking, Failure, Feedback, Joe Bower, Kids And Parents, Learning Environment, Mark Barnes, Periods, Principal, School Year, Science, Texting, Three Trimesters
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Oct 03

Innovative Schooling?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Assessment, Ed News, Grades & HW, Tech Integration
October 3, 2011

I hear a lot, or rather read a lot, about changing the way we “school” our children. I hear ideas about not sorting kids by age, not being driven by bells and schedules, and about not controlling or making kids conform to traditional school rules. I have trouble wrapping my brain around ideas that are …

Bells, Brain, Budgets, Charter Schools, Curiosity, Ed Schools, Money, Public Ed
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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 …