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Feb 28

School as a Game

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
February 28, 2017

This post was originally published on the WA CORELaborate site! In a way, school is already a game. Think about it. Think about your top performing or A students. They have figured out how to play the game of school. They know how to complete assignments, turn in their homework, do well on quizzes and …

Differentiation, engagement, game mechanics, Gamers, Games, gamification, gaming, Gbl, learning, mechanics, motivate, motivating, motivation
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Feb 22

Presenting at NCCE 2016!

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification, Tech Integration
February 22, 2016

I’ve been fortunate to, after years of following people on Twitter who got to attend cool conferences and meet face-to-face with virtual friends, to have been able to go to the Northwest Council for Computer Education (NCCE) for the past two years at Seattle and Portland! So last spring, I took a risk. I was …

edtech, gamification, ncce, presenting
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Feb 14

Flow in School #gbl #gamification

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
February 14, 2016

Gamification and Game-Based Learning (GBL) are all about student engagement. Does the kid in the following picture look engaged? And how often do we see little ones looking like the one above? How often do we see teenagers not just sleeping in class because they are not getting enough sleep at night or because they …

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Dec 07

Other Reasons to Gamify #gamification

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
December 7, 2015

I never would have thought of these, but they are interesting indeed and good to know. Even though these reasons to use gamification are targeted to and from the business sector, it doesn’t hurt for those of us in education to tap into this resource and know about these reasons. Find more education infographics on …

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Aug 28

Hard Decisions

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
August 28, 2015

I’ve been toiling over what tools to use this year in my Science classes. I’ve been making regular use of 3D GameLab as my main LMS (Learning Management System), Classblogmeister as our class blog for student blogs, Shivtr as our class discussion forum for online, asynchronous discussions, and Classdojo and Remind for parent communication (along …

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Aug 12

#3dgamelab AND #classcraft ?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
August 12, 2015

AND? OR? [Note: since the writing of this post Classcraft has undergone some major updates. I haven’t used it since the updates so I can’t speak to those. From what I’ve read and heard the free version is still a lot like what I write about here. In order to use Classcraft more like an …

3dgamelab, classcraft, gamification, learning, lms
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May 25

Final Trek Chapter!

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
May 25, 2015

This is the conclusion of our Star Trek part live action role play, part choose-your-own-adventure story: The QR code is clickable. I had planned to share this conclusion right after spring break but I had hoped to share it before spring break. Instead the QR codes were put up in my room now, at the …

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Apr 08

My #GBL & #Gamification #NCCE2015 Notes

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
April 8, 2015

I took my Twitter Wakelet notes from NCCE 2015 and put together all the notes from the gamification and game-based learning sessions I attended. – Kids who dropout in HS actually became disengaged in middle school! (It’s our job to stop that from happening so the question becomes, how do we keep our middle school …

gamification, Gbl, NCCE1015, notes
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Feb 25

Class Trek Mid Season Finale

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
February 25, 2015

In this mid-season finale to our ongoing Star Trek class story an incredible secret is revealed. The QR code is clickable. It has been awhile since the last part of our story, which was like a finale in itself. The place I put the QR code went pretty much unnoticed for about three weeks! I …

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Dec 12

Away Team

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification
December 12, 2014

Here’s the next installment in the continuing Voyage of the Starship Equinox (the QR code is clickable): Star Trek Choose Your Own Adventure Class Story The Story Continues… Next Episode Following an Energy Trail Rule Out the Klingons? Away Team Mid-Season Finale Averting War Season Finale!