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Jan 29

Getting Called Out

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
January 29, 2013

I was showing my classes this awesome video about the power of feedback. It’s about six minutes long and I think everyone should see it, kids of all ages. At one point in the video the educator mentions that in the expeditionary learning school kids critique each other’s work and redraft it unlike, “regular schools.” …

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May 02

Reading Ability

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
May 2, 2012

I struggle with reading. It’s not that I can’t decode or that I am dyslexic or anything like that. It’s not even that my first language was Spanish and now I’m fluent in English (I can barely get out a complete thought in Spanish without having to switch to English, so English is my dominant …

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Dec 06

Inquiry for Teachers

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
December 6, 2010

At a teacher leader workshop we learned some valuable lessons about how to get the most out of our Professional Learning Community (PLC) work. One thing I noticed is that the type of deep thinking that is needed for PLC’s to do their job well is the type of discourse I see often from my …