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Jul 09

8th Grade Year Plan

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Gamification, Science
July 9, 2013

After planning possible 6th grade activities, I put them into the 3D GameLab (3DGL) interface ready for kids to Beta test in the fall. So far I have 73 quests in several different chains with room for some student choice. The benefit of having no grades is that kids can really pick and choose what …

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Jan 09

Shift Does Happen!

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News
January 9, 2013

Very close to two years ago I wrote a post and one of the main topics was school awards ceremonies. That spurred some conversation with kids in my classes and with kids in my advisory. You see, our student advisory groups, each led by an adult staff member, are the ones mostly responsible for putting …