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Jul 16

Gamifying My Classes

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Gamification
July 16, 2012

I’m taking the leap and am going to try it out. I finished reading The Multiplayer Classroom by Lee Sheldon and I was able to start mapping out how I can gamify my classes. After two and half years of teaching completely gradeless I have found that I still haven’t managed to engage all my …

Autonomy, Contrary, Daily Basis, Experiences, Facebook, Half Years, Leap, Lee Sheldon, Lot Like, Number 1, Own Pace, Peer Pressure, Playing Games, Scho, Science, Science Labs, Science Lessons, Sheer Excitement, Survey, Task Behavior, Those Kids, Three Times, Transformation
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Jun 18

When is Extrinsic Motivation Okay?

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Grades & HW
June 18, 2012

I’ve been looking into gamification and how it can help motivate students to have fun and learn Science. I would love to make certain lessons, projects, or activities look like a game to motivate students to learn boring things like vocabulary. I’d like to do that without points, badges or too many rewards. I’ve abolished …

Autonomy, Badges, Bare Minimum, Bugs, Different Things, Different Ways, Extrinsic Motivation, Extrinsic Motivators, Game, God, Learners, Mindset, Motivator, Playing Games, Rewards, Science, Vocabulary
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Dec 12

Unstructured iPad Time

By Alfonso Gonzalez in Ed News, Science, Tech Integration
December 12, 2011

We have a traditional bell schedule with six periods of classes a day for our students. Each class lasts about 50 minutes with four minutes of hall passing time to get to the next class. Most of our classes are close enough apart that kids can get to their next class rather quickly. So if …