Feedback To You! By Chris Aviles published 19 November 14 My first foray into scripting came about like most inventions: Necessity.
The Best Assessment Ever! By Chris Aviles published 14 November 14 Forget playing the board games for now. The real learning and reinforcement comes from creating the game.
Gotta Be In It To Win It By Chris Aviles published 17 October 14 We always encourage our students to take a risk, but when is the last time you took a risk for them? With them?
It’s Time For Mastery Learning By Chris Aviles published 3 October 14 This year it's become practice in my classroom: I created a self-directed, self-paced Mastery learning system.
Gamify Your Class Level III: Badges By Chris Aviles published 12 September 14 How can those who oppose badges support a letter-based grading system? Isn’t an A just another type of badge?
Getting My Game Up! By Chris Aviles published 8 August 14 Whenever I add new game mechanics to my class I keep two things in mind: the types of kids we teach and what motivates them.
So It Continues… By Chris Aviles published 1 August 14 I wouldn’t say this then, but I am willing to say it now: I wanted to quit teaching.
ISTE 2014 Underground By Chris Aviles published 30 July 14 This summer, with over 16,000 otherattendees, I made the pilgrimage tothe Georgia World Congress Center inAtlanta to take in the edtech event ofthe year: ISTE!
Gamify Your Class Level II: Leaderboards By Chris Aviles published 23 July 14 Leaderboards fill a necessary niche in a Gamified classroom: leaderboards raise the status of all students and motivate Gladiators and Achievers.
Postmortem: Gamification Data Dump By Chris Aviles published 8 July 14 This is the first side-by-side comparison I’ve done on my data, so let’s do it together!
Be About It Project: Student Perspective By Chris Aviles published 24 June 14 Nothing gets me more annoyed than an assignment sheet filled with directions on how to create your own poster for an Edgar Allan Poe story.
Don’t Just Talk About It… By Chris Aviles published 16 June 14 Listen to the life lessons and words of wisdom coming out of the mouths of sixteen-year-olds.
Can We Trust Students To Peer Grade? By Chris Aviles published 11 June 14 She allows her students to grade each other and, if students agree on the grade given by their peer, puts it into the gradebook as the final grade.
Make Your Students Aware Of This New Twitter Trend! By Chris Aviles published 2 June 14 Take a look at these Tweets and guess what’s under the red bars:
Problem Based Learning In Action By Chris Aviles published 28 May 14 I let them brainstorm and research what the 21st century workspace would look like in the classroom.
The Pupilrazzi – I’m Over It! By Chris Aviles published 20 May 14 I have a folder on Schoology where they can share these pictures and, at the end of the year, I plan on making a slideshow.
The Best Way To Set Up Your Classes In An LMS By Chris Aviles published 14 May 14 Here is how to group your classes in Schoology, or any other LMS, if you have more than one section of the same subject:
My Backchannel (R)evolution By Chris Aviles published 5 May 14 I was experimenting on Schoology, as I am wont to do, when I came across an app called Backchannel Chat.
Mailbag: Classroom Gaming in Detail By Chris Aviles published 2 May 14 An ARG, or Alternate Reality Game, is a game where you ARE the character in the game, and the game takes place in the real world we live in.
These Are The Things I Can’t Do Without By Chris Aviles published 30 April 14 Almost everything on here is free, they all make my life easier, and, most importantly, they enhance my lessons and improve my students’ learning.
The Flipped Classroom™ Is A Lie By Chris Aviles published 26 April 14 Flipping your classroom will not make you a great teacher, nor will all of your students fall so in love with The Flipped Classroom™ that they all become model students.
Gamify Your Class Level I: Xp Grading System By Chris Aviles published 24 April 14 I believe every good, gamified class must have a Total Points, xp grading system.
Techspo 2014 Presentation By Chris Aviles published 21 April 14 I had a great time at NJASA’s Techspo conference.