South Florida News from ExploreLearning: Announcements

02/19/2012

FCAT & Gizmos

Here are some inspirational slides to help you find conceptually powerful and engaging lessons to remediate benchmarks in preparation for the FCAT...

These are the FL DOE sample test items correlated to specific Gizmos!

Here is an Action Plan that you may want to use at PLC meetings to help your staff: Download FCAT-EOC-Gizmo_Action_Plan

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 06:35 PM in Announcements, Broward, For Administrators, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Ideas, Lesson Materials, Math, Palm Beach, Science, Technology | Permalink

02/09/2012

From a student's perspective: How to enroll in teacher's class in Gizmos

Hi Everyone!

I was recently asked if I could provide an overview from a student's perspective of enrolling in Gizmos. Here is a video on how to enroll with a teacher's class code...it takes maybe 1 minute to complete. After the initial enrollment, the student logs in with their username/password at the login page! Then they're off having fun with Gizmos!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 08:29 AM in Announcements, Broward, For Parents, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Science | Permalink

02/07/2012

Gizmo Refresher Webinar!

YOU’RE INVITED!

Hello Gizmologists!

You are invited to take part in a Gizmo Refresher Webinar! If you’ve had the initial training, but you’d like some reminders or pointers, please join us on Wednesday, February 8^th from 3-4 pm or 8-9 pm. Each session is limited to 25 participants so that we can give personalized attention to your questions, so please RSVP by replying to desiree.sujoy@explorelearning.com to reserve your spot. We will gladly add additional days/times to the schedule to accommodate everyone’s interest in this event. It will also be recorded, if you’d like to watch it as a video file at your convenience.

• Topics to be addressed:

§ Settings, Class Tabs, Adding Gizmos, Gizmos resources, Enrolling students, Managing Gizmos list, Import Gizmos, Sharing Gizmos, End of the Year considerations, Highlighting a Gizmo

• To participate, you need:

§ A computer with internet connection

§ Username and password for ExploreLearning.com (Gizmos)

§ Phone line/cell phone to dial into the conference call

In order to attend, please RSVP by 2/7/12 with the specific time that you want to attend, and a confirmation email will be sent to you with directions; i.e. the site to go to and the phone conference #.

Please pass this invitation around to anyone you know that uses Gizmos, as I may not have updated email addresses for all users. See you there!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 08:06 AM in Announcements, Broward, For Administrators, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Professional Development, Science, Teaching Strategies | Permalink

01/27/2012

Sharing Gizmo Lists!

Here's a video I made to show you how to email your Gizmo lists in your PLC's or with any other colleagues! (here's how to initially share the list: click here...)

Enjoy! Click here! or watch below to see how to email them...

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 04:00 PM in Announcements, Broward, For Parents, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Professional Development, Science, Technology | Permalink

01/23/2012

High School Gizmo Correlation Resources

Here are documents that will help you prepare your students for their EOC's and other exams using Gizmos. The documents have links to specific Gizmos embedded in the text. Enjoy!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 07:43 AM in Announcements, For Administrators, For Teachers, Ideas, Lesson Materials, Math, Palm Beach, Science, Teaching Strategies, Technology | Permalink

Elementary Gizmo Correlation Resources

Science Benchmarks:

PBC Science Textbooks:

Math Benchmarks:

PBC Math Textbooks:

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 07:35 AM in Announcements, For Administrators, For Parents, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Science, Technology | Permalink

12/02/2011

Gizmo Refresher Webinar!

YOU’RE INVITED!

Hello Gizmologists!

You are invited to take part in a Gizmo Refresher Webinar! If you’ve had the initial training, but you’d like some reminders or pointers, please join us on December 6^th or 7^th from 8-9 pm. Each session is limited to 25 participants so that we can give personalized attention to your questions, so please RSVP by emailing me (desiree.sujoy@explorelearning.com) to reserve your spot. We will gladly add additional days to the schedule to accommodate everyone’s interest in this event. It will also be recorded, if you’d like to watch it as a video file at your convenience. The video recording link will be posted on my blog on 12/8!

Topics to be addressed: Settings, Class Tabs, Adding Gizmos, Gizmos resources, Enrolling students, Managing Gizmos list, Import Gizmos, Sharing Gizmos, End of the Year considerations, Highlighting a Gizmo

To participate, you need:
- A computer with internet connection
- Username and password for ExploreLearning.com (Gizmos)
- Phone line/cell phone to dial into the conference call

In order to attend, please RSVP by 12/5/11, and a confirmation email will be sent to you with directions; i.e. the site to go to and the phone conference #.

Please pass around to anyone who you know that uses Gizmos too! See you there!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 02:27 PM in Announcements, Broward, For Administrators, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Professional Development, Science, Technology | Permalink