South Florida News from ExploreLearning: Technology

04/03/2012

New Gizmos! Digestive System & Unit Analysis

Here are two Gizmos released today, that would be really fun and useful before FCATs!

Click the links

Unit Conversions learn unit analysis, metric only or metric/customary too.

Digestive System you put the system together, learn functions, turn up the volume too!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 09:55 PM in Broward, For Parents, For Teachers, How-To & Support, Math, Palm Beach, Science, Teaching Strategies, Technology | Permalink

03/29/2012

Quick FCAT - Nature of Science Prep! (Quick Virtual Science Fair)

Hi Everyone!

I know you are pushing hard before FCATs - I know that Gizmos have already helped your students prepare, and you are putting finishing touches on your preps. I know many of you have seen this if you've trained with me, but just in case you forgot about it, here is a very quick and powerful tool to cover experimental design. It can be done whole class, small groups, or individual. You use screenshots to help fill in the design, and there is less writeup so that the focus is on designing the experiment (with one variable). Here's the file ( Download Mini_sci_fair ) and it has a rubric/standards too!

Let me know if you need anything!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 11:14 AM in Broward, For Administrators, For Parents, For Teachers, Ideas, Lesson Materials, Palm Beach, Science, Technology | Permalink

03/16/2012

One of my favorite new Gizmos! Measuring Volume!

One of my favorite new Gizmos is the fairly new Measuring Volume one! Kids can use the sink for hours and never leave a impact on the enviroment! There's an exploration and a practice setting - the practice one guides the student on using the meniscus to determine accurate volume measurements - yay, what a time saver!

Posted by Desiree Sujoy at 04:59 PM in Broward, For Administrators, For Parents, For Teachers, Ideas, Palm Beach, Science, Technology | Permalink

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

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

11/14/2011

Gizmos are available anytime! everywhere!

Here's a letter that you can send to parents with lots of helpful information - including the fact that since Gizmos are internet-based, they are available anywhere, anytime you are connected! Although they are primarily for classroom use, they're also great for homework, assignments while away from school, etc. The assignments are always there for the student to print out or answer electronically, right from the lesson info page on every Gizmo!