New: Choose your own colors with the color picker
Starting now, your lines, shapes, and texts can be written in all the colors of the rainbow. The color palette has been expanded to include four [...]
New: Lesson autosave
You no longer have to worry about losing changes when you create a lesson in Gynzy. The new board now offers the option to save your [...]
New: menu bar
We have updated our menu with different options on the left side of the page. We'd love to show you around! While we are still working [...]
Page templates
Making your own lessons just got easier with a little help from our lesson templates. You can choose between different templates with practical formatting. Quickly bring [...]
Set image as background
One of the teacher requests we got at Gynzy was to be able to set an image as background. Now you can have fun backgrounds that [...]
The new curtain
The red stage curtain is now also available on the new Gynzy board with a subtle addition, a "cord." Pull the cord to slowly reveal what [...]
Document import
Now you can import documents such as PDF, PowerPoint, and Word on the new Gynzy board and save them in your own lessons. This way you [...]
Show guides on the board
You can now easily align elements in your lessons with the help of just one shortcut key! You can activate (or deactivate) the guides with [...]
Shortcut Keys
The new Gynzy board contains many new features that teachers and authors can use to develop lessons even more smoothly, including shortcuts. Certain actions can be [...]
Text-to-speech
Add voice dictation to your own lessons with the “Text-to-speech” widget. With this handy widget you can type in words or sentences and play it with [...]
Fraction circles and fraction bars as a widget
The fraction circle and fraction bar are now available as widget on the new board. A lot of people have requested this feature, and our [...]
More text functions on the new board
It is even easier to edit text on the new board. We have done several improvements and added new functions. Text menu The ‘text menu’ is [...]
Draw lines and shapes directly on the board
When developing the new board, we made it easier to draw lines and figures on the board. In the new board, you can “draw” shapes and [...]
Copy, paste, undo, and redo
In the new board, you are able to copy images and other elements to another page. That way you don't have to completely recreate pages every [...]
Select, group, and move
It is now possible to group elements on the new board, so they behave as one single element. In addition, we have added the possibility [...]
Discover the new board!
The first version of our long awaited Flash-free board is here! It is new and improved, but still under development. We will be adding new options [...]
Gynzy needs you!
We need you to fulfill one of our core values: Creating magic together. On March 7th, 2019 we are looking for Gynzy enthusiasts who want to help [...]
Contest: Design an interactive activity and win a Gynzy site license for your school
We are proud to announce the second Gynzy Activity Contest! When we organized our first Gynzy Activity Contest, fantastic ideas came from teachers all over the [...]
Winners Gynzy Activity Contest 2014
We are proud to announce the second Gynzy Activity Contest! When we organized our first Gynzy Activity Contest, fantastic ideas came from teachers all over the [...]
What the Taiwanese can Teach Us about Math Education
A recent study, led by Michigan State University, found that Taiwan was preparing math educators better than almost any other country on the map. Ranked ahead [...]
The Seven Deadly Sins of Teaching Language
The following are the worst atrocities any teacher of language can commit. Review the list and ask yourself whether you qualify as a saint or a [...]
What the New York Times Should Write about Teaching Math
The New York Times should write an article about teaching methods that eliminate the hierarchy in math. In each of my math classes, I had below-level, [...]
New in Gynzy: Shapes with Borders
At Gynzy we think it is important to listen carefully to teachers’ feedback in order to offer the best digital learning experience possible. During the last weeks we [...]
New in Gynzy: Own sounds
At Gynzy we think it is important to listen carefully to teachers’ feedback in order to offer the best digital learning experience possible. During the summer break we [...]
New in Gynzy: The infinite cloner
During summer break, we haven’t been standing still and took teachers’ feedback and used it to create some great improvements for Gynzy. In this blog post [...]
The Gynzy team: Meet Koen
In the next couple of weeks we would like to introduce you to the Gynzy team. This week we introduce you to Koen. Meet Koen: The [...]
The Gynzy Team: Meet Lianne
In the next couple of weeks we would like to introduce you to the Gynzy team. This week we introduce you to Lianne. Meet Lianne: The [...]
The Gynzy Team: Meet Arie
In the next couple of weeks we would like to introduce you to the Gynzy team. This week we introduce you to Arie. Meet Arie: the musician [...]
The Gynzy Team: Meet Wendy
In the next couple of weeks we would like to introduce you to the Gynzy team. This week we introduce you to Wendy. Meet Wendy: The [...]
The Gynzy Team: Meet Tim
In the next couple of weeks we would like to introduce you to the Gynzy team. This week we introduce you to Tim. Meet Tim: One [...]