Gynzy Guide: Widgets
A lot of our widgets can be used to help keep your students under control and paying attention. You can use them in conjunction with Gynzy [...]
Gynzy Guide: Timetable (Visual Schedule Cards)
This guide will show you how to use our "Timetable" tool to keep your school day organized and efficient! You’ll be able to plan time for [...]
Gynzy Guide: Classroom Floorplanner
The tool we are covering this time is our Classroom Floorplanner, which will help get you organized before school starts! With this resource you can easily [...]
Gynzy Guide: Word Flash Cards (with your own word lists)
The tool I am going to cover in this guide is "Word Flash Cards (with your own word lists)". This tool is great for students who [...]
Gynzy Guide: Adding student lists
In this guide I’m going to teach you how to create and use student lists in our “Name order and group creator” tool. This tool will [...]
4 Core Areas of Music Education
National Music Week is coming soon and music teachers are some of my favorite people. I taught K-8 music so I know the challenges they face. [...]
Five Timeless Classroom Management Techniques
When most new teachers dream of stepping into a classroom, they think of the lessons that will be taught, the knowledge that will be imparted, and [...]
Earth Day Proves that Anyone Can Learn With the Right Environment
In 1970, Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin was moved dramatically by experiencing the devastation of an oil spill in Santa Barbara, CA. He wanted to do something [...]
Improve your Handwriting Skills on your IWB
He had a brilliant mind, but this favorite student of mine struggled with one main issue in fourth grade: handwriting. It was hardly legible and even [...]
Christmas Lesson Plan: Christmas Around The World
In this lesson plan students will analyze the celebration of Christmas in diverse cultures in a variety of media and formats. They will compare and contrast [...]
Activities that Will Instill a Love of Reading
There was a time when learning consisted of three basic subjects: Reading, wRiting, and aRithmetic. The “3 R’s” as they were once known, taught a student [...]
Teach fractions with use of your interactive whiteboard
Students need to know their fractions, so they can solve more difficult mathematical problems in the future. With Gynzy, you can use your interactive whiteboard to [...]
7 Shortcuts to Completing Your Lesson Plan in Record Time
Creating organized and innovative lesson plans is an essential part of every teacher's job. However, finding the time and the motivation can be difficult when you're [...]
What Should I Remember on Memorial Day?
It’s hard to remember what you’ve never learned. For most students, Memorial Day is the time when the city pool opens, or they have their last [...]
Teaching with Technology
The world of education has changed dramatically in the past three decades. Technologies that were once available only on a trial basis are now accessible by [...]
Different Lessons to Learn more about Poetry
Writing good poetry begins with reading good poetry, which can take hours to collect. This is time a busy teacher only finds after all the other [...]
Effective Lesson Plan Templates
As a teacher, your day depends on your lesson plans. They are what keep you organized, on track, and prepared to teach each subject. They also [...]
Physical Education Lesson Plans
Most schools provide a physical education program for their students. However, while these programs might take place every day or every other day in middle school [...]
Making a fraction kit together with the ruler
One of the first activities we always do with our fraction unit is to make a fraction kit. I gave each student eight pieces of 1X12 [...]
Pi Day Celebration
I had no idea what extensive Pi Day Celebrations there are all over the world until I began to research the subject. I found some terrific [...]
Gynzy without Interactive Whiteboard
I teach a combination first-second grade class in a small school. Gynzy was introduced to me this past fall while I was in another teacher’s classroom. [...]
Creative Science Fair Projects Ideas
School science fairs give children the opportunity to put scientific concepts and principles to the test. By applying the science facts they've learned throughout the school [...]
Get Ready for the 100th Day of School!
For many students it’s the 100th day of school this week! That’s why we created a fun and informative lesson for your smartboard about this special [...]
Smartboard Software that Seems Like Magic
I was the first teacher in my school to have a Smart Board and before it was delivered, I had never even seen one. I spent [...]
Are You a Great Teacher at Valentine’s Day?
The marks of a good teacher are a love to learn and a desire to pass on that love of learning. You’ve probably heard someone say [...]
How Gynzy is Transforming Learning
Writing lessons for Gynzy makes me feel I’m part of something big. My brother started working for IBM in the 60’s and looking back on that [...]
Check out this engaging Super Bowl lesson plan!
Many of your students and their families are getting excited for the upcoming Super Bowl, why not direct some of this energy toward a new informative [...]
Cool Math Games
Like most teachers, you may be looking for a way to increase your students' interest in math. While English and reading may prove to be more [...]
How I create lesson plans on my interactive whiteboard
Wow! I have so many lessons filed away in Gynzy this year (after just over one year of use). I use it daily for math and [...]
Fifteen Easy Steps for Teaching Math
Effective math instruction requires knowing what important mathematical skills students need to acquire, and being aware of which instructional practices best foster these skills. The following [...]