Professional Development Overview

Helping teachers to achieve great things

We believe everyone can become a better teacher and continuous improvement is an important goal for every educator. Our professional development is more than just product training, it’s about what teachers can accomplish in the classroom every single day.

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Steps for long-term success

Gizmos bring many of Marzano’s nine categories of effective instructional strategies to the classroom, including four techniques proven through meta-analysis to have a strong positive impact on student achievement.

Step 1

Courses to get you started

These introductory workshops give teachers the time and confidence they need to integrate new technology into instruction. They’ll learn the basics of how to use Gizmos and what they can help accomplish in the classroom.

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Step 2

Courses to strengthen pedagogy

These higher-level workshops instruct teachers in using proven teaching strategies and help drive instructional change. Interested in inquiry, the 5E model, or meeting new practice standards? We’ve got you covered!

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Step 3

Courses to build systematic support

Build a strong ongoing implementation with planning support, pacing guide alignments, classroom lesson modeling, coaches’ workshops, and more.

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Get your own Gizmos expert

ExploreLearning project management gives your district on-call professional development delivery, coaching, and ongoing support for Gizmos from a dedicated Implementation Manager. They partner with you to develop, realize, and monitor a customized plan to achieve your goals.

Everybody's Talking About Gizmos

Hello, Ms. D. I apologize about emailing you during the weekend, but I couldn’t wait to tell you. Gizmos is so much fun, and I absolutely love it. I actually learn something and I like the fact that it is interactive. Thank you so much for making us do Gizmos.

- Gizmos Student, American International School, Abu Dhabi

I really love Gizmos as they help students grasp difficult concepts that can’t always be seen. They make abstract ideas come to life.

- Gizmos Teacher, Foothills School Division, Alberta, Canada

I see more student engagement with lesson content when students are using Gizmos. Student grades have shown more understanding of the topics.

- Gizmos Teacher, Salinas Unified School District, CA

Teachers deserve a tool like Gizmos to empower students to conduct their own investigations, learn without reading lots of text but by doing lots of reasoning.

- Gizmos Teacher, Los Angeles Unified School District, CA

Another great feature of Gizmos is that I can manipulate them to accomplish my desired learning outcomes for my students. Sometimes I take a Gizmo that is meant to be an entire lab, and I cut it down into a smaller, briefer activity. But, other times, I combine some of the smaller labs into one and have the students access the various Gizmos from the class home page for a bigger assignment. In that way, Gizmos are always able to accomplish my desired outcomes.

- Teacher, Stuarts Draft High School