Arlington Public Schools visit

On Tuesday, David Lapides and I met with teachers and Instructional Technology Coordinators who will be using Gizmos in the Arlington Public School system. A great session, lots of energy and excitement. After spending so much of our time in the last few months developing the 'new' ExploreLearning.com, it's been a real thrill for us to get back to doing these workshops more regularly again. There's nothing like face-to-face discussion for brainstorming, exchanging ideas, and learning from each other!

One of the recurring 'hot' discussion points from these events is the use of Gizmos in cross-disciplinary teaching. For example, using science Gizmos as examples of applied mathematics -- in the case of a Gizmo like Mouse Breeding, how to calculate the probability of a mouse having a certain genotype based on its parents' genotypes. Or, using Gizmos from the 'math' side of ExploreLearning.com like Distance-Time Graphs to review essential mathematical concepts and skills before moving on to more advanced topics in physics.

If you have ideas or lesson plans for cross-disciplinary teaching that you'd like to share with other ExploreLearning.com users, please send them on in!

Many thanks to Laurell Wiersma for organizing the Arlington session!