How will/do you use Gynzy?

I find gynzy to be user friendly and capable for others to dive right into using. I use it as a daily learning platform and management tool. I create "slides" basically within gynzy to host each task for our day within reading. My slides are built with timers and auto group sorters, along with the venn diagrams/graphic organizers that we use on the regular during RTI. The kids are very familiar with it at this point and they love to lead us through the use of each slide. There are lessons that are already created on gynzy all organized by "I can" statements specific to the learning target, which is so helpful to use premade lesson and incorporate your own slides within. There are  many games we use quite frequently that surround areas in comprehension, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and grammar. I am able to favorite them so the kids can find each task quickly. 
Some ways I use gynzy more specifically..

• Spelling practice: hangman (add in your own words, create your own grade level lists)
• Letter tiles/word cards to build words/decoding practice
• Handwriting template to practice formation of letters
• Sound-o-meter
• Flashcards for vocab practice
• Sequencing cards
• Phonics practice
• Rhyming bingo/memory

I love GYNZY and have used it for a few years.  A few of the tools that I use every day would be the timer - for centers, the 100's chart for counting every morning, the board for phonics activities, and the dice for math fluency.  I use gynzy as a whole group activity and it is very easy to navigate.  The kids really love using the board to draw at playtime and some of the games - hangman, tic tac toe. I like gynzy because I can make it personal for my class or a small group. If we are learning snap words I can make a list that highlights the words we haven't mastered yet so we aren't wasting time practicing words we already know. This year I am going to spend more time utilizing the lessons especially with the new format.

Gynzy is an interactive tool that you can use in the classroom. It has a whiteboard feature that you can use to teach new concepts to the entire class. It also have tools such as a ruler, fraction bars, counters and dice to help you make your lesson more interactive. You can also choose from many of their premade lessons. These lessons can be searched by topic, grade level or standard. The slides are fun and interactive for students to use. 

You can also use their tools to create your own word list to work with individual groups. The sight word flash cards are helpful as a warm up tool. You can edit the word list to have students practice specific words that they need to work on. For math I really like the morning meeting feature, it contains an interactive calendar, weather station and number builder. I like the number builder because you can build the numbers using 10 sticks and cubes. 

There are also a lot of fun games to play as review with the students. I like the rhyming game, it will read the word to the students and then they just have to decide which two words rhyme. There is also handwriting paper where you can demonstrate how to make the letters in the proper way. There are also sequencing activities you can do with all age students. For younger students there are pictures that the students need to sequence and put in order. There are also games to support phonics based on the skills you are working on. 

I love the idea of using a one stop board that could be used throughout the day...which is how I plan to utilize Gynzy in my classroom. Last year I used the ViewSonic tools, but once I used it, I lost it. If I needed it again, I would have to go find it again. I like how in Gynzy, you can revisit pages I created earlier that day, which will allow me to reuse tools/lessons that may be needed or retaught. It seems as though the flow of my day would go by much easier/faster that way. 

I also plan to utilize the premade lessons-especially the sight word/spelling games. It would be a great supplement to our spelling sorts that we are currently using in the classroom. It will be nice to edit the lists to match students' spelling lists. There is also a lesson in one of Lucy´s reading units that focuses on vowel teams. I found a lesson that would be ideal to use with this particular lesson. Instead of students writing on whiteboards, they could easily manipulate the words on the screen. 

Last, the management tools are wonderful. I would primarily use the timer from the ViewSonic panel in previous years, but the tools on Gynzy are endless. The noise meter tools would be great when trying to teach expectations at the beginning of the year for appropriate noise levels. I also love the idea of having a ¨Partner Picker¨ as a way to mix things up. 

I have used Gynzy a few times, but after researching it more, I figured out how I could use it more within my classroom.

I liked the features with Hangman and the Phonics lessons.  I can personalize these activities with spelling patterns that we are working on.  This will help with group work too where I can have guided instructional groups to work on words beyond worksheets.

The math lessons are very interactive and would be a great to help review or push higher learners.  With the older version, there are a ton of interactive slides.  With the new version, there is more structure to the slides (Introduction, Development, Guided Practice, Closure). This could be helpful for whole group instruction to go along with modules or as a guided practice for struggling learners.

There are also a ton of interactive graphic organizers that could be used for any subject. There are also extras for classroom management that I will use. There are different templates for noise control, timers, curtains, stop lights, etc.  I have used a timer in class and it has helped a ton with learning, so I think this will help my class out even more.

Lastly, I like the interactives with Science and Social Studies.  There are great slides for life cycles, weather, etc.  This would be much better than worksheets or Youtube videos.