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Professional Development @ Gizmo

 Gizmo provides professional development for educators in a variety of formats and topics. In the 2019 - 2020 school year Gizmo is developing and delivering professional development in: Design Thinking, Project Based Learning & Assessment, and Maker Education. We're embracing the challenges of the COVID pandemic and creating new courses to support educators working to provide transformative learning experiences for their students in online, blended and in-person formats. 

Are you looking for specific training?

We'd love to know what training you're interested in personally, for a friend, or for a colleague. Please fill out this form and let us know how Gizmo can help you. Or, just send us an email: erin@gizmo-cda.org

Thank you!

Current Courses

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Course Title
Rethinking Assessment

Course Description
Assessment is challenging under normal circumstances, and is even more so now with school closures and new remote learning opportunities. Collaborate with Erin and Matt, Gizmo’s Innovative Educators, as we demystify assessment and build structures together that work for your learning environment. 



Intended Audience
This course is designed to help Pre-K through college educators & parents who find themselves COVIDschooling  🏡 🎓


Course Format & Details
100% online & remote. 3 Hours: 1 hour opening workshop, 1 hour homework, 1 hour closing workshop. We space the workshops a few days apart to give participants time to think and apply what they're learning.


Credit/Clock Hours
Gizmo has partnered with
Coeur d'Alene School District to offer a certificate of completion for participants who complete the course. There is no additional fee for this certificate. 


Registration
Register now! https://occ.sn/W2hhwSNg

Previous Courses

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Course Title
Rethinking Assessment

Course Description
Assessment is challenging under normal circumstances, and is even more so now with school closures and new remote learning opportunities. Collaborate with Erin and Matt, Gizmo’s Innovative Educators, as we demystify assessment and build structures together that work for your learning environment. 



Intended Audience
This course is designed to help Pre-K through college educators & parents who find themselves COVIDschooling  🏡 🎓


Course Format & Details
100% online & remote. 3 Hours: 1 hour opening workshop, 1 hour homework, 1 hour closing workshop. We space the workshops a few days apart to give participants time to think and apply what they're learning.


Credit/Clock Hours
Gizmo has partnered with
Coeur d'Alene School District to offer a certificate of completion for participants who complete the course. There is no additional fee for this certificate. 


Registration
Closed.
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Course Title
Project Based Learning & Assessment

Course Description
Life is projects! Students can develop skills to learn, manage time, and collaborate through projects. Come learn how to help students own their learning, and how to prove learning occurred!


Intended Audience
This course is designed for professional and homeschool educators, pre-k through college.


Course Format & Details
*Blended in-person & online. This 15 hour experience was three parts: A 6-hour opening workshop @ Gizmo, a 5-hour application & reflection experience where participants applied their knowledge in their contexts, and a 4-hour closing workshop @ Gizmo. 



Credit/Clock Hours
Participants can earn a PD Credit from the University of Idaho for an additional $60.


Registration
*This course is being redesigned in an online-only format. We intend to run this course again in the summer/fall of 2020.
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Course Title
Design Thinking

Course Description

We’re teaching Design Thinking because teachers are designers! Everything we do — from lesson planning to seating charts — it’s all design!

Design Thinking is a framework that helps teachers become more effective in creating meaningful and engaging learning experiences for their students.


Intended Audience
This course is designed for professional and homeschool educators, pre-k through college.


Course Format & Details
*Blended in-person & online. This 15 hour experience was three parts: A 6-hour opening workshop @ Gizmo, a 5-hour application & reflection experience where participants applied their knowledge in their contexts, and a 4-hour closing workshop @ Gizmo. 



Credit/Clock Hours
Participants can earn a PD Credit from the University of Idaho for an additional $60.


Registration
*This course is being redesigned in an online-only format. We intend to run this course again in the summer/fall of 2020.



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Hours:
Monday - Thursday 10:00AM - 9:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday  10:00  AM - 5:00 PM
Sundays by appointment

phone 208-929-4029
email:  info@gizmo-cda.org


Find us here:
​283 N Hubbard St
Suite 142 
Hedlund Building,
North Idaho College Campus
Coeur d' Alene, ID 83814
Send snail mail to us at:
1000 W Garden Ave
​Coeur d' Alene, ID 83814
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Thank you North Idaho College
More space, more tools,
more ideas.....

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Big Thanks to the
University of Idaho-CDA

for their continuing support...
Go Vandals!

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Thank you Idaho Stem Action Center for supporting programming at Gizmo-CDA
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    • Waiver
  • INNOVATIVE EDUCATION
    • IEI Impacts Best Practices
    • Lending Library
    • Professional Development
    • Educational Resources
    • FIELD TRIPS
    • Gizmo2Go
    • Build With Us
    • VR Human Rights Gallery
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    • 3D Modeling With Tinkercad Level 1
    • Arduino And Circuitry Level 1
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