Times are tough — especially with budget cuts in education. I am excited to feature one of our BrainPOP Election Lesson Plan Winners as today’s guest blogger. Peggy is a Gifted & Talented teacher at Mina Elementary in Bastrop, TX. She’s written and received two grants, and was kind enough to share some tips with us! Please add on to these by commenting below if you have some grant writing tips of your own to share.
*The more students who will be impacted, the better.
*Innovative and creativity helps
*Backing up what you say in the grant is really important. This goes to figures and/or information that proves there is a need. I have used BrainPOP in the past a lot for Science. So, I used that as a huge part of my approach. I found some articles written about how weak our schools are in the area of
Science, therefore showing a need for new programs and approaches.
*I found two teachers on our campus who were spending their own money on BrainPOP for classroom access. One of the first grade teachers had a great lesson plan she had already used with BrainPOP and shared that with me. Then I added that to the grant proposal.
*I always try and get someone to proof read before I submit.
Good Luck! Peggy
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We LOVE getting work from students who share what they learned from BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr! BrainPOP Jr’s Bulletin Board is a great place to kick off a K-3 lesson with some inspiration. Please encourage your students to submit any BrainPOP Jr. inspired art, writing, or videos so we can expand their audience and publish them on BrainPOP for the world to see! Of course we’re also eager to share teacher-created materials, so keep those lesson plans, graphic organizers, and video tutorials coming!
We met a fabulous middle school science teacher at the recent T+L conference in Seattle. Nicole Yemothy teaches in Kent, WA. She was kind enough to share this story with us about how BrainPOP helped while she was away from her students to attend the conference. Read on! And if you’ve got a story to share with us, please post on our blog!
As a Title 1 school, our kids are from a very diverse background, with over 70% low income family on free and reduced lunch. At Mill Creek Middle School in Kent, we have over 11 languages spoken at our school alone. Our kids come from an incredible diverse background as well as educational abilities. This diversity is great for the kids and interpersonal growth but the various learning levels make teaching a daily challenge especially in overcrowded classrooms and tight budgets.
BrainPOP is one of those key programs that help even the learning field in my classroom and at our school. After my attending the Brain POP seminar, I used it in my classroom while I was in at the conference for the second day. The results were amazing. I come home from the first day at the conference to emails from 20% of my kids asking for clarification, help, and re-explanation on their day’s activity on the Atmosphere. Since I could not be in the classroom myself the next day, I “sent” Tim and Moby to my classroom (via a BrainPOP video). Read the rest of this entry »
We get so many requests from educators for BrainPOP t-shirts, we decided to hold a contest! Anyone who submits a lesson plan that’s selected to be published between now and January 31, 2009 wins a BrainPOP t-shirt! Submitting lesson plans is quick and easy! Lesson plans must be original and highlight your integration of BrainPOP or BrainPOP Jr. Browse what we’ve got here & submit your own!
Pictured above: Julie, Linda, and Kristen, three fabulous computer lab teachers from Woodstock Elementary School in Cherokee County School District, Georgia, who joined us at the GaETC conference.
Can you believe it’s November already? We’ve got a brand new Spotlight on Early Americans for you to use throughout the month. We’re also featuring a lesson plan on Thanksgiving. I used to love doing this activity with my third and fourth graders. It’s easily adaptable for any age and invites family participation. It’s also a great opportunity to learn more about your students’ family traditions, no matter what holidays they celebrate. Please feel free to take the idea and customize it to work for you and your students.
We hear about how well BrainPOP works with interactive whiteboards and clickers (student response systems) all the time! I just read a great article by Diane Trim, “Interactive Whiteboards & Clickers in the Classroom“, that shares how one teacher integrates BrainPOP and these two technologies.
I’d love to expand on these ideas and hear how you are using BrainPOP with interactive whiteboards and clickers in your classrooms! Please post your comments below or email me and let me know!
This just in! School Nurse, Pamela, from The Children’s Institute in Verona, NJ, celebrated Halloween dressed as Annie from BrainPop Jr. Fabulous costume, Pamela!
Three Bridges School in Three Bridges, NJ, was delighted to have Moby at their school on Halloween. Computer teacher, Tiffany, dressed up as Moby for Halloween. Congratulations, Tiffany! We love your costume!
Today I’m reporting live from the T+L Conference in Seattle! We’ve really been enjoying this conference, meeting educators from all over and sharing ideas on integrating BrainPOP. We had such a fantastic turnout at yesterday’s workshop, “Integrating BrainPOP Into Your K-12 Curriculum,” that the fire marshall ordered people away! If you missed out, check out our professional development resources. Keep an eye out for upcoming guest bloggers by our incredible special guest educators who joined us at our booth. If you were able to join us in Seattle or stopped in at our booth, we’d love to hear what you thought! Please post comments below!
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