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Integrating technology while meeting the daily demands of a curriculum can be difficult for educators. In the second of her three-part series with us, POPstar Lisa Parisi shares tips and tricks for getting the job done. She’ll share strategies that work in any setting, whether your classroom has minimal technology or the set-up of your dreams. You’ll leave this webinar feeling inspired to meaningfully incorporate technology and improve your everyday lessons.

Rescheduled from January: Join us as we explore multiple intelligences and highlight the ways you can use netTrekker Search and BrainPOP to develop corresponding learning paths. netTrekker’s learning architects and BrainPOP Educators will provide you with a portfolio full of strategies for addressing the different intelligences in your classroom, from spatial to auditory and every intelligence in between.

The Horizon K12 Report board, including BrainPOP’s very own Dr. Kari Stubbs, is always in search of exciting and innovative project contributions to include in their annual Horizon Report, and projects submitted to the Horizon Project Navigator are automatically candidates for inclusion in a future issue. Take a look at some of the projects your fellow educators have submitted and perhaps you’ll be inspired to submit one of your own. BrainPOP’s GameUp, Mixer, mobile apps and more could be the perfect focus for a project submission! The Horizon Project Navigator is an interactive social media platform that gives educators the opportunity to utilize the Horizon Project’s extensive database of edtech related articles, research, and projects. Users have the ability to contribute their own thoughts, ratings, and analysis on each item in the collection, further extending the conversation among educators around the world.

BrainPOP Jr.’s collection of math topics now includes Line Graphs! In our new movie, Annie and Moby introduce line graphs, and focus on how to read, analyze, and create them. Students are guided in understanding parts of a line graph, such as the x- and y-axis, as well as the scale. The perfect supplement for a unit on analyzing data, students are shown how to utilize a line graph to draw conclusions and answer questions. Through visual and auditory support, students will also learn how to collect a set of data and further organize the information in a line graph of their own.

It’s time for the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Board of Director Elections, and every vote counts!  Here’s your chance to help shape the future of educational technology!  ISTE – the same group that holds the ed tech conference in June every year – consists of more than 100,000 education leaders focused on improving the effective use of technology in the PK – grade 12 school system. ISTE members may cast ballots until April 12 at 5 ET.  The candidates for this year’s election include: Board of Directors Seat 1 Mila Fuller Janene Gorham Board of Directors Seat 2 Pamela Lloyd, PhD Kari Stubbs, PhD Board of Directors Seat 3 Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach Elaine Shuck Board of Directors Seat 4 John Keller, PhD Lance Wilhelm, PhD Board of Directors Seat 5 Matt Harris, EdD Todd Kennedy Board of Directors Seat 6 Helen Crompton Janet Zanetis Board of Directors Seat 7 Chris Johnson, PhD Mia Williams, PhD   Not an ISTE member? You can find more information about becoming one on the ISTE membership page.

Wednesday, March 27th at 6:00 PM ET- Exploring Possibilities With “POPstar” Lisa Parisi Join POPstar Lisa Parisi for the first a three-part webinar series entitled “Exploring Possibilities.”  The first installment will focus on Global Learning. This year, Lisa’s 5th graders have connected with students and activists in four continents and almost a dozen countries.  Tying global connections to her curriculum, Lisa is helping her students meet standards while also guiding them to be responsible global citizens. We’re so excited to have Lisa with us, and we look forward to hearing her perspectives and strategies to implement effective global collaboration with her students.

Beyond Angry Birds STEM Games with Research-based Evidence of Student Learning Wednesday, March 27 at 4pm ET REGISTER HERE for the webinar. Your trouble finding games that engage your students while they actually learn something, especially in STEM subjects, illustrates the disconnect between the “education” part and the “games” part of educational games. “Can we combine what we know about instructional design with what we know about game design to build games that are both really fun and demonstrably educational?” is the question being asked at Carnegie Mellon University. Join Amos Glenn and edWeb.net on March 27 to hear how the University’s experts in innovative educational technologies and its outstanding game designers are collaborating to answer that question. Amos will not only introduce you to free games you can use today in your classroom, but he also will share objective, scientific data that illustrates how these games produce measurable learning while still being fun to play-vital information for any educators bringing games into their classrooms.  Join Amos on March 27 to discover STEM games for your classroom. Attendees will also be invited to participate in CMU research at the end of the webinar *Please note that this webinar is not hosted by… Read the Rest»

Explore the life of Chief Joseph, leader of the Wallowa band of Nez Perce in the Pacific Northwest, in BrainPOP Jr.’s new movie! Annie and Moby will show you how settlers of the American West and the United States government forced the Nez Perce from their land. This movie also highlights the hard choices Chief Joseph had to make as he led the tribe to fight the U.S Army and then move to reservations. Our Chief Joseph movie is a great addition to BrainPOP Jr. for teaching your younger students about important events in America’s history.

Wednesday, March 20th at 3:30 PM ET- BrainPOP and the Flipped Classroom Make homework fun and involve parents: try a “flipped” lesson! We welcome Katie Neville, master educator with more than 40 years of classroom experience and a current Technology Resource Teacher for Loudoun County (VA) public schools. She’ll show you how to build a flipped lesson using BrainPOP resources and our integration with Google. Explore different ways to engage parents and students in the process and hear some alternatives for those who don’t have internet access at home.

Wednesday, March 13th at 3:30 PM ET- Get Your Game On: BrainPOP & National STEM Video Game Challenge  You’ve heard about the tremendous potential games have for learning and engagement, but how do you bring them into your own classroom? This webinar, featuring our friends at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, highlights different ways to implement game-based learning. You’ll also get the details on the National STEM Video Game Challenge: work with your students as they design their own games and strengthen their STEM skills.