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Congratulations to BrainPOP Educators Leslie Dilley of Columbus, Ohio and Brian Lewis of Perry, Georgia top winners of the BrainPOP and IMAX To the Arctic Lesson Plan writing contest! Leslie and Bobby will both receive a set of tickets to bring an entire class to see the film, along with some other BrainPOP and IMAX… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, May 23 7:30PM ET: Video Games in Teaching – Lessons Learned Join Marjee Chmiel, instructional technology specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA and a former game designer, as she shares tried and tested tips for successfully integrating video games into classrooms. You’ll walk away with practical ideas… Read the Rest»

Today BrainPOP congratulates the 28 winners of this year’s National STEM Video Game Challenge!  With over 3,700 entries from students in grades 5-12, competition was fierce for over $80,000 in prizes.  We are hopeful to have some of the winning entires featured on GameUp, but in the meantime watch the video below and follow the links from… Read the Rest»

  Live Web Q&A with NASA Systems Engineer Tracy Drain Thursday, May 31 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:30pm Eastern Programs presented by the JASON Project, our newest BrainPOP Partner on GameUp!   Tracy Drain is a systems engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Her projects are out of this world — literally! Tracy… Read the Rest»

  This is the homestretch: submissions for the lesson plan contest we’re sponsoring with Intel are due May 22nd! Implemented through We Are Teachers, the contest invites educators to submit lesson plans showcasing the use of our resources on mobile devices. Grand prizes include $200 (put it to use at ISTE, perhaps?!) plus a Flip cam you can… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, May 16 3:00PM ET: Memorial Day is more than the summer kickoff – it’s an important topic to address in the classroom. BrainPOP and Knovation (formerly netTrekker) team up to help you identify the most engaging lessons and useful resources focusing on the holiday. We’ll demonstrate the pairing of BrainPOP’s high-quality content with Knovation’s… Read the Rest»

We’re excited about the ability for users of BrainPOP and Google Apps to connect the services. By doing so, everyone benefits from the ease of single sign on (sso) and the ability to send quiz scores directly to a Google spreadsheet. The embedded slideshow below will walk you through the ease of installation, but if… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP is excited to announce our collaboration with Teach for All, a global network of social enterprises that is working to expand educational opportunity in nations all around the world.  Many have heard of Teach for America, the program that puts motivated college graduates into high needs schools in the US, but fewer know that international… Read the Rest»

With the rise in popularity of games based learning, we are hearing more and more about game based assessment.  Though we believe that students learn a great deal and exercise their “problem solving” muscles from playing well designed games, it’s a hard thing to quantify!  In response to this challenge, many organizations are supporting research… Read the Rest»

The Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum is Microsoft’s premier educator recognition program open to all K-12 educators. The Forum seeks to find and showcase examples of innovation happening in classrooms and schools. It is easy to apply, and if accepted, Microsoft pays expenses for you to come to a unique 2-day professional learning… Read the Rest»