Posts on “ BrainPOP ”

The National School Boards Association’s (NSBA) has named its “20 to Watch” honors for 2011-2012. These education leaders from across the country are being recognized for promoting the incorporation of innovative technology into high-quality classroom learning and school district operations.  BrainPOP sends a hearty congratulations to the 3 BrainPOP Educators who are recipients of this years… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, March 14 Special time: 7:30PM EST Getting Creative: Scientific Illustrations & Other Projects All the way from Shanghai, we welcome Laura Brown, a high school science teacher, for this webinar on scientific illustrations and other creative projects. Find out how she and her students use BrainPOP movies as models for these illustrations, and to… Read the Rest»

We’re thrilled to report that nearly 30,000 students at 66 schools in Mexico City now have access to our resources thanks to a new agreement between BrainPOP and Mexico City’s Department of Public Education. The agreement is part of Mexico City’s Educaćion en Red, a large-scale initiative with the goal of widespread online educational technology… Read the Rest»

At the end of January and beginning of February, I had the privilege to take an educational tour through seven cities in India. While visiting schools, universities, educational reform organization and companies, I shared my love for BrainPOP with everyone! One particularly interesting government school in Mumbai was run in conjunction with a community based… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP Educators Brennan Plummer, Jarrod Stephens and Brian Cook at Worthington Elementary School in Kentucky lead a Student Technology Leadership Program for aspiring technologists! Brennan contacted us to share about their most recent research projects on Steve Jobs and QR codes. One component of this research project was the creation of BrainPOP videos – complete with… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, March 7 4:30PM ET! Whether you’re a BrainPOP newbie or a veteran in need of a refresher, we’ve got you covered. Join us for this overview webinar as we explore the ins and outs of BrainPOP products including BrainPOP Jr., GameUp, and our free, professional community BrainPOP Educators. We’ll discuss best practices for engaging… Read the Rest»

Note Later Starting Time: Wednesday, February 29 6:30PM ET Join 4th-grade teacher and BrainPOP advisor Robert Miller for an in depth exploration of using GameUp games in science class.  Learn how playing well-designed educational games is not only great fun, but can help students build mental models of complex systems.

Last week we shared the adorable “Moby is. . .” project by the student at Kentucky Day School. Upon seeing the work published, Liz Andrews, the lower school technology coordinator, shared with us the following: “I just saw that you added a Picasso movie on BrainPOP Jr! Last year I collaborated with our Spanish teacher… Read the Rest»

Guest Blogger Cindi Smith-Walters, PhD is a professor of biology at Middle TN State University, co-directs the MTSU Center for Environmental Education, and is a  past president of the Tennessee Academy of Science.  She is a life-long environmental educator and a BrainPop believer who has used BrainPop with students of all ages. I use BrainPop with… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP is always growing! Whether we’re adding new topics to BrainPOP, sharing our favorite educational games on GameUp or a building new levels on BrainPOP ESL, we’re hard at work curating and creating the best content to share with students.  So what’s been happening recently? Well, this week, we have 2 premieres!  Young artists will… Read the Rest»