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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»

Back in January we shared Dr. Kari Stubs’s experience at the  REAL (Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning) Commission kickoff meeting in Washington, DC.  The commission consists of 27 leaders in education technology who were responsible for constructing a report on initial research and policy agenda for Digital Promise.  Created by Congress with bipartisan… Read the Rest»

Guest Blogger and BrainPOP Educator Julia Curtis-Burnes is a New York State certified and licensed educator. She received her Master’s Degree in Teaching from Brown University in 2008 and has a four year educational background working with students in grades k-12. Julia is currently working towards developing leadership programs that help students build skills to become good public speakers, strong… Read the Rest»

Dr. Kari Stubbs, VP of 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP, presented the keynote presentation on educational games at the ActivLoudon Plus conference on March 24th. The event brought together 500 educators from the Loudon County School District in Virginia and beyond to learn about the power of technology, including Promethean tools and BrainPOP for teaching… Read the Rest»

Last week, BrainPOP had the pleasure to attend the Mobile Learning Experience a small 3 day conference sponsored by Arizona K12 Center at Arizona State University. The 350 attendees were treated to inspiring and enlightening keynote talks about the future of education, the promises and shortcomings of mobile devices and some deep thoughts about disruption of… Read the Rest»

Guest Blogger Brian M. Adams teaches at Copeland Middle School in Rockaway, NJ. He is caretaker of historyknowledge.com. He is a certified nerd and has no relation to the Canadian rock star.   As a history teacher, review of civics is a must.  In searching for new means of doing so and trying to find… Read the Rest»

If you missed the ISTE 2012 proposal deadline and still want to present, you’re in luck!  ISTE has announced that they will be holding two hour-long, Ignite sessions at the 2012 conference in San Diego, CA. What is an Ignite session?  Presenters are given five minutes and 20 slides in which to share about a… Read the Rest»

It was a great week for BrainPOP and Google.  We were proud sponsors of the first annual New York/New Jersey Google Summit a 2 day conference about all things Google in Education.   There was a wide variety of sessions from basic overviews of Google Apps for Education, to complex hackathons exploring the ins and outs… Read the Rest»

K-12 online learning is a rapidly developing form of education and the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, or iNACOL, has made it their goal to enhance the quality of such programs.  To provide virtual school educators with an opportunity for professional development, iNACOL hosts their annual conference, the Virtual School Symposium.  This year, the… Read the Rest»

With the ever expanding list of game offerings on BrainPOP’s GameUp,  we like to share about learning opportunities that we think you will find useful.  Every summer the Games Learning and Society group at University of Wisconsin – Madison hosts the Games Learning and Society Conference.  This year, June 12th is the 4th annual Educators… Read the Rest»