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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»

We’re thrilled to release the newest addition to the series of video case studies put out with our partners at the Joan Ganz Cooney Center. In this video, Steve Isaacs, a Technology Instructor at William Annin Middle School in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, shares how he integrates video game design and development into his 7th… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP Educator Amber Gross recently submitted a lesson plan with an amazing set of graphic organizers she created to facilitate student thinking before, during, and after BrainPOP Jr. movies. We were so impressed with the work she did on these organizers that we asked her to submit a guest blog post and tell more about… 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»

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 Betty Ann Fish is the Chair of the Physical Education Department at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy and has been teaching and coaching for 24 years. Currently she teaches at the elementary school level and coaches at the middle and upper school level. She has presented at ISTE, BLC08, BLC10, PSAHPERD 2010, EduCon 2.3 and… 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»

Wednesday, March 28 4:30PM ET: Play Seriously: The MIT Education Arcade Digital games in class? You bet! Scot Osterweil, Creative Director of the MIT Education Arcade, hosts this webinar on the role of gaming in classroom instruction. Discover how you can use our newest math games – a Lure of the Labyrinth trio – to… 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»

Get Your Vote On! It’s election time at ISTE! Voting is open for all ISTE members for ISTE Board of Directors. BrainPOP’s very own Vice President of 21st Century Learning is a current ISTE board member. Check out the slate of new board members up for election this year at http://www.iste.org/connect/elections.aspx and cast your ballot. Vote… Read the Rest»