Posts on “ professional development ”

Wednesday, April 18 4:00PM ET: Assess, Reflect, and Redirect Join us for this special webinar co-presented by our partner Knovation (formerly netTrekker.) We can’t wait to share the powerful assessment resources available from Knovation and BrainPOP and how they complement one another. Additionally, we will help you take a deeper look at the objectives your… Read the Rest»

Thursday, April 19 4:00PM ET: edWeb.net Webinar: How To Use The Video Game Model To Build Curriculum Units Games are engaging our children both in and out of the classroom.  Components of gaming can be leveraged to increase student engagement and achievement through careful instructional design.  In edWeb.net’s next webinar, Andrew Miller, a game-based learning… Read the Rest»

You may already know that our Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning, represents BrainPOP on the Horizon K12 board. Now, it’s your turn to share your voice there. The organization, which publishes an annual research-based report on emerging educational technology, has officially opened the call for entries from educators seeking inclusion in… Read the Rest»

Wednesday, April 11 4:30PM ET: Play Seriously II: The MIT Education Arcade We welcome the MIT Education Arcade back for another webinar to extend our discussion on the objectives of educational gaming and its value in the classroom. We’ll take a more in-depth look into the Lure of the Labyrinth Challenge and further explore the… Read the Rest»

NOTE EARILER START TIME! Wednesday, April 4 3:00PM ET: The BrainPOP Basics Freshen up on the BrainPOP basics with this overview webinar. Take a tour of our sites as we discuss best practices for engaging your students and getting the most out of your subscription. We’ll share some tips and tricks for using BrainPOP and… 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»

Wednesday, March 21 5:30PM ET: BrainPOP Plays Nicely with Google Join Manager of BrainPOP Educators, Andrew Gardner, and Kyle Levenick, Director of Subscriber Relations, for an overview of BrainPOP’s integration with Google Application for Education and the Google Chrome web application. By integrating Google and BrianPOP, you have the power of single sign on, the ability… Read the Rest»

With thousands of educational apps available today, it can be a difficult task to find the best ones for using in your classroom.  Identifying those that will engage students while staying relevant to the curriculum is a common hurdle for educators.  Put your frustrations to rest and join Dr. Alice Christie as part of the… 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»