Posts on “ BrainPOP Jr. ”

We were thrilled to hear from one of our dynamic BrainPOP educators, Karyn Keenan. She shared with us her summer funding project to bring BrainPOP Jr. into her classroom, and how she uses it to increase student engagement and energize her lessons. Karyn is in her third year of teaching and is currently pursuing her… Read the Rest»

The Latest on BrainPOP: ♦ Elapsed Time ♦ Fungi ♦ Hip-Hop and Rap ♦ Sally Ride The Latest on BrainPOP Jr.: ♦ Gravity ♦ Homonyms ♦ Colds and Flu How do you plan on introducing new BrainPOP content into your learning environment? Post a comment below.

Kassie Jackson is a 1st grade teacher for the Great Falls School District in Great Falls, MT. She recently received her masters in technology and is passionate about engaging her students with technology. She shares her experience of leveraging a local grant opportunity to enrich her students’ lives with BrainPOP Jr. I am so excited… Read the Rest»

Karyn Keenan is a recent recipient of a donorschoose grant. She teaches 2nd grade in Chicago, and she’s chock full of great ideas! Thanks, Karyn. This summer I decided to work on getting a subscription to Brain Pop, Jr. through Donors Choose.  Within twenty days my project was funded and we were looking at starting… Read the Rest»

Have you checked out BrainPOP Jr. today? We’ve made a few ch-ch-ch-changes that help improve usability. Most notably, we increased the size of our movie-playing window on the topic page, so it hooks in students and captures their attention immediately. Users can now play the movie right in the topic page with closed captioning on!… Read the Rest»

Mitch Norris is an Apple Distinguished Educator and the ICT specialist for Kindergarten to Grade 7 at the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, Japan. You can find him at his website www.misternorris.com or on Twitter at @misternorris. Here at the International School of the Sacred Heart in Tokyo, we have been using… Read the Rest»

George Haines is the Director of Technology at Sts. Philip and James School. He gives presentations and workshops about technology integration to educators in the tri-state area. You can check out his related lesson plan on Global Wikis here. This year my 2nd graders built a wiki with students in the Bronx and Australia. The… Read the Rest»

Kentucky Country Day School’s Lower School Technology Coordinator, Liz Gatewood never ceases to amaze me! She shared two outstanding projects that her classes recently completed. Thanks for sharing your behind the scenes tips, Liz! The first project was drawings of germs that my 1st graders created. During the first few weeks of school, our science… Read the Rest»

A special shout out to Kippy Cooper’s 5th graders from Draper Intermediate School in Wylie, TX. Kippy invited her science students to compose questions and create matching t-shirts to go along with their questions, in the style of BrainPOP. We loved reading your questions, and wanted to let you know that one of your questions… Read the Rest»

The Latest on BrainPOP: ♦ Citizenship ♦ Adam Smith ♦ Biofuels ♦ Nitrogen Cycle ♦ Hydraulics ♦ British Empire ♦ Metric Units ♦ Customary Units The Latest on BrainPOP Jr.: Add a little fun to your blog or web site – embed the POP a Joke Player! And don’t miss: ♦ Adding With Regrouping