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Happy April! Not only do we have a fabulous Spotlight full of resources to celebrate and teach about Earth Awareness with, but we’re also super excited to announce a new lesson plan contest in honor of our partnership with IMAX and the release of their new film, Born to be Wild 3D! The educator who… Read the Rest»

Next week we will announce the winners of our recent Share YOUR Vision for Mobile Learning Contest in conjunction with the Mobile Learning Experience Conference.  Stay tuned to BrainPOP Educators as we’ll unveil one winner each day starting Monday. We encourage you to stay connected with conference presentations, highlights, and discussions via the Mobile Learning… Read the Rest»

Huge congratulations to the 12 winners of the First Annual National STEM Video Game Challenge, chosen from among more than 500 entrants! BrainPOP is proud to have served as a founding outreach partner of the competition, which invited middle schoolers to harness their STEM skills and design original video games. Part of the White House… Read the Rest»

Using a Multimedia Approach to Teach Earth Awareness Wednesday, March 30, 2011 *6:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Bring learning to life by transporting your students into the wild… Immerse your students in some of the conservation efforts being made to rehabilitate and protect endangered species. We’ve partnered up with IMAX to bring you extraordinary… Read the Rest»

We’ve partnered with IMAX on a great initiative dedicated to raising awareness about conservation efforts and endangered species. The partnership means extraordinary online (and free!) resources for you from IMAX as well as two brand new BrainPOP movies: Primates and Elephants. Both debut as part of our Spotlight: Earth Awareness. On March 30th, just before… Read the Rest»

Congratulations to head teacher, Colter Barnes, and his Kokhanok middle school class for their amazing accomplishment as top 5 finalists in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest.  Colter shares their journey from a BrainPOP social studies lesson all the way to the Big Apple! One day, in the remote fly-in only “bush” village of Kokhanok,… Read the Rest»

I met Sherri Dodd via a webinar on Video Games in the Classroom, and was hoping she’d share all the cool things she’s doing with her students as a guest blogger! Thanks, Sherri. My experience implementing game design is probably not very typical. I work in a small, private, PK-8, 1:1 tablet, Montessori school. Because… Read the Rest»

Middle school teachers, help your students cultivate and hone their STEM skills in a fun and creative way:  work with them on the development of their own video game! The National STEM Video Game Challenge is now officially underway, and we’re thrilled to be a founding outreach partner. To support you and your students as… Read the Rest»

There’s still time to enter our Invite a Friend Contest! We asked one of our schools that inspired us to create this contest to share how they got their entire staff on board with BrainPOP Educators. Justin Schaef, Director of Data Management and Technology for NY’s Washingtonville Central School District shares his secrets: BrainPOP and… Read the Rest»

To ring in the New Year, we’ll be giving away on-site professional development sessions to schools taking advantage of the free teacher offerings here on BrainPOP Educators. It’s so simple! Like what you see here? Let your people know!  Get the details on here.