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It’s been a week of global celebration here at BrainPOP.  We were proud sponsors of the Global Education Conference, shared tales of  science education in Shanghai, and attended the Microsoft Partners in Learning Global Forum. Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP, shares her exciting experience. Salut! Hola! Ni Hao! Ciào!… Read the Rest»

With all the buzz at  BrainPOP about the STEM video game challenge and this week’s Global Education Conference, today we welcome Guest Blogger Laura Brown. Laura is an expatriate science teacher working in Shanghai at Concordia International School.  Recently selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator and  member of the Learning 2.0 Asia Technology Conference executive… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP is proud to be a Sponsoring Partner for the 2011 Global Education Conference, held entirely online from November 14-18. With over 200 sessions presented from all over the world, the conference seeks to present ideas, examples, and projects related to connecting educators and classrooms with a strong emphasis on promoting global awareness, fostering global competency,… Read the Rest»

Guest Blogger Michael Lambert currently teaches middle school in Shanghai and previously taught at Hong Kong International School. He is an ADE, serves on the 2011 K12 Horizon Report Advisory Board and teaches workshops on media literacy throughout Asia. Michael has written several articles related to visual literacy. Along with his passion for teaching, he brings… Read the Rest»

Chris Carter’s saga with BrainPOP ESL in Germany continues with week 7… Day Thirty The exercises in BrainPOP ESL Level 2 require more reading and more fill in the blank activities.  We have to help Moby accomplish a goal by choosing the correct word to complete a sentence.  Since not all my first graders can read… Read the Rest»

Chris Carter’s saga with BrainPOP ESL in Germany continues with week 6… Day Twenty Five What a day!  This morning started out with surprise treats brought in from one of my student’s parents to celebrate a birthday. Everyone filled their bellies with chocolate and other sweets, resulting in 20 kids on a serious sugar high… Read the Rest»

Chris Carter’s  saga with BrainPOP ESL in Germany continues with week 5… Day Twenty There’s a bug going around the school, maybe all of Berlin! I was sick on Monday, so we will return to BrainPOP ESL tomorrow. Day Twenty One We are back in action with BrainPOP ESL, we are at Level 1, 3.4… Read the Rest»

Chris Carter’s saga with BrainPOP ESL in Germany continues with week 4… Day Sixteen I used Brain Pop Jr. today.  Our current Unit of Inquiry is about animal habitats.  On Sunday, I wrote habitat in the search window and got eleven matches – not too shabby BrainPOP.  I went through them and found the language tougher… Read the Rest»

It Takes A Global Village Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour BrainPOP Educators Adina Popa and Tammie Mihet will demonstrate how they teach 21st Century skills, use multimedia tools such as BrainPOP, and how all these resources prepare them and their students for collaborative activities at the international level. RSVP: http://collabor8.eventbrite.com/

Chris Carter’s saga with BrainPOP ESL in Germany continues with week 3… Day Eleven I tried the Sun is Shining (Teaching Tools; Extra Practice) game today after we finished level one, 2.1.  It went pretty well, though they tended to hang on my examples.  I let them stop after three sentences.  We’ll revisit the activity… Read the Rest»