Posts on “ technology ”

Dr. Kari Stubbs, BrainPOP’s Vice President of 21st Century Learning, is a member of the Voice of the Educator Working Group within SIIA – the Software & Information Industry Association.  The SIIA Vision website, created to assist the education community in understanding technology’s role in the improvement of education, has invited YOU to share your… Read the Rest»

We’ve made some interesting additions to our research page on BrainPOP Educators. BrainPOP teamed up with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop to lead a research project, Teacher Attitudes about Digital Games in the Classroom. 500 teachers nationally were surveyed for the study. Over 60 percent of educators surveyed feel that games helped… Read the Rest»

Back in January we shared Dr. Kari Stubs’s experience at the  REAL (Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning) Commission kickoff meeting in Washington, DC.  The commission consists of 27 leaders in education technology who were responsible for constructing a report on initial research and policy agenda for Digital Promise.  Created by Congress with bipartisan… 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»

BrainPOP Educators Brennan Plummer, Jarrod Stephens and Brian Cook at Worthington Elementary School in Kentucky lead a Student Technology Leadership Program for aspiring technologists! Brennan contacted us to share about their most recent research projects on Steve Jobs and QR codes. One component of this research project was the creation of BrainPOP videos – complete with… Read the Rest»

Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning at BrainPOP, recently returned from the REAL (Recommendations for Education and Advancement of Learning) Commission kickoff meeting in Washington, DC. The commission consists of 25 leaders in education technology from industry and academia. They have been charged with recommending an initial research and policy agenda for… Read the Rest»

Yesterday’s announcement of Steve Jobs’ death was a significant event in the history of computing and innovation.  Jobs has been a major player in the development of technology and its impact on our world for the past 30+ years.  From the original wooden Apple computer in 1977 to the thin, sleek, glass iPad 2 in 2011, Jobs helped… Read the Rest»

Christine Yarzabek’s first grade classroom is a technology integration playground where her students can frequently be found on the SmartBoard, performing research scavenger hunts on their computers, interviewing each other with Flip cameras or practicing for spelling tests on a host of different websites. You can visit her personal blog or follow her on twitter @CYarzy…. Read the Rest»

Want to find out what’s REALLY happening in learning? Checkout this authentic feedback, gathered from 294,399 Students; 42,267 Parents; 37,720 Teachers/Librarians; and 4,969 Administrators/Tech Leaders. It’s been compiled in Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up 2010 National Findings for K-12 Students and Parents. The full report, The New 3 E’s of Education: Enabled, Engaged, Empowered — How… Read the Rest»