Posts on “ BrainPOP Español ”

BrainPOP is now more mobile- and BYOD-friendly than ever before with the recent Android debut of all our apps!  We’re pleased to announce that you can access BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., and BrainPOP Espanol on any Android device AND, best of all, these apps are FREE! With the BrainPOP Featured Movie app, you can watch a different animated movie every day and then take the accompanying interactive quiz.  Changing every Monday, the BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week app gives you the opportunity to view a different BrainPOP Jr. movie each week.  We’ve even included the featured quiz, Pop-a-Joke, and Belly Up comic for each movie!  Whether you’re fluent in Spanish or just learning the language, we’ve got you covered with the BrainPOP Español Película del Día app.  Learn something new every day- in Spanish!- and complete the interactive quiz after watching the movie. Our Android apps are perfect for taking the BrainPOP gang on the go or using in a mobile-friendly and BYOD classroom and are available on Google Play.  If you’ve already got a username and password for BrainPOP, BrainPOP Jr., or BrainPOP Espanol, you can log in and access all of the content directly from the corresponding app… Read the Rest»

We’re thrilled to report that nearly 30,000 students at 66 schools in Mexico City now have access to our resources thanks to a new agreement between BrainPOP and Mexico City’s Department of Public Education. The agreement is part of Mexico City’s Educaćion en Red, a large-scale initiative with the goal of widespread online educational technology integration. This newest batch of BrainPOP users will have 24/7 access to BrainPOP Español – our Spanish language resource – and BrainPOP ESL – our award-winning English language learning and teaching tool – from any computer with an internet connection. Teachers will be able to take advantage of the online professional community BrainPOP Maestros. Like its U.S. counterpart BrainPOP Educators, BrainPOP Maestros features lesson plans, classroom tools, best practices, and the insight of more than 4,000 teachers across the Spanish-speaking world. You may already know how widely BrainPOP Español is used in bilingual settings here in the U.S. But it’s also used by more than 4.5 million children in 19 Spanish-speaking countries – in rural communities, urban centers, public and private schools, libraries, and homes. Within Mexico, BrainPOP has partnered with institutions including the National Council for Culture and Arts of Mexico (CONACULTA), the Department… Read the Rest»

Today, we are proud to announce that one of our favorite BrainPOP features,  closed captioning,  has arrived in BrainPOP Español!  With closed captioning available in every movie, understanding and following Tim and Moby in Spanish has never been easier!  This feature is sure to help both native Spanish speakers, and students learning the language. Closed Captioning: Helps students identify the words they are listening to. Assists reading comprehension in Spanish. Provides access for students with hearing disabilities. Allows classrooms, or computer labs with poor audio equipment to use BrainPOP Movies without missing a thing! If you’ve never seen BrainPOP Espanol, be sure to check it out. Tim has an excellent accent!

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, and inspiring action towards solving real–world problems. Through this event, our friends, organizers Steve Hargadon and Lucy Gray hope that attendees will challenge themselves and others to become more active citizens of the world. As a sponsoring partner, BrainPOP is especially excited to support esteemed educational philosopher Dr. Howard Gardner’s Keynote presentation on Wednesday November 16th at 2:00PM. Dr Gardner will be interviewed about globalization, new digital media and it’s  impact on education.  It will be a compelling hour. BrainPOP is a leader in delivery of online movies with interactive features in the USA, but you may not have known that BrainPOP content is constantly updated and translated into differentl languages.  It’s available in Spanish, French, Hebrew and even Mandarin!  Global education is part of our identity! The conference is entirely free.  You can learn more about all sessions and excitement at http://globaleducation.ning.com/