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andrewg wrote a new post, IMAX contest Winners Announced!, on the site BrainPOP Community 3 hours, 14 minutes ago

Congratulations to BrainPOP Educators Leslie Dilley of Columbus, Ohio and Brian Lewis of Perry, Georgia top winners of the BrainPOP and IMAX To the Arctic Lesson Plan writing contest! Leslie and Bobby will both […]

andrewg wrote a new post, National STEM Game Challenge Winner Announced!, on the site BrainPOP Community 1 day ago

Today BrainPOP congratulates the 28 winners of this year’s National STEM Video Game Challenge! With over 3,700 entries from students in grades 5-12, competition was fierce for over $80,000 in prizes. We are […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Webinar Alert: Video Games in Teaching – Lessons Learned , on the site BrainPOP Community 2 days, 1 hour ago

Wednesday, May 23 7:30PM ET:
Video Games in Teaching – Lessons Learned

Join Marjee Chmiel, instructional technology specialist at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, VA and a […]

andrewg commented on the post, BrainPOP and Google Apps for Education, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 days, 1 hour ago

Aha, excellent question. Clearly I didn’t read your comment closely! Sorry about that, we all make mistakes, right? Anyway integration for BrainPOP jr isn’t yet available, will keep you (and everyone else reading) posted.

andrewg commented on the post, Webinar Alert: Play Seriously II MIT Education Arcade, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 days, 2 hours ago

@wrena, what an awesome idea! With all the press for making school curriculum more focused around innovation and entreprenurial attitudes, it sounds like you’re doing that yourself. we’d love to see your lesson […]

andrewg commented on the post, BrainPOP and Google Apps for Education, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 days, 3 hours ago

HI Liz,

We’re super excited too. . . the best part is that there is no need to “email” results into a spreadsheet. When you install the google marketplace app to your google domain, you will get a new option […]

andrewg wrote a new post, BrainPOP and the JASON Project Invite you to Fly to Jupiter on May 31st! Join a Live Event with NASA Engineer Tracy Drain!, on the site BrainPOP Community 4 days, 15 hours ago

Live Web Q&A with NASA Systems Engineer Tracy Drain Thursday, May 31 10:30am, 1:30pm, 4:30pm & 6:30pm Eastern Programs presented by the JASON Project, our newest BrainPOP Partner on GameUp!

Tracy Drain […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Intel and BrainPOP Lesson Plan Contest Entries Due May 22nd!, on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 1 day ago

This is the homestretch: submissions for the lesson plan contest we’re sponsoring with Intel are due May 22nd! Implemented through We Are Teachers, the contest invites educators to submit lesson plans […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Webinar Alert: NetTrekker and BrainPOP Giving Meaning to Memorial Day! , on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 1 day ago

Wednesday, May 16 3:00PM ET:

Memorial Day is more than the summer kickoff – it’s an important topic to address in the classroom. BrainPOP and Knovation (formerly netTrekker) team up to help you identify the […]

andrewg wrote a new post, BrainPOP & Intel: How Do YOU Bring Learning to Your Students’ Fingertips? , on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 1 day ago

Do you and your students use BrainPOP’s resources in the classroom … and beyond? We’ve partnered with Intel to sponsor a lesson plan contest and we want to hear how you’re taking BrainPOP to go! Implemented […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Teach for All, on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 2 days ago

BrainPOP is excited to announce our collaboration with Teach for All, a global network of social enterprises that is working to expand educational opportunity in nations all around the world. Many have heard of […]

andrewg wrote a new post, BrainPOP and Google Apps for Education, on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 2 days ago

We’re excited about the ability for users of BrainPOP and Google Apps to connect the services. By doing so, everyone benefits from the ease of single sign on (sso) and the ability to send quiz scores directly to […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Assessment Games: A Design Challenge!, on the site BrainPOP Community 1 week, 5 days ago

With the rise in popularity of games based learning, we are hearing more and more about game based assessment. Though we believe that students learn a great deal and exercise their “problem solving” muscles from […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Deadline Approaching: All Expenses Paid Educator Recognition Program, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 weeks ago

The Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum is Microsoft’s premier educator recognition program open to all K-12 educators. The Forum seeks to find and showcase examples of innovation happening in classrooms […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Webinar Alert: Change in Presenter Welcome Lisa Johnson, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 weeks ago

Unfortunately scheduled presenter Mike Amante is unavailable to present this afternoon. Though we are disappointed not to hear from him, we are pleased that Lisa Johnson will be joing us instead. Lisa has a […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Research to Support Games in Your Classroom, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 weeks, 2 days ago

How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education

Click the link and read the study: How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education, by Darrell M. West, Vice President and Director of […]

andrewg wrote a new post, Webinar Alert: The App-solute Best Advice with Mike Amante, on the site BrainPOP Community 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Wednesday, May 9 3:00PM ET:
The App-solute Best Advice with Mike Amante

Overwhelmed by lists describing “the best” educational apps for iOS? Need advice and guidance for what to use . . . tomorrow? Have no […]