Posts on “ 21st century skills ”

Driving Meaningful Instruction with BrainPOP ESL Wednesday, March 2, 2011 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Join Anne Scatchell, BrainPOP Educator and ESL teacher, as she shares her experiences using BrainPOP ESL to support her English language learners. Anne will walk you through a series of writing-related lessons based on her own students’ needs. See how she used BrainPOP ESL to create memorable, meaningful lessons that engage ESL students and provide them with the confidence to use 21st century tools to enrich their learning. RSVP: http://drivingesl.eventbrite.com/

ISTE-goers, you’re cordially invited to two dynamic pre-conference sessions. Both require registration by May 1, so get the details and sign up today! We’ll give each attendee a 12-month Classroom subscription for the teacher of his or her choice. Join us Saturday, June 26th for “Learning Can Be a Production” with Robert Miller (Port Orange Elementary School, FL) and our Kari Stubbs, PhD. This three-hour hands-on workshop will introduce you to the glamorous art of movie-making with students. On Sunday, June 27th, Adina Popa (Steuart Weller Elementary School, VA) joins Kari Stubbs for “STEM to the Rescue.” They’ll show you how to develop a public service announcement in class to help students build interest in STEM subjects. Remember – registration is required by May 1! Find out more, sign up and let your colleagues and friends know too. Hope to see you in Denver!

Help students build a valuable 21st-century skill with this month’s Spotlight: Financial Literacy. You’ll find content covering everything from the Stock Market, Taxes, and Credit Cards to Comparing Prices, Interest, and Supply and Demand. BrainPOP Jr. topics include Dollars and Cents, Needs and Wants, Counting Coins, Goods and Services, and Saving and Spending. Take advantage of the accompanying lesson plans as well: “Needs and Wants” (K-3) and “Credit Cards: Good Advice” (BrainPOP). How do you teach Financial Literacy? Share ideas below!

Beyond BrainPOP Walls – 21st Century Tools Wednesday, March 17 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Take Tim, Annie, and Moby beyond the walls of BrainPOP! Learn how teachers are getting creative with freely available Web 2.0 tools. This will be a participatory webinar, and we invite you to jump in and share your own discoveries, projects, and experiences. If you’ve never participated in an online webinar, this is the one for you! Whether you feel comfortable contributing or you’re just observing, you will walk away with fresh inspiration. RSVP – space fills up quickly!  

Join us TODAY for the third in this month’s free webinar series: A 21st Century Approach to Teaching: Using Multimedia TODAY! Wednesday, February 17, 2010 4:30 PM EST *note time change from previous webinars Duration: 1 Hour Explore the best way to use BrainPOP animated movies and interactive features for students in grades 3 and up. We’ll share best practicesand, easy ways to incorporate BrainPOP into your curriculum, motivation strategies , and effective planning ideas. In addition, discover a resource that has become quintessential in our planning – BrainPOP Educators. RSVP – space fills up quickly! To access the webinar follow this link or copy and paste it into your browser: http://brainpop.na4.acrobat.com/twentyfirstbrainpop/ and login as a guest. Be sure to have a headset or speakers to hear the webinar.  The webinar will open 10 minutes early, and start promptly.

We’ve been really impressed to hear about so many of you blogging with your classes this year. (In case your students need a primer on blogging, check out our Blogs movie!) The blogosphere has become an important engine for social change and presents a terrific opportunity for kids to utilize 21st-century skills. To that end, with this post we are taking part in this year’s Blog Action Day, now in its third year. The main goal of Blog Action Day, which takes place every October 15th, is to harness the power of blogging for a particular cause. The causes change each year, and this year the cause is climate change. If you run a classroom blog, this event presents a perfect opportunity to have your students discuss what they know about climate change as well as their personal opinions and any calls to action. In a structured environment, blogging can help young learners hone their persuasive writing skills and feel a sense of ownership over the final published piece. Before they sit down to write, we encourage young bloggers to brush up on their climate change knowledge by exploring some of our Earth awareness topics. And of course, we’d love… Read the Rest»

What do BrainPOP and netTrekker have in common? 1). They both celebrated their 10th birthdays this summer. 2). They’re powerful 21st century teaching tools. 3). They have partnered together so you can find BrainPOP content seamlessly through netTrekker searches! To celebrate 21st century learning and our partnership with netTrekker, I was the keynote speaker at the recent netTrekker Fest event. My keynote, 21st Century Learning – What’s in Your Back-to-School Bag of Tricks?, was all about re-thinking education. We explored how to become 21st century learners, how to teach 21sts century kids, and even discussed examples of 21st century teaching ideas. I encouraged participants to become 21st century learners by challenging them to connect online with other educators and resources at BrainPOP Educators, netTrekker Village, and Twitter. I praised Calcasieu Parish for providing the opportunity to witness 21st century learning at this spring’s NSBA Site Visit, and encouraged participants to create their own mini-site visits with leaders in their districts. I shared global learning experiences and video footage from my experiences in classrooms in China. I also showcased the BrainPOP Internet Safety Flipchart and the Global Connections: Natural Disasters wiki and lesson that I’d shared at NECC. I energized the… Read the Rest»