Sortify and Assessment

The Sortify Game: A New Experiment in Playful Assessment

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Sortify is a brand new offering from BrainPOP's GameUp that's designed to be used as a playful assessment. It’s an open-ended tool that is flexible enough to work for all grade levels (K-12) and many ...

It’s Here! SXSWedu Announces 2014 Playground Schedule

Posted by Traci K. on

We’re absolutely thrilled to share the newly unveiled official schedule for the SXSWedu 2014 Playground, which we're co-sponsoring with Xerox. The SXSWedu Playground is an interactive learning space ...

Game-Based Learning Design Workshop

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"The single best opportunity for innovation in education is to gather teachers together in professional development programs that are pedagogy-centered, so that they can hone their teaching techniqu...

Game-Based Learning Resources

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We offer game-based learning lesson plans, research on games for learning, game making tools, student-made games, and more to support game-based-learning (GBL) using GameUp....
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Game-Based Learning Research

Posted by Laura Gatto on

We are committed to learning more about the world of educational gaming.  Here are some of our favorite game-based learning resources from our GameUp partners, thought leaders and organizations we adm...
Video Game Challenge

Playful Learning and Game Play – Guest Blogger Lauren Burner Shares Reflections on Professional Development with BrainPOP

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

A playful, thoughtful professional development day at the BrainPOP office in Manhattan brought designers, educators and gamers together to discuss the future of educational gaming in classrooms acro...

Game Based Learning Professional Development Opportunity in New York City

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

Attention all New York City based Game Based Learning teacher enthusiasts! We wanted to pass along information about a great professional development opportunity.  This Thursday, May 9th, The Tribeca ...
Video Game Challenge

Weaving Literacy and Assessment into Game-Based Learning

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BrainPOP's Allisyn Levy shares her experience integrating assessment into game-based learning. For a long time, I was on a hunt for an amazing English Language Arts game that tied into curriculum a...
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A Serious Game Jam with BrainPOP, MouseSQUAD and Global Kids!

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On February 13th, BrainPOP was thrilled to host student leaders from Global Kids and Mouse Squad for a "serious game jam" at BrainPOP Headquarters. During the 2 hour event, student leaders from Global...
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BrainPOP Rolls Out New Educator Resource Pages for Every GameUp Game!

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

Just this week, we've quietly rolled out a new group of support pages on BrainPOP Educators.  We have created game specific pages to help support your implementation of GameUp games in class! Every...