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The Mobiles for Education Alliance has made it their goal to provide low-resource and developing countries access to appropriate, scalable, and low-cost mobile technologies.  Committed to improving learning outcomes in all levels of formal and nonformal education, the Alliance supports the identification and application of mobile technologies that can be used to address pressing educational issues such as literacy, professional development for educators, and accessibility for learners with special needs. The 2012 mEducation Alliance International Symposium is happening right now in Washington, DC!  This year, the mEducation Alliance is highlighting how successful partnerships can be leveraged to improve learning outcomes through the use of mobile technologies.  BrainPOP is proud to provide a mobile friendly service and our very own Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning, was given the honor of co-presenting a session titled: In Focus- Partnering for Basic Education Quality Improvement.  If you’re interested in learning more about the symposium, visit their site or check out #mEd2012 to see what the Twitterverse is saying.  

BrainPOP’s Vice President of 21st Century Learning, Dr. Kari Stubbs, is a member of the  Horizon K12 Board.  We’re excited to share that the 2012 edition of the Horizon K12 report was just released this week.  Highlights from the report include predicted trends for mobile devices/apps and game-based learning to play a significant role in learning over the new few years.  BrainPOP’s digital content and new GameUp features are ready to support your next steps in your teaching journey in both areas. According to the report, “The power of apps, coupled with the portability of mobile devices, is causing many schools to take another look at their policies regarding mobile devices. Many see mobiles as a key aspect of Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) environments.”  The BrainPOP Featured Movie app is already a key ingredient in many mobile initiatives, including BYOD.  BrainPOP using district, Forsyth County Schools in Georgia, is featured in the report as a pioneer district for the BYOD movement. With regard to game-based learning, the report states, “This topic has gained considerable traction over the past decade as games have proven to be effective learning tools, and beneficial in cognitive development and the fostering of soft skills… Read the Rest»

The growing interest in mobile learning has BrainPOP on the go!  Have you been using the BrainPOP mobile app with your students?  Whether it’s on a field trip or in the classroom, we want to hear about the exciting ways you’ve been able to integrate it into your daily lessons. We are looking for high quality lesson plans that meaningfully incorporate the use of either the iOS or Chrome BrainPOP app.  If you haven’t yet used the app, we encourage you to explore it with your class and determine how it could fit into your curriculum.  Once you’ve had some time to play, submit a lesson plan to share your ideas.  The best lesson plans will be featured on our blog and we’ll send those lesson plan authors a free BrainPOP t-shirt!

BrainPOP Mobile: Learning at Your Fingertips Wednesday, November 30th 4:30 PM EDT Duration: 1 Hour Discover how BrainPOP’s Featured Movie iOS app, newly updated to enable access to all of our movies and quizzes, brings learning to students’ fingertips! We’ll show you creative ways to use the app throughout the day; you’ll also see how it can be used as a modification tool. You’ll wonder how you ever taught without it!  

With all the excitement about our new iOS app, BrainPOP welcomes guest blogger, and mobile technology advocate Scott Newcomb.  Scott has taught for 10 years and works with 4th graders at St. Marys Intermediate School, Ohio. This is a public school in its 3rd year using mobile learning devices with their students. Scott helped organize and participated in the first Mobile Learning Technology Conference in Ohio in May of 2009. Scott has helped with professional development training for staff members using smartphone computers. He has presented about Mobile Learning at the E-Tech Ohio Conference, Mobile Learning Technology Conference in Ohio 2009-2010, OSBA Conference, and the ISTE Conference in Denver, Colorado, USA.  He has also conducted webinars on the topic of mobile learning for Classroom 2.0 Live, EdTech Talk and the Reform Symposium. Can’t Miss Mobile Learning Resources @SNewco 1)   Mobile Learning Integration via @kylepace If you are looking to integrate iPads and iPods into your classroom curriculum, this is the site for you! It has an entire section of apps that work well in the classroom.  It also has user guides, pod casts and a user agreement. Another great aspect of this site is that it highlights tips and tricks… Read the Rest»