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Usher in Fall 2010 with one of our free weekly webinars, Wednesdays at 4:30 pm EDT unless otherwise noted. Our October webinars will help you harness the power of netTrekker and BrainPOP (October 6); bring Twitter into your classroom (October 13); navigate the new BrainPOP Educators (October 20); and get the most out of BrainPOP ESL (October 27). Get the details and RSVP for any or all of our webinars – space is limited. Did you miss a past webinar? Visit our Archives. Please let us know what topics you’d like to hear about by posting comments below. We’re always happy to provide statements of participation.

Back to School With BrainPOP Tuesday, August 31 4:30 EDT Duration: 1 Hour Welcome back! This webinar highlights the countless ways BrainPOP can help make the back-to-school season easier for you. From using BrainPOP to review topics covered in the last school year to reinforcing online research skills, our resources can help engage students and keep them excited all year. RSVP: http://backtoschoolbp.eventbrite.com Planning with netTrekker Search and BrainPOP Wednesday, September 1 4:30 EDT Duration: 1 Hour Looking for high quality online educational resources? Find out how easily the leading educational search tool can pinpoint engaging digital resources like BrainPOP – organized by grade, reading level, curriculum topic, media type, state standards, and more. Come see the value of our partnership with netTrekker, and plan out a portfolio of resources that you can take with you to teach your students the ins and outs of Digital Citizenship. RSVP: http://nettrekker.eventbrite.com Make it Click: BrainPOP Quizzes With Promethean’s Learner Response Systems Thursday, September 2 4:30 EDT With Promethean’s response technology right in the palm of their hands, students are engaged on a whole new level. This webinar will show you how to get BrainPOP’s quiz integration with Promethean ActiVote and ActivExpression learner response… Read the Rest»

Written by: Laura Hannah Karry Simmel is the Assistant Principal for PA Cyber Charter School, a leader in providing online education to over 8,000 K-12 students. Karry shares how her school is using netTrekker and BrainPOP together to engage students in 21st century learning. Here at PA Cyber Charter School, netTrekker and BrainPOP have become a vital part of our instruction.  It was just a few years ago that I was introduced to netTrekker and started to utilize their resources through the state access that was provided for all Pennsylvania Schools. This past year, the statewide subscription ended and each school had to purchase its own license.  At first I felt this was a devastating blow.  Now, through our netTrekker subscription we are able to subscribe to additional resources that have enhanced the education we provide for our 8,000 plus students. One of the best resources that our teachers utilize often is BrainPOP.  BrainPOP provides additional learning opportunities, interactive learning games, videos, activities, and a large variety of animated educational resources to assist students, teachers, and parents.  BrainPOP increases active engagement opportunities that relate to the 21st Century Learner.  With technology advancements, students are learning differently, and demanding more creative… Read the Rest»

BrainPOP is so excited about our new partnership with netTrekker! I’ve asked Danielle Abernethy, the mastermind behind netTrekker Village, to be a featured guest blogger. I’m hoping this won’t be the last time Danielle shares her experiences with us. Last year my niece came home from school all excited about a project she had to do on her favorite president. I asked her who she selected, and she answered Abraham Lincoln. I’m always curious as to how little minds work, so I asked her why President Lincoln was her favorite. Her response, “He was born on my birthday!” BrainPOP is a great way to introduce new topics. Since we had our work cut out for us, I decided to take advantage of her school’s subscription to BrainPOP Jr. When I was a technology coach, I used BrainPOP movies as a way to hook interest in the lesson. BrainPOP Jr. has another great feature. It teaches the students how to take notes. Annie stops periodically throughout the movie to ask a question and take notes. I had Zoe practice this skill with Annie and Moby so that way when she furthered her own investigations she knew how to ask questions and… Read the Rest»

We’ve got big news to share here at BrainPOP! The integration is complete – you can now access your BrainPOP resources seamlessly from your netTrekker search results. What does that mean for you? If you are a netTrekker subscriber, it means that you can access all of our great BrainPOP resources from directly within your netTrekker search results. Just contact your netTrekker Customer Relationship Specialist. You will need to provide your BrainPOP username and password. It’s free. What does it look like? Picture this. Your students want to research topics related to online communication and blogging. They go to netTrekker’s safe search engine and type in “blog” as their search topic. BrainPOP’s “Blogs” topic appears as a search result. Your students can then click on the BrainPOP results and go directly to the movie, quiz, and other great interactive resources without re-logging into your BrainPOP account. It is seamless, easy, and powerful! Not a netTrekker subscriber yet? Try it out! Email netTrekker and request a free trial. What’s the extra scoop? Now through September 14th, all netTrekker users have access to all BrainPOP content. All you have to do is a keyword search for “BrainPOP” and the results will appear…. 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»