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Toya Gordon is an experienced classroom, ESL, and science cluster teacher, as well as a BrainPOP Educator! Thanks for sharing this idea with us, Toya! Parent involvement is a crucial part of any child’s education, but in many instances, it’s on the decline.  Too often than not, we’ve all seen how a parent’s absence at a school event can have a big impact on any child.  We already know how to motivate our students using BrainPOP, but we can also use Moby and his friends to help engage and incorporate the parents as well! Once a month, my school hosts a “Parents as Learning Partners” event.  On that day, parents are invited to actively participate in what their child is currently learning in the classroom.  Each month focuses on a different subject area, and the celebration is centered on a related game or learning activity. What better way than to use BrainPOP to engage both students and parents?  If you have any types of celebrations like these at your school, you could begin by showing the video related to the focus of the month (such as addition or animals).  Then, using Promethean ActiVotes or ActivExpressions (if you are fortunate enough… Read the Rest»

Join us in May for one of our free weekly webinars, taking place every Wednesday at 4:30 pm EDT unless otherwise noted. This month, special guests cover a range of topics beginning with “Student Teachers: Using BrainPOP for Studying for Certification Tests” (May 5). Next up is “Special Tactics for Adapting Resourceful Tools” (May 12 at 6:30 pm EDT), followed by “Using BrainPOP to Enrich Home Learning” (May 19), and “Take Off, Migrate to Another Homeschool Option” (May 26 at 6:30 pm EDT). Get the details and RSVP – space is limited. Did you miss a past webinar? Visit our Archives.   If you have questions, would like to tell us what you thought of the webinars you’ve attended, or have ideas for new webinars, please post comments below!

Yow! That’s a lot for one title, but there’s a lot going on! The free webinars we offer on Wednesdays have been a great success. Thanks to those of you who have helped to spread the word and for all the great feedback. I keep meaning to share the incredible, free resources offered through Classroom 2.0 with you, and the webinar being offered tomorrow seems like it might be particularly of interest: The topic this Saturday will be, “Engaging Parents Using a Sharepoint Portal“, with special guest, Mike Herrity. Mike will share how they engage parents at Twynham School using a parent portal and online programs. Session details here. I can’t tell you how valuable I’ve found these webinars to be, and I appreciate that they also archive all of their webinars, for viewing and accessing at your convenience. Check out the Google calendar of upcoming webinars Classroom 2.0 offers. The timing of this is kind of ironic. Many of you probably heard about the reported changes Ning is making. I know that many of us have established, even rooted ourselves using Ning’s platform for free social networking in the education community (BrainPOP’s ISTE network uses NIng), and I belong… Read the Rest»