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Guest blogger, Felecia Young, is a 9th grade math teacher at Salisbury High School, in Salisbury NC. She is a passionate educator committed to creating an educational environment where all students can be successful through the use of integrating fun digital tools.  One of the best digital lessons I’ve ever done was with the use of BrainPOP and ActivExpressions. BrainPOP and ActivExpressions gave me the opportunity to create lessons that are engaging and interactive. One day while in class, I came across BrainPOP and watched the video. I clicked on Quizzes and I saw shining lights around ActivExpressions and ActiVotes. Were my eyes deceiving me? Can my students use ActivExpressions to take a BrainPOP quiz? Yes, it was true! What a perfect combination! But, will it work with my high school students? I was very skeptical about showing a BrainPOP video to a group of high school students, but to my surprise they were very excited to see Tim and Moby appear on the screen. We went through the video and students took notes on one of the printable activity sheets on BrainPOP’s site. After the video, I wanted to see how much the students retained, so I told them… Read the Rest»

Engaging by Design: How to Clear the Clutter & Resonate With Students Wednesday, May 4, 2011 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour Using an LCD projector or interactive whiteboard to teach? Do your students seem bored by your LCD projector or interactive whiteboard lessons? Join Dave Kootman, a BrainPOP Educator and IWB guru, as he shares simple, effective techniques to engage your students. These quick and powerful tricks –touching on design elements, research, and multiple presentation media – are sure to liven up your presentations and increase your effectiveness. RSVP: http://engagingbydesign.eventbrite.com/

We met Melissa Katz at the  Celebration of Teaching and Learning conference Tweet-Up, hosted by BrainPOP and Promethean.  She was eager to share with us how much she loved both BrainPOP and Promethean ActivExpressions.  Check out how she successfully integrates them into her learning environment. BrainPOP ROCKS in my classroom!  I use BrainPOP mostly to introduce or reinforce a lesson.  BrainPOP movies are the perfect length (3 to 5 minutes) packed with content and perfectly aligned to the NYS science standards! BrainPOP makes it easy for you to connect the content and resources with your state standards via the State Standards Tool. When I introduce a topic, I will play the movie first and give my students the corresponding BrainPOP vocabulary sheet.  Under each movie, you’ll find an Activity Page section, for you to print or have your students type on directly.  I then send them on a research mission related to a real world problem with the condition that the answer to the research must utilize all of the vocabulary words.  Sometimes students will create PowerPoint presentations and sometimes they will create their own, “BrainPOP movies”.  There is no greater flattery then imitation! At the end of class, I love to use… Read the Rest»

Higher Order Thinking & ActivExpression Wednesday, December 15, 2010 4:30 PM EST Duration: 1 Hour What do you get when you combine BrainPOP’s Higher Order Thinking features and Promethean ActivExpression? This webinar will offer tips and strategies for increasing student engagement and thinking in your 21st-century classroom. RSVP: http://hotactivexpressions.eventbrite.com

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»

With the integration of our quizzes and Promethean’s ActiVote/ActivExpression now a month old, we thought we’d solicit some feedback from those of you who’ve put it to use. Students and teachers alike had some great things to say! “Using BrainPOP with ActivExpressions is the best thing since sliced bread … I used them with a third-grade class today, and it was awesome.” – Tim Clark, Ed.S, Johns Creek Elementary School Another teacher shared: “I exported scores last week and it was great!  Piece of cake.  Love how quickly it allowed me to see levels of mastery with main idea so I could see who needed to be retaught and who could move on.” “The kids always enjoy using the votes with brainpop. They don’t even realize that I’m using it as an assesment.” -Mike Sandridge, 3rd Grade Teacher, Mount Airy Elementary School, Maryland The past month has also given us a chance to troubleshoot and assess some of the problems we’ve heard about.  An FAQ is coming soon! But in the meantime, I wanted to share a few helpful tips that might help you get up and running.  If you’re running into problems: Make sure you’re going into this with… Read the Rest»

Interested in learning more? Join us for this week’s free webinar: Promethean Integration With Dave Kootman. Three years ago the district I work for took a giant leap into the 21st Century and decided to implement Promethean boards into all of the elementary and middle school classrooms.  With this came the need to find supplemental activities that would support what teachers were already doing within their classrooms.  That is when “BrainPOP” became a common term used throughout the district.  Not a day goes by when a BrainPOP activity is not used as a tool within the teachers classrooms.  If you even mention the names Tim and Moby the students know exactly who you are talking about. During these three years I have been supporting the teachers by providing training and resources to help make their jobs easier and more enjoyable.   One major obstacle that I ran into when I would help the teachers was their ability to use the ActiVotes with the BrainPOP quizzes.  Some teachers were comfortable using them and some teachers just could not figure out all of the steps involved.  This became a frustrating task for most of the teachers.  Now I am excited to see that… Read the Rest»

Hope you’ll join us for this week’s free webinars! iPOP: Apps for Education Wednesday, September 8 4:30 EDT Duration: 1 Hour Download our FREE Featured Movie app on iTunes for your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch, then join this webinar! We’ll show you why our app is your go-to resource for timely, calendar-aligned digital content and how to make it work for you. We’ll share a host of recommended education apps as well. RSVP: http://ipopapps.eventbrite.com Make It Click: BrainPOP & BrainPOP Jr. Quizzes With Promethean Learner Response Systems Thursday, September 9 6:30 EDT Duration: 30 minutes 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 up and running with the integration of our quizzes and the ActiVote/ActivExpression learner response systems. Then, find out how to customize your classroom voting experience. It’s just one more way we’re helping you bring 21st century resources into your classroom. We’re offering this one every Thursday in September! RSVP: http://makeitclick2.eventbrite.com

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»

We are so excited for the official launch of the newest feature with our partners at Promethean… BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. quizzes are now fully integrated with Promethean’s learner response systems, ActiVote & ActivExpressions! After we piloted it in many schools, we are hearing nothing but positive responses! As long as you’ve got an ActivHub, and ActiVotes or ActivExpressions, it’s quick and easy to set it up, and you can choose the length of time students have to respond, decide whether or not you’d like voting to be anonymous, and incorporate the results into your grading system! Find out more and try it out! You can follow this screencast to be up and running in minutes. We’d love to hear what you think of this new feature. Please email kylel@brainpop.com. Still interested in quiz integration but not a Promethean user? You can still use other student response systems in overwrite mode with BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. quizzes.