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Stephanie Filardo will be joining us at our booth at MITC this weekend. Be sure to stop by and say hello if you’re attending! I was introduced to BrainPOP last fall during my 8-week student teaching by Amber Boyington at Mill Creek Middle School, in Lenexa, Kansas. We used it for 6th grade math and I (a true beginner in the classroom) played it safe by purely showing the video and then taking the quiz. The students had been taught sign language for “a,” “b,” “c,” and “d” before I arrived, so we were set for answering! In my teaching methods class, we discussed and modeled using technology to display math concepts in the classroom, but this was something so different than what I had experienced before. One of the challenges in this school is that class periods were 41 minutes long. This means a teacher has to make every minute count. I found BrainPOP videos were a great way to review material from the previous day and to fill those few minutes at the beginning of the class when taking attendance (or creating answer keys for homework when I’d forgotten to make one the previous day). Not only did… Read the Rest»

Yesterday we were joined by student teacher Megan Hoke, from Atlanta, GA, as a special guest, facilitating “Using BrainPOP to Study for Teacher Certification Tests.” Since student teachers often have limited experience to draw from, and are expected to perform in a high pressure environment, Megan thought BrainPOP was a powerful tool for learning and reviewing subject area content, as well as teaching strategies. Megan was fabulous, and offered tons of good ideas. You can access a recording of the webinar. Feel free to pass it along! Here are some ideas that came out of the webinar. Tools for Reviewing/Learning Content (Standards Tool!) BrainPOP review vocabulary on Activity Pages watch videos with CC to learn/review content use POPQuiz before watching video, preview ?s or quick assessment take quiz after video use quiz to review before going on to a new topic BrainPOP Jr. watch videos with CC to learn/review content use Word Wall (Big Word Wall is organized by subject!) Draw/Write/Talk About It offer writing prompts with graphic organizers — these could easily be questions you might get or offer ideas for teaching content Tools for Teaching Strategies Ideas for Grown Ups – offers background info and teaching strategies BrainPOP… 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!