BrainPOP enhances the ongoing professional development of teachers, principals, and administrators with BrainPOP Educators. ONLINE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITY BrainPOP Educators, our virtual teacher community, features announcements, resources, and utilization strategies. Examples: Blog Lesson Plans Video Tutorials Graphic Organizers VIDEO TUTORIALS BrainPOP offers training video tutorials to help you maximize the effectiveness of your BrainPOP implementation. Example: Video Tutorials TRAIN THE TRAINER RESOURCES BrainPOP Educators provides presentations and screencast tutorials to share with your colleagues and at conferences. Example: Professional Development BRAINPOP NEWSLETTER BrainPOP offers a free newsletter with monthly integration ideas, tips, and resources. Example: Newsletters CURRICULAR CONNECTIONS BrainPOP features curricular tie-ins to current and historical events, as well as monthly thematic spotlights on topics like financial literacy and women’s history. Example: Curricular Tie-Ins IDEAS FOR USING BRAINPOP BrainPOP can be used at home or school. Example: Ideas for Using BrainPOP DIVERSE TOPICS BrainPOP covers topics aligned to state standards across the curriculum, including: science, social studies, English, reading, math, arts and music, technology, and health. Topics: BrainPOP Topics BrainPOP Jr. Topics (k-3) BrainPOP Topics (Español) STATE STANDARDS All BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. topics are aligned to state standards, and can be located through our easy to use State Standards Tool. TEACHER ANSWER KEYS All BrainPOP topics include student activity pages with Teacher Edition pages. Example: Teacher Edition Activity Pages 21ST CENTURY LEARNING BrainPOP supports 21st century classrooms with movies, quizzes, activities, and lesson plans on a variety of 21st century themes. Examples: Digital Animation Blogs Wind Energy Cameras International Space Station Interest Nutrition Internet Safety (k-3) Internet Safety Poster MULTIMEDIA LEARNING BrainPOP is a multimedia learning tool that uses animation, voice, characters, charts and more to teach learners about core content. Multimedia learning is particularly effective for visual and auditory learners. Read the Research: Research Paper: Multimedia Learning STUDENT ENGAGEMENT BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. apply research to increase student engagement through the use of personalized content, a conversational tone, onscreen characters, and a story format. Read the Research: Research Paper: Multimedia Learning Examples: Asthma Internet Safety (k-3) INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS BrainPOP integrates with 21st century classroom resources, including interactive whiteboards. Examples: White Board Resources White Board Video Tutorials BrainPOP Flipchart Lessons on Promethean Planet Partner Resources on Promethean Planet ELECTRONIC VOTING DEVICES BrainPOP quizzes and interactive activity pages integrate with most learner response systems to support 21st century learning environments. Examples: White Board Resources Electronic Video Devices Video Tutorials BrainPOP Flipchart Lessons on Promethean Planet Partner Resources on Promethean Planet

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