Gaming
Game-Based Learning Using Guts and Bolts
Posted by SM Bruner on
Superstar BrainPOP Educator Robert Miller provides a game-based learning overview screencast of BrainPOP's popular science and health learning game on body systems called Guts N' Bolts. Robert discuss...
And the Gold Award Winner is. . . . Guts and Bolts!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Just like Jamaican running superstar Usain Bolt crossed the finish line for a gold at the Olympics- "Guts and Bolts" - one of BrainPOP's own games on GameUp - is now a gold award winner all its own! T...
New Media Consortium Loves GameUp!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
The New Media Consortium, authors of the esteemed and widely referenced Horizon Reports, provides an authoritative voice about all things education and technology. Therefore we were thrilled to see a ...
The Globeys: Globaloria’s Game Design Awards
Posted by cemignano on
Globaloria, established by the World Wide Workshop, is a program that teaches students how to create web-based educational games and interactive simulations. Each year, the program hosts the Globeys, ...
Math Game Challenge: Lure of the Labyrinth
Posted by cemignano on
This spring, we told you about a national math challenge for middle schoolers run by The MIT Education Arcade and supported by BrainPOP. Between April 1st and June 15th, nearly 1,000 teachers and othe...
Microsoft Partners in Learning
Posted by cemignano on
Dr. Kari Stubbs, Vice President of 21st Century Learning, is heading west to Redmond, WA to visit the Microsoft Headquarters for the 2012 Partners in Learning US Forum. This BrainPOP-sponsored event w...
iCivics Success- Research Supports Gaming in the Classroom
Posted by cemignano on
The popularity of gaming in the classroom is rapidly growing and more studies are proving that it’s not just fun, it actually helps students learn! iCivics, the developer of GameUp games Supreme Decis...
Educational Games Resources
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
As teachers we know the summer provides time to consider new ideas for the upcoming year. BrainPOP Educator Jen Wagner has put together a list of educational game organizations that can help guide you...
Game-Based Learning Lesson Plan Contest
Posted by cemignano on
Filament Games, the developers of GameUp games You Make Me Sick, Cell Command, and Crazy Plant Shop, is hosting a lesson plan contest! They are looking for educators who are supporters of game-based l...
Guest Blogger Rachael Tarshes’s ISTE Playground Recap
Posted by cemignano on
8th Grade Science teacher, guest blogger, and superstar BrainPOP Educator Rachael Tarshes joined the BrainPOP team in San Diego to share her strategies for game-based learning at the ISTE Playground. ...
