Year: 2012
What Do Teachers Really Think About Games in the Classroom?
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We’ve made some interesting additions to our research page on BrainPOP Educators. BrainPOP teamed up with the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop to lead a research project, Teacher Attitudes a...
Intel and BrainPOP Lesson Plan Contest Entries Due May 22nd!
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This is the homestretch: submissions for the lesson plan contest we’re sponsoring with Intel are due May 22nd! Implemented through We Are Teachers, the contest invites educators to submit lesson pla...
Guest Blogger: Jaclyn McLaren’s Year End Review
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Jaclyn McLaren is a 6th grade Earth Science teacher at Webb Bridge Middle School in Alpharetta, GA.
I have been teaching 6th Grade Earth Science for six years and we have been able to use BrainPOP,...
New on BrainPOP: Edgar Allan Poe
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Worry nevermore, BrainPOP now has an Edgar Allan Poe movie! We profile the 19th century author’s background and career as a writer, as well as his influence on gothic literature. Join Tim and Moby as...
BrainPOP and Google Apps for Education
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We're excited about the ability for users of BrainPOP and Google Apps to connect the services. By doing so, everyone benefits from the ease of single sign on (sso) and the ability to send quiz scores ...
Teach for All
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BrainPOP is excited to announce our collaboration with Teach for All, a global network of social enterprises that is working to expand educational opportunity in nations all around the world. Many hav...
Assessment Games: A Design Challenge!
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With the rise in popularity of games based learning, we are hearing more and more about game based assessment. Though we believe that students learn a great deal and exercise their "problem solving" ...
Deadline Approaching: All Expenses Paid Educator Recognition Program
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The Microsoft Partners in Learning 2012 US Forum is Microsoft’s premier educator recognition program open to all K-12 educators. The Forum seeks to find and showcase examples of innovation happening i...
How to Improve Education
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How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education
Click the link and read the study: How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education, by Darrell M. West, Vice President and ...
May Spotlights
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We're focusing on Sports & Fitness and Practical Math this month! Be sure to check out our May spotlights, the collection of movies and other resources featured throughout all of May. The arrival ...
