Month: September 2013
Connected Educator Month
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The U.S. Department of Education’s Connected Educators initiative has made October 2013 the second annual Connected Educator Month! Throughout the month, there will be coordinated opportunities to par...
BrainPOP’s New and Improved iOS App!
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BrainPOP's beloved featured movie app has been updated and is now featured on the iTunes App Store! Be sure to update and see the new optimized layouts for Apple's iOS 7, nifty swiping gestures that a...
Using BrainPOP’s Quizzes with Promethean’s LRS
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We'd like to thank those of you who have contacted us to express interest in continued use of our quizzes with ActivExpression and ActiVote. The integration of BrainPOP quizzes with these learner resp...
Battleship Numberline in the Wall Street Journal – Games Really Do Make a Difference!
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Earlier this week, a Wall Street Journal article looked at the importance of mastering fractions in the early grades. Writer Sue Shellenbarger referenced Battleship Numberline - a GameUp title from ou...
Context Clues – New Content on BrainPOP
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We're excited to announce the debut of yet another BrainPOP topic that can help explain a popular reading strategy, Context Clues. In this BrainPOP movie, Tim explains how to use context clues to figu...
The NMC Horizon Project Wants Your Stories of Innovative Technology Use in the Classroom!
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The 2013 Horizon.STEM Advisory Board invites educators to share their stories on innovative classroom technology! The NMC Horizon Project has selected a list of 12 “Technologies to Watch” which will b...
Submit a Proposal to Present at ISTE 2014
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Share the innovative teaching practices that you’re using in your classroom at ISTE 2014! This year’s conference will be held in Atlanta, GA from June 28th to July 1st and we’d love for our superstar ...
BrainPOP in French: Our Film du Jour French App debut!
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Looking for a French App for your iOS device? Vive le Film du Jour app! We've just launched a French version of our Featured Movie app for iOS, available in iTunes for your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touc...
Nominate a Connected Educator as a White House Champion of Change
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Do you know an educator who uses technology creatively to enhance learning and serves as an outstanding model teacher for all novice and veteran educators alike? Are they an education leader who is us...
Annotate BrainPOP Activity Pages!
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Now you can type and draw annotations on BrainPOP activity pages!
Take a look at the new functionality at the bottom of BrainPOP activity pages! Now students can choose to type, draw (and erase) on...
