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Guest Blogger Matt Farber Reflects on Playtesting Educational Games
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Earlier this week, we shared Steve Isaacs' (@mr_isaacs) reflection on a playtesting session focusing on an educational game that’s currently in development at BrainPOP HQ. Matt Farber (@MatthewFarber)...
Guest Blogger Steve Isaacs Reflects on Playtesting Educational Games with Students
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When creating features, educational games, and other projects at BrainPOP, we strive to incorporate the teacher and student voice in all parts of the process. Recently our User Testing Lead, Katya Hot...
Using Games in the Classroom
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Katrina Schwartz's blog post for MindShift on November 24, 2014 entitled, "Some Struggles Teachers Face Using Games in the Classroom" brings to light the many barriers to implementing game-based lear...
Participate in UCLA’s Game Based Learning Research Study
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Our friends from UCLA's CRESST are conducting a game based learning research study about building science and social emotional skills with "Go Vector Go" and "Spaceforce;" 2 games featured on BrainPOP...
3 Reasons Classroom, Inc. Loves Partnering with BrainPOP’s GameUp
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It's been a true honor for us at BrainPOP to present Classroom, Inc.'s After the Storm: Day One and The Sports Network 2 on GameUp. Not only are the games of the highest quality and incredibly valuabl...
New on GameUp: After the Storm Literacy Game
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Today we're welcoming Patty Grossman from Classroom, Inc. to the blog. Patty is going to share more about a brand new literacy game her team developed called After the Storm. Thank you, Patty!
How ...
6 Free Games for Teaching Kids Computer Programming
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BrainPOP's GameUp has six excellent free games to introduce students to coding and computer programming. Click on each link below to view our game resources, including related BrainPOP movie topics, l...
New on GameUp: Game Over Gopher
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Game Over Gopher is an engaging and educational game by Math Snacks that allows students to explore plotting functions on a grid. You can use the game to introduce students to the graphing topic or to...
Video: Teaching with Game Over Gopher Math Game
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Follow exemplary teacher, Sharon Johnson, as she uses Game Over Gopher math game with her class. Learn strategies for engaging the class in discussion, game mechanics, and fun complementary learning a...
Games and Educational Research: A Match Made in Digital Heaven
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Guest blogger Myra Luna-Lucero, M.A., Ed.M. shares the relationship between games and educational research, and her experience using GameUp games in that capacity. Myra is a third year doctoral stude...
