Election-themed games

Election-Themed Games from iCivics: On The Ballot

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These election-themed games have just what you need to teach your students about the path to becoming president. Our friends at iCivics join us for this hour-long webinar to discuss the fabulous teach...
ELA

English Games (ELA) and The Sports Network 2!

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

BrainPOP is thrilled to introduce a new category of free English Language Arts (ELA) games! When you visit the main GameUp page, you'll now see an "English Games" button which takes you to our growing...
SXSWEdu

BrainPOP Heads to SXSWEdu

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Heading to the SXSWEdu Conference and Festival, March 4-7 in Austin? Be sure to check out Got Game? Learning Through Play. Seriously. Taking place on Monday, March 4 at 3:00 PM, it features our very o...
evaluating educational games

3 Tips for Evaluating Educational Games

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

Guest Blogger Andrew K. Miller (@betamiller on Twitter) is on the National Faculty for the Buck Institute for Education, an organization specializing in 21st century project-based learning, as well as...
serious game jam

A Serious Game Jam with BrainPOP, MouseSQUAD and Global Kids!

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

On February 13th, BrainPOP was thrilled to host student leaders from Global Kids and Mouse Squad for a "serious game jam" at BrainPOP Headquarters. During the 2 hour event, student leaders from Global...
STEM video game challenge

National STEM Video Game Challenge 2013

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Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on STEM education, the National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition whose goal i...
educator resource page

BrainPOP Rolls Out New Educator Resource Pages for Every GameUp Game!

Posted by Andrew Gardner on

Just this week, we've quietly rolled out a new group of support pages on BrainPOP Educators.  We have created game specific pages to help support your implementation of GameUp games in class! Every...

BrainPOP at FETC: #Edgames #Edlearning #EdAssessment

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Heading to FETC in Orlando this week?  Our very own Dr. Kari Stubbs has collaborated with a superstar team to present #Edgames #Edlearning #EdAssessment.  She’ll be joining Brian Alspach (E-Line Media...
Simple Machines

Simple Machines: Preparing for Play

Posted by Dana Burnell on

Introduce the concept of simple machines using a classroom door! Students like to see how simple machines are a part of everyday life, and this is an easy way to illustrate that fact. Through the acti...

Law Craft Game Play Strategies

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Activating Prior Knowledge: Students can play and learn from the Law Craft game without any pre-teaching. However, they may get more out of the game if they have some background knowledge and game pl...