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In the Mind of a CBE … Aimee Bloom
Posted by Jessica Millstone on
Please welcome back Aimee Bloom, our March Certified BrainPOP Educator of the Month! In this blog post, Aimee shares a few of her favorite BrainPOP features and how she introduces them to both tea...
In the mind of a CBE: How to survive a glut of (dubious) media …
Posted by Jessica Millstone on
Welcome back to Davey Neill, our February Certified BrainPOP Educator of the Month! Davey shares with us some of the ways he uses BrainPOP to sort through and provide accurate information to his stud...
Inside the POPUp Classroom
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Recently, as many of you know, we’ve begun hosting our own “POPUp Classroom” at major conferences like FETC. This space gives us the opportunity to dig a little deeper than we can in the busy ex...
BrainPOP Online Certification Course Applications Due February 15
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Applications are now closed
The application deadline for BrainPOP’s online certification course is February 15. Enrollment is limited to 40 participants, so please clearly state why you should b...
Get Certified at FETC and TCEA
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Since June 2014, nearly 200 dedicated educators have earned the "Certified BrainPOP Educator" title. If you're interested in joining their ranks and are planning to attend either FETC or TCEA, you're ...
How One Teacher Used BrainPOP to Teach Her Students – and Herself – About Citizenship
Posted by SM Bruner on
More than 40 years ago, Carmen Gil was an ESOL professor in her native country of Venezuela. She came to the United States and has been teaching at the same school in Jupiter, Florida, for 36 years!
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#BPOPchat: BrainPOP’s First Twitter Chat Set for Thursday, April 2nd
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Join our inaugural Twitter chat: log on to Twitter at 7 pm ET on Thursday, April 2nd and use #BPOPchat to join the conversation! The BrainPOP Educators team - including Andrew (@agardnahh) and Carri...
Certified BrainPOP Educators Talk Universal Design for Learning
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a learning design framework that outlines principles for making curriculum and learning experiences accessible for all. The UDL guidelines have been developed i...
BrainPOP & Game Developers: Changing the Way Kids Learn
Posted by SM Bruner on
BrainPOP & Game Developers play nicely together, which is why the concepts of feedback and partnership are at the core of GameUp, BrainPOP's learning games portal. By definition, GameUp is a place...
Guest Blogger Matt Farber Reflects on Playtesting Educational Games
Posted by cemignano on
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 (@MatthewFarbe...
