Can Video Games Promote Intergenerational Play & Literacy Learning?

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Written by Cynthia Chiong, Ph.D. in December 2009, this report is from a Research & Design Workshop at The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. The report explores the power of video games ...

How Blogs, Social Media, and Video Games Improve Education

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Written by Darrel M. West, this article discusses how blogs, social media and video games can foster education. The author argues the use of these new technologies promotes new forms for participation...

Book Review for Video Games and Learning: Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age by Kurt Squire

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This is a book review, published on the Journal of Children and Media, written by Amy Shirong Lu (2012) on 'Video Games and Learning: Teaching and Participatory Culture in the Digital Age', a book...

Research Resources

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Welcome to BrainPOP's Research Resources This section highlights research, white papers, and case studies related to the integration and design of BrainPOP. Interested in being part of future researc...

Research Skills Lesson Plan: Be a BrainPOP Expert

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In this research skills lesson plan, which is adaptable for grades K-8, students use BrainPOP and/or BrainPOP Jr. resources to conduct independent and/or collaborative research on a selected topic. Th...