STEM
BrainPOP, Acuity and 21st Century Skills
Posted by SM Bruner on
The 21st Century Skills initiative is at the heart of the Common Core State Standards. With the arrival of the Common Core State Standards, students in Grades K-12 are entering a new era of learning t...
Addition Blocks Comes to GameUp
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Addition Blocks is the newest math game to be featured on GameUp! Back in 2011, the Federal Department of Education’s Digital Promise Initiative announced the STEM Video Game Challenge, and Georgia b...
BrainPOP attends the Science Online Teen Unconference in New York City
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
On Saturday, our own Maia Weinstock represented BrainPOP at the inaugural Science Online Teen unconference in New York City. An offshoot of the popular Science Online held each year in North Carolina,...
Prep for Pi Day 2013!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Tomorrow is March 14th, also know as Pi day! Every year many teachers observe the coincidence that our calendar notation aligns with the most famous ratio - the circumference of a circle to its diam...
SXSWEdu, Educators, Entrepreneurs and the Importance of Problem Solving
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
I was lucky enough to be part of the BrainPOP team that attended and presented at this year’s SXSWEdu Conference and Festival, and wanted to share some of my thoughts and impressions.
Throughout S...
National STEM Video Game Challenge 2013
Posted by allisyn on
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...
EdWeb Webinar: Educational Games for Girls – Collaboration and Context
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
This Thursday, January 10 at 4pm ET, join our friends at EdWeb for a compelling webinar.
Presenters: Victoria Van Voorhis, Founder & CEO, Second Avenue Software, and
Jayne C. Lammers, Assistan...
Guest Blogger Steve Isaacs Shares Tales from the Game Design Classroom
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Guest Blogger and BrainPOP Educator Steve Isaacs share his methods for incorporating game design into his classroom. You can find the post in its original form on Steve's blog, games and learning.
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New Game on GameUp: Center for Game Science presents “Treefrog Treasure”
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
The Center for Game Science (CGS) is part of the department of computer science at the University of Washington. We’re made up of a group of designers, software engineers, artists, and students, inclu...
Using the BrainPOP Mixer in Creative Ways
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
BrainPOP Educators continue to submit interesting quizzes using the BrainPOP Mixer tool. One of our recent favorites is from @jodonnell from Raymond W. Kershaw Elementary School in New Jersey, who c...
