Game Based Learning
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!
Ever...
New Games on GameUp!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
GameUp keeps growing! Just this week, we've introduced 5 new games, including our first music game, from partner State of Play, called One Man Band. All you do is drag and drop instruments anywher...
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, Assi...
Teaching Conditioned Reflexes with the Pavlov’s Dog Game
Posted by SM Bruner on
Can you train a dog to drool on command? Find out in the Pavlov's Dog game in BrainPOP's GameUp!
Show your students the Conditioning movie, then let them explore conditioned reflexes through game p...
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, inc...
Global Education Conference #Globaled12 Continues!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
BrainPOP is thrilled to be a sponsor of one of the most innovative professional development conferences to hit the web! The 3rd annual Global Education Conference is a free 5 day, 24/7, 300+ session...
And the Gold Award Winner is. . . . Guts and Bolts!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
Just like Jamaican running superstar Usain Bolt crossed the finish line for a gold at the Olympics- "Guts and Bolts" - one of BrainPOP's own games on GameUp - is now a gold award winner all its own! T...
New Media Consortium Loves GameUp!
Posted by Andrew Gardner on
The New Media Consortium, authors of the esteemed and widely referenced Horizon Reports, provides an authoritative voice about all things education and technology. Therefore we were thrilled to see a ...
Game-Based Learning Lesson Plan Contest
Posted by cemignano on
Filament Games, the developers of GameUp games You Make Me Sick, Cell Command, and Crazy Plant Shop, is hosting a lesson plan contest! They are looking for educators who are supporters of game-based l...
