That’s right! The time has come to create an online community uniting BrainPOP educators, to share ideas, lesson plans, tips, and more. Just in time for back to school, the BrainPOP Educators site serves up all kinds of new resources to help you maximize BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. in your classroom. It is FREE to become a BrainPOP Educator, so register now!
BrainPOP Spotlight: Election '08
Please visit our new, FREE BrainPOP Spotlight: Election ‘08, chockfull of both BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. content, and start planning your unit! Be sure to submit your best election lesson plan integrating BrainPOP or BrainPOP Jr. into our new contest!
Yay! BrainPOP Jr. now offers a keyword search bar! Start searching for yourself at www.brainpopjr.com!
NY and PA teachers!
Schools within New York City are now able to use the FAMIS system to subscribe to BrainPOP products. We have a guide to help you with the process here.
We are also an approved vendor for the PA Department of Education ACT 195/90. Our vendor number is 5684.
Need help making it easier to order through your school system? Please let us know!
Notice the “BrainPOP On Your Site” button on the left (below Newsletter!)? We’re very excited to offer you the ability to add BrainPOP’s featured movie to your educational blog or website! It took me less than 5 minutes to add it in here. It’s pretty easy — it’s just a line of code that we’ll email you once you request it that you paste into your page or template. I am loving what Dave Kootman, 4th grade teacher in Oceanside, CA did with this feature on his class website.
Research, writing, collaboration- making movies utilizes so many important skills! Robert Miller’s 4th & 5th grade class in Port Orange, Florida made their own BrainPOP-inspired movies, creating a fantastic learning opportunity for every student involved.
We think you’ll enjoy this student-made video about the Triangle Shirt Waist Factory:
Or better yet, share it with your class! If they become inspired to make their own BrainPOP movie, please be sure to share them with it with your fellow BrainPOP Educators!
To check out more of BrainPOP-inspired movies by Robert’s class, please visit our new Video Tutorials page.
Trying to find a way to fund a BrainPOP or BrainPOP Jr. subscription for your classroom, school, or district? I’m in the process of collecting ideas and resources to help educators get BrainPOP subscriptions. Do you have a subscription to BrainPOP? How did you fund BrainPOP at your school? Please post your stories and tips in the comments below! I will compile all grant resources into a new page to feature on BrainPOP Educators so everyone can benefit.
How would you like to see your students using BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. over the summer? Please share your tips. I’m compiling ideas and the top 5 ideas will be featured in our next newsletter!
Look familiar? If you were at NECC, you probably saw what we refer to as Giant Moby hanging high above our BrainPOP booth. We were pretty excited about our booth set up this year, but would love to hear what you thought of it! Please post comments of your BrainPOP booth experience! We love feedback!
And just for fun, I’m including a behind the scenes shot of the making of Giant Moby!
That’s right! Your eyes are not deceiving you! NECC was a huge success and involved our very own Moby riding a mechanical bull! We had such a great time meeting educators from all over the world and sharing ideas at our events (which I will be posting here and in upcoming newsletters). For now, you’ll find our handouts from NECC in the Conference Materials section of our Professional Development page of BrainPOP Educators!
I was especially excited about the ideas that got bounced back and forth during the BrainPOP and BrainPOP Jr. workshops. It just made me that much more excited about this idea of building a community of BrainPOP users, so let’s hear it! Jump in and share the ways that you love using BrainPOP with your students! Post your comments here!
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