BrainPOP

· Just the Facts o Founded in 1999, BrainPOP creates animated, curriculum-based content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement. Their award-winning online educational resources include **BrainPOP Jr. (K-3), BrainPOP, BrainPOP Español, and BrainPOP Educators.** Within their resource, you find movies, quizzes, experiments, timelines, activity pages, and much more covering hundred of topics within Math, Science, Social Studies, English, Technology, Arts, Music, and Health. All content is aligned to and searchable by state standards.
 * BRAINPOP **

o Their teacher community is over 125,000 members and they feature free lesson plans, video tutorials, graphic organizers, best practices, and much more. BrainPOP Educators is a new, free resource that supports teachers with shared tips, tools, and resources for teachers. Access to BrainPOP Educators is entirely free. Register for BrainPOP Educators at **__ www.brainpop.com/educators __.**

o Teachers can sign up for a free trial. However, it’s very likely that once you’ve tried it, you will want to subscribe.

o Subscription cost varies depending on whether the subscription is for a classroom, an entire school, or a district. Subscription cost, however, for one-year subscription for classroom access used by a teacher and students in s single classroom on up to three computers, projectors, or interactive whiteboard is as follows:

§ Classroom BrainPOP, $195 § Classroom BrainPOP Jr., $125 § Classroom BrainPOP Español, $150 § Classroom Combo (All three products above), $265 § Classroom BrainPOP ESL, $115 § Classroom Combo plus BrainPOP ESL, $380

· In the Classroom

o BrainPOP ([|www.brainpop.com]) is ideal for both group and one-on-one settings. BrainPOP may be used in numerous ways, from introducing a new lesson or topic to illustrating complex subject matter to reviewing before a test. Content is aligned to academic standards and is easily searchable with their online **Standards Tool**. o A study of the effectiveness of BrainPOP was conducted in 2009. Below is a chart showing the comparison of pretest and post test scores for students in classes using BrainPOP.

· Help, I’m Stuck

o BrainPOP is suited for 21st-century learning. All products are fully compatible with interactive whiteboards, learner response systems, projectors, Macs, and PCs. No downloading, installation, or special hardware is required.

o To ensure that you’re able to receive assistance as quickly and efficiently as possible, BrainPOP has a “Help” page where you can select a help topic and receive answers immediately. If you don’t receive an immediate answer to your question, you can click on the [|**contact us**] link, explain your problem or ask your question. They promise to respond shortly.

o BrainPOP provides teachers with training via Webinars, Video Tutorials, Ideas for Integration, Professional Development, and Conferences.

· Check it out o Here are the links to BRAINPOP and BRAINPOP Educator § https://brainpop.com § []

Delores Kolen--March 2011