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What is it?
Brain Pop BrainPOP creates animated, curricular content that engages students, supports educators, and bolsters achievement (Taken directly from www.brainpop.com). BrainPOP which includes BrainPOP Jr give students opportunities to learn content that typically is more complex and brings it a level of student understanding through quizzes, activities and playing games. BrainPOP has to be purchased, but does offer a free educational game portal for the classroom called Game Up.
Educational Uses
BrainPOP would be great to introduce a unit or lesson in any subject. It could be used to explain a concept in a lesson that is difficult for students to understand. It offers games (Game Up) that students can use to practice learning concepts which could be used during learning centers.
Content Standards
BrainPOP can easily be aligned with any standard in any subject, and in any grade level. 🙂
Assessment
BrainPOP could be used to assess a class as a whole or individual students as they play the games or take the quizzes. My BrainPOP includes teacher access to our Mixer, which lets users tailor assessments to meet all students’ needs (taken directly from www.brainpop.com).
Value
Pros It is a great tool for introducing and/or explaining learning concepts to students. It is entertaining and engaging for students.
Cons BrainPOP is not free. Schools may purchase it for your classrooms, otherwise there is a yearly subscription for anyone to purchase it.
References
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