Educational Technology at IU13

The monthly BrainPOP Bulletin is designed to provide inspiration for your classroom. Every month, this bulletin will have fresh instructional ideas, classroom swag, and community announcements for classroom teachers. 

October's Question - How can we encourage more focused, purposeful movie viewing?

Watch, Discuss, Rewatch - The lights may be out when you press play, but this movie-viewing strategy will make students' minds light up. Visit the current BrainPop Bulletin to learn about one way to make movies a more active part of your class, while providing an opportunity to practice essential literacy skills. 

Essential Literacy Skills

Rewatching a movie and assigning Pause Points after class discussion does more than boost engagement the second time around. Students will have a chance to practice essential literacy skills, while you add data in your dashboard that tracks proficiency.

Also in this month's Bulletin...

Watch best advice through "Teacher Stories" and download free BrainPOP swag to have a big, orange robot to brighten up any room.

Content Filtering Tools Launched January 23

As of January 23, every BrainPOP school and district administrator can access Content Management Tools directly by clicking the "Manage Content" link in the Administrator Dashboard. 

Whether you're excited to get coding with your students for CSEdWeek, or looking for ideas to find the time, we've got you covered. Join us on December 2 from 5:30-7:05 pm (EST) for BrainPOP Connect: Coding Beyond the Hour of Code webinar. Level up your instruction with BrainPOP’s Creative Coding tool — developed in partnership with Scratch and Vidcode, you’ll walk away knowing how to seamlessly introduce coding, no matter what you’re covering in class.