Learn from BrainPOPers with tips on how to help motivate your students to work in teams and the benefits of year-round student collaboration.
Continue ReadingA Guide on Classroom Management for New Teachers
As a new teacher, there are many things to tackle, but with supportive resources, guidance, and a little strategy, you’ll find your path and create the classroom you’ve always wanted.
Continue ReadingHow to Build an Assignment on BrainPOP 3-8—and Why You Should
Assignment builder gives teachers the power to differentiate every lesson to ensure that students are learning in a way that is engaging, challenging, and accessible to them. Here’s how (and why) to assign a lesson on BrainPOP.
Continue ReadingIt’s Okay to Pause: 5 Ways Pause Points Maximize Learning Impact
We chatted with Dr. Barbara Hubert to uncover the real power behind BrainPOP movies’ Pause Points: the feature, rooted in research-based learning science principles, that transform background-building from passive to active learning—with just a few clicks.
Continue Reading50+ Ways to Use Concept Mapping in the Classroom
Concept mapping can be used in the classroom in so many unique ways. And we made it easier for you by listing some ideas you can start today!
Continue ReadingI Tried It: Watch, Discuss, Rewatch
We asked our trusted Certified BrainPOP Educators (CBEs) to try out new strategies in their classroom and they’re reporting back! This strategy uses Movies and Pause Points to practice essential literacy skills.
Continue ReadingHow I Transformed My Classroom Into a Movie Studio
Lights, Camera, Learning! Certified BrainPOP Educator Monica Sepa-LaFemina shares how she uses Make-a-Movie to boost student engagement, creativity, and confidence.
Continue ReadingBeyond the Page: How Reading and Context Shape Connected Classrooms
Classrooms that blend diverse texts with strong processing strategies are incubators for student growth. Through this integrated approach, students don’t just read to know; they read to understand, to feel, and most importantly, to connect.
Continue ReadingCracking the Code on Student Engagement
By embracing coding and computational thinking, you’re opening students’ eyes to new possibilities and preparing them to meet challenges in an ever-evolving world.
Continue ReadingFour Ways to Build Fluency for Multilingual Learners
To be able to learn, you have to be able to understand the words your teacher is saying. For multilingual learners, that is sometimes easier said than done.
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