Upcoming BrainPOP Webinars

If you haven't checked out any of the BrainPOP webinars, I highly recommend that you do.  You can view them live in order to ask questions and be part of the conversation, OR you can view them in the archives at your convenience.  There look to be a couple of good ones coming up in May.  And unlike many other education type webinars, I feel with BrainPOP they aren't trying to sell their product, but just let you know more about cool educational ideas, that may or may not connect with the BrainPOP resource directly.
Log On and Learn: Join Us Every Week for a Free Webinar

Our free webinars - held every week on a rage of relevant topics - make professional development easy! Log on and learn with us; we'll happily provide certificates of participation afterwards. Note that this month, we're using a new webinar hosting service. Pre-register for our May events using the links and passwords below. Wednesday, May 1 3:30 pm ET BrainPOP: Beyond the Movies We're stepping up our monthly overview webinar and exploring resources beyond our movies. We'll cover GameUp® in the classroom as well as the Mixer™, which gives you the ability to customize assessment by creating and remixing your own BrainPOP®-style quizzes. Plus, get a tour of all the recent updates we've made to BrainPOP Educators. Pre-Register • Password: moby Wednesday, May 8 6pm ET Lisa Parisi: Helping Students Stand on Their Own In the final installment of her three-part series, POPstar Lisa Parisi shares strategies for developing student autonomy. From global collaborative projects to effective technology integration, Lisa tells you the ways she supports students as they find their voices and build confidence. Pre-Register • Password: moby Wednesday, May 15 3:30 pm ET Text Demands and Best Practices for Leveling Books Language arts teachers know that leveling books is both art and science. In this webinar, Kathy Burdick, president of Mobile Learning Services and developer of TextDemands.com, discusses various approaches. She'll explore different leveling systems, quantitative and qualitative text attributes, and the dangers that arise when using an incomplete diagnostic system. Pre-Register • Password: moby Wednesday, May 22 3:30 pm ET 1-to-1 and Blended Learning: The Essentials Join our friends at Common Sense Media for a look at tools to help make 1-to-1 and blended learning realities in your classroom. Hear about Common Sense's 1-to-1 Essentials, a comprehensive roadmap for schools integrating a tablet program. It covers everything, from engaging parents to digital citizenship to the best learning apps. We'll also look at best practices for using BrainPOP's apps in 1-to-1 and blended learning environments.  Pre-Register • Password: moby Wednesday, May 29 3:30 pm ET Martin Esterman: Games, Math Fluency, and Award-Winning Ways Martin Esterman, the National STEM Video Game Challenge winner, joins us for a webinar on fluency and the Common Core State Standards for Math practice. Martin tells us why he's decided to use games for instruction and touches on the importance of fluency in math development. You'll see some of the games he uses, including Addition Blocks, the one he designed for the Challenge - and which is featured on GameUp. Pre-Register • Password: moby Can't make it? We archive our webinars so you can access them at any time. They're usually available within a day or two of the original event. Questions or ideas about our webinar series? Get in touch.