BrainPOP WorkSHOP 2008



BrainPOP WorkSHOP Outline

This workshop provides an overview of the features included in a BrainPOP 24/7 School subscription. Many of the features outlined in this workshop have specific support materials including videos, step guides and printables available for free on BrainPOP Educators. Click the hyperlinks to view each individual support material.

1. Introduce website If relevent, explain the BrainPOP is also available on iOS, Android, Windows 8.

2. Get a bit of info: what position/grade/tech setup? Do your best to customize your conversation to each person/group. You may want to familiarize yourself with a few topics beforehand.

3. Log in –

a. If schools have 24/7 subscription, they are eligible for “My BrainPOP”. Individual teachers and students can login with personal accounts. You can set up accounts in advance using the admin dashboard, or if you’d like individuals to set up accounts during training make sure you have the unique school educator code on hand.

b. Classroom subscribers will use the username and password from their activation email.

c. Be sure to login as STUDENT to illustrate submission features of My BrainPOP.

4. Introduce Topics

a. Movie List of all topics (model scrolling through movie list and looking for movies that fit your units of study)

b. Categories (click on subject area) ( Units

c. Search Tool (model & point out it shows up after you’ve logged in)

5. Briefly describe (but don’t yet demo!) features on a Topic Page – suggestion: Circulatory System

a. Movie – 3 to 5 minutes, vocab driven, visual, auditory

b. Quiz – 10 question multiple choice

c. Activities (highlight primary source materials)

d. Make-a-Map (for concept mapping)

e. GameUp (Guts and Bolts)

f. FYI – collection of non-fiction informational text entries about each topic. (Great for CCSS question stems!)

g. Lesson Ideas – Support materials for teachers

6. Show movie

a. PAUSE on Tim reading letter. Tell that all movies start with a real question we received from a student or teacher.

b. Point out play/pause feature, and encourage pausing & discussions throughout viewing.

c. Point out CC button for closed captioning.

d. Illustrate how important vocabulary words are called out and defined.

e. Suggest that teachers preview movies to decide where to pause & key points to discuss.

7. Demonstrate individual features

a. Activity Pages* -

i. show drawing feature

ii. primary source tab

b. FYI

i. up to 5 short selections of informational text

ii. perfect for questions stems or individual student research

c. GameUp*

i. GameUp has over 100 games that match our content

ii. mention that many games have “snapthought” feature

d. Make-A-Map*

e. Quizzes*

i. Review (pre or post)

ii. Graded (can be submitted to teacher)

iii. Printed

iv. Share ideas for how to hold kids accountable without needing to print each time (laminate, dry erase marker…)

v. Share ideas for how to involve the maximum number of kids (sign language, corners of the room, game show)

f. Lesson Ideas

i. Links directly to BrainPOP Educators – the support site

ii. Lesson Plans in center

iii. Printable Graphic Organizers on right

iv. Quick teaching tips on right

v. Support video on left

vi. Encourage teachers to leave comments and share ideas with the Educator Community

* for 24/7 subscriptions, these features allow students to submit work directly to teachers.

8. Click My BrainPOP – and show student activity feed.

a. Shows feed of completed videos, activity pages, game snapshots and quizzes.

b. Orange means the work is saved but not submitted.

c. Green means submitted work has been returned to student with teacher comments.

d. Log in as teacher and illustrate My BrainPOP Teacher Account as well

9. Login as teacher to illustrate My BrainPOP from a teacher perspective

(you may want to use demonstration videos linked below for this section)

a. Select My BrainPOP – My Classes

i. Show classes

ii. Ability to grade student activity

iii. Ability to create individual classes

iv. Ability to manage student accounts

b. Select My Quizzes

i. Show quiz search

ii. How to add questions to quiz

iii. How to write personalized questions

iv.

10. Different ways of using BrainPOP resources

a. Interactive Whiteboards

b. Individual computers (use headphones/headphone splitters!)

i. Rotation schedule – introduce on Monday, teach 2 students, they teach next 2…

ii. Choice Time, Centers

c. BYOD – APP with movie and quiz is available on iOS, Android, Kindle, Windows 8 tablet

d. 1-to-1 setting: great for students submitting individual work to a teacher.

11. Planning out activities before, during, and after movie

a. Before Movie

i. Quiz as pre-test – see what students already know

ii. Activity pages – review vocabulary

iii. FYI – researched informational text, graphs, readings, comic

iv. Begin Make-a-Map concept map with important keywords and concepts

b. During Movie

i. Pause on Tim’s letter – Turn and Talk

ii. Note-taking with Activity pages -- *use closed captioning!

iii. Pause & discuss

iv. Pause for research and note-taking

c. After Movie

i. Retake quiz (printed, independently; whole class – graded)

ii. FYI

iii. Make-A-Map

iv. GameUp Game

v. Activity Pages

12. Spread out 1 topic page over a week

a. Day 1: introduce topic, brainstorm, KWL, take quiz as pre-test

b. Day 2: review previous day’s discussion, show movie

c. Day 3: take quiz, try supplemental activity

d. Day 4: try different supplemental features, watch related topic movie, independent assignments…

e. Day 5: revisit movie, quiz, culminating activity

13. Share other BrainPOP products

a. BrainPOP Jr., BrainPOP Español, GameUp, BrainPOP ESLEncourage teachers to explore BrainPOP Educators – (and use the tutorial videos for this training!)

14. Teachers explore

a. Support, give tips

b. Collect feedback (give survey for formal feedback & have conversations to get ideas informally)

15. Take a Deep Breathe!

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