Session:  Using BrainPOP to make your Classroom Lessons POP!
Presenter:  Gina Hartman, FHSD Educational Technology Specialist
Description:  Did you know there are so many other great resources on BrainPOP other than just the videos and quizzes? There are videos, quizzes, graphic organizers, activities, suggested vocabulary, and much more. There are tons of great ideas and resources on the BrainPOP Educators blog too. Come learn about all these resources and get some great ideas from Gina on how to integrate them in your classroom. Using BrainPOP to support Marzano’s Categories of Instructional Strategies will also be explored. BrainPOP goodies will be given away!

Accessing BrainPOPand BrainPOP Junior

Introduce Movies

• Movie list by topic
• Movie list by categories
• Search tool
• State standards tools

Different Ways of Viewing BrainPOP Videos

• Group instruction (using a projector or SMART Board)
  
• Individual or small group instruction (using a computer, headset, etc.)
  

Demo BrainPOP Movie

Additional BrainPOP Features

• Quiz
• Activity
• Graphic Organizer

BrainPOP for Educators - http://www.brainpop.com/educators/home/ 

Using BrainPOP to Support Marzano's Categories of Instructional Strategies

• Setting Objectives& Providing Feedback - 78211_KWL.pdf
• Summarizing and Note Taking
• Remember it's recommended to give students teacher-prepared notes and teach students a variety of note-taking formats.
• Example of teacher-prepared notes:  Franklin Roosevelt -  Notes
• Example of Cornell notes: cornellnotes.pdf   cornell.pdf
• Homework and Practice
• Nonlinguistic Representations
• Identifying Similarities & Differences - 78216_venndiagram.pdf   84030_compare.pdf
• Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition
• Cooperative Learning 
• PAIR SHARE - Purchase inexpensive headphone splitters to allow two partners to watch a BrainPOP movie together. Foster collaboration by encouraging them to discuss or write about what they
  learned together.
  
• Generating and Testing Hypotheses - 91356_GO_DESCRIPTION_PREDICTION_CHART.pdf   93124_GO_DEMO_OBSERVATIONS.pdf
• Cues, Questions, and Advanced Organizers - Check out some more of the BrainPOP graphic organizers here.

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