BrainPOPis a group of educational websit…
BrainPOPis a group of educational websites with hundreds of short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17) covering the subjects of science social studies, english, math arts, music, health and technology.
Dr. Avraham Kadar
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
BrainPOP was founded in 1999 when Dr. Kadar decided to find a way to teach his young patients about asthma and allergies. He was an immunologist and was looking for a way to explain health issues concepts to kids. He thought using animation would be the most appealing way to get the information across in a kid-friendly way.BrainPOP’s educational animated movies not only captured their attention, but also sparked their interest in learning more. Now Dr. Kadar has gone from educating his patients to educating children everywhere. As a serious entrepreneur, Dr. Kadar has started several successful Internet and technology companies. BrainPOP Jr., Dr. Kadar’s latest venture, was especially created for K-3 students. Dr. Kadar continues to work closely with BrainPOP’s other executives in defining and executing overall strategy.
Evidence of the BrainPOPs’ success is detailed in a study of 1,100 classrooms in Florida and New York. The study concluded that students who were in classrooms that used BrainPOP showed substantial gains in Science, Lanuage and Reading Comprehension on the Stanford 10. BrainPOP has also received numerous awards, including Learning magazine’s 2010 Teacher Choice Award and the Technology and Learning award of excellence, 2007.
Dr. Kadar is an excellent entrepreneur. He embarked on a great venture He had a vision, he took actions to pursue his vision and turned it into a successful reality. Inline with his vision, Dr. Kadar carried out research and collection of data that helped him to produce educational resources, uniquely suited for 21st-century learning. I personally like the fact that BrainPOP is constantly updating its products and services to meet the needs of todays’ digital age learners who demand excellent, inspired and innovative teaching. This strategy keeps BrainPOP current.
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Deb Kim 5:27 pm on September 29, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Keisha,
Thank you for this amazing site. BrainPOP also has an iPhone app available. It’s called BrainPOP Featured Movie. I haven’t downloaded it yet but I’m very excited to take a look at these movies. As a math teacher who hasn’t seen a lot of educational movies related to math, this is such an interesting app to check out.
Once again, thank you!
Deb
Keisha Edwards-Hamilton 1:58 pm on October 2, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks for this information. The shows how enterprising the inventor of this technology is.
Keisha
Keisha Edwards-Hamilton 6:34 pm on September 29, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You are welcome Deb. I just learnt about this because of this assiginment. It is a dynamic tool …..quite useful for today’s digital learners.
Keisha
Kristopher 7:04 pm on September 29, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Hi Keisha!
This seems to be an example where the founder decided it was something that he wanted to use and that subsequently caught on and the grew its own niche. There is something to say about that type of educator that decides it is important (even if only for his use with his students) and still commits the time and energy to make the venture work.
Thanks for sharing. On another note, I think we may have taken one of the first courses I did in this program together. Glad to be in another course with you!
Kristopher
Keisha Edwards-Hamilton 2:01 pm on October 2, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Certainly Christopher… it seems it was a niche marketing effort which actually worked since it meet the needs and wants of the consumer.
Keisha
bcourey 11:45 am on September 30, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
It amazes me how entrepreneurs like Dr. Kadar can take a very niche need – education about asthma and allergies and envision something much broader in scope – a K-12 education site for all students – and then make it happen.
hall 6:47 pm on October 3, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Keisha & Deb
Thank you for the information on BrainPOP, I going to check it out. I wish to use the movies with my students.