{"id":2306,"date":"2020-06-04T15:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T22:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=2306"},"modified":"2020-06-09T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T18:34:12","slug":"brainpop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/06\/04\/brainpop\/","title":{"rendered":"BrainPOP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BrainPOP is an educational application with over a thousand short animated movies for K-12 students, together with quizzes and learning activities, covering the following subject areas: Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Engineering and Technology, Health, and Arts and Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During our time in remote learning, I\u2019ve been using BrainPOP Jr. instructional videos in Language Arts and Math to help support the learning process. I\u2019ve received a fair amount of positive feedback related to this application from parents and students. In my experience, BrainPOP instructional videos present Information in a clear and concise manner. I think that it helps that the videos are animated because they engage students through narrative, humor, and characters. Below is an instructional video that I recently used in teaching the numeracy concept, perimeter. What I admire about it is that it takes a numeracy concept and shows how it relates to the real world creating a more meaningful learning experience for students. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hzV-tUnqbFM\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BrainPOP has some essential components that have led to its success:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Playful:<\/strong> It consists of engaging learning games, animated movies, and activities. It\u2019s designed with humour to encourage kids on their unique learning paths.<\/li><li><strong>Educator-Focused:<\/strong> It supports teachers\u2019 roles and needs with classroom-optimized tools, shaped by use by students and teachers in diverse learning settings.<\/li><li><strong>Reflective:<\/strong> Learning is made visible through tools that challenge students to reflect, make connections, and engage in deeper, curiosity-driven learning.<\/li><li><strong>Global:<\/strong> It covers universal topics, with localization for major world languages like Spanish, French, and Mandarin. It is available to be downloaded on mobile devices making it easily accessible.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-3.03.54-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" width=\"912\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-3.03.54-PM-1.png 781w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-3.03.54-PM-1-300x122.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-3.03.54-PM-1-768x313.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 912px) 100vw, 912px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are three different BrainPOP resources offered:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>BrainPOP Jr. (K-3)<\/li><li>BrainPOP<\/li><li>BrainPOP ELL (for English Language Learners)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d say that one of the pitfalls of this application is its cost. Many schools may not have funds available to make the purchase of a school subscription. I found out about it through the school where I work. I was able to locate a page on the site that offers resources to help seek funding. Due to the pandemic, the site is currently providing free access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check out the site by clicking the link below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainpop.com\">https:\/\/www.brainpop.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-2.43.15-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2311\" width=\"903\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-2.43.15-PM.png 821w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-2.43.15-PM-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/files\/2020\/06\/Screen-Shot-2020-06-04-at-2.43.15-PM-768x322.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BrainPOP is an educational application with over a thousand short animated movies for K-12 students, together with quizzes and learning activities, covering the following subject&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2020\/06\/04\/brainpop\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">BrainPOP<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":71953,"featured_media":2310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobileeducation","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71953"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2306"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2316,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2306\/revisions\/2316"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}