Hooked on Learning...
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Community Review for BrainPOP Featured Movie
Stephen H.
Technology coordinator
Chickering Elementary School
Dover MA, US
My Take
You know what BrainPOP says: "the more you know, the more you know." This is a great one to have on the iPads. We have the BrainPOP Featured Movie and BrainPOP Jr. Movie of the Week on our iPads. It's great to see kids so engaged and so hooked on learning more about topics. What a way to have students build their general fund of knowledge!
How I Use It
Teachers will have students watch videos independently and occasionally in teams or small groups. Often it's based on self-directed interest. However, teachers will also ask students to watch videos in order to activate their knowledge for an upcoming lesson. They will also use it as a follow-up to lessons in order to extend students' learning.
More community reviews for BrainPOP Featured Movie
Abbie H.
Teacher
March 28, 2019
Engaging way to deliver content!
I really enjoy this tool! I use it all the time in my classroom! I love that the videos are easy for my students to understand and the videos connect really well to the standards I have to teach. The characters and the humor in the videos make it entertaining to my students. I love that there are comprehension questions after the video that can help me recognize whether my students understand the content or not.
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Ariff H.
Teacher
Brooklyn, NY
November 2, 2016
Very well done and has adequate content that can be built upon. The humor, though cheesy, gets a chuckle every time my students get the joke.
I think it's an excellent tool for students to learn from. The assessment that they have is wonky and cumbersome. I used hard copies. Just watch the video before showing it to the students.
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Pamela E.
Technology coordinator
New York, NY
April 20, 2016
Make Your Brain Pop with Knowledge!!
BrainPop is a great teaching tool. I especially like the various topics which are aligned to standards and that it serves all the students from my assessments. The students are totally engaged and actually ask for to watch the various clips regularly. The new add-ons such as concept mapping and Snap thought require a computer which may seem daunting for a classroom environment. Therefore I would suggest using a graphic organizer and have the students jot down specific key concepts as the teacher stops the video clip a various intervals. The guided questions will aid them in the completion of the maps.
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