My Take
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.
How I Use It
A lot of the time I use this as an introduction to a lesson or supplimentary to a lesson. It has worked in my classroom because it goes through the topic step by step and is easy for the students to understand.
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Ariff H.
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.
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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Yan Ting L.
Rego Park, NY
April 6, 2016
Great for interdisciplinary
I love it because it contains many different subjects. I am not good in social studies, but I want my lessons to be interdisciplinary, so I search the math topics and try to find something related to the topic from other subjects. I learn things about other subjects. Thus, not only the students are learning from the BrainPop, I lam earning from it too. Another thing I like about BrainPop is that it provides quizzes at the end of the videos. It checks students’ understanding. My students and I love BrainPop.
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