www.BrainPOP.com with free movies and videos
kidsgameschildreneducationlearningBrainpop is a popular subscription-based website useful for both
students and educators. Over eight million monthly visitors to
www.brainpop.com find a wide variety of animated, short-subject features
on topics ranging from math and science, to art and social studies.
Nearly 600 of these features have been produced so far, and many are
supported with additional quizzes and printable worksheet to appeal to
the educator. All information is based on state standards, and
appropriate for students of all ages and backgrounds.
The main characters on Brainpop include a young man named Tim, and his
bumbling robot sidekick Moby. The animation is not finely detailed, and
skews more toward the quirky side of things. Students may or may not
respond well to this type of presentation format. The information
discussed, however, is always well-researched and relevant to the topic
being presented.
Subscription rates for Brainpop range from $125 to $200 per year
depending on usage and other factors. Free material is available on the
site to preview beforehand, and parents, students and teachers can even
sign up for a limited-time free trial of the site as well. However, the
site does use the Macromedia Flash plug-in, which will not currently run
on Apple-based devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
Different variations of the service have recently been introduced,
including versions for K-3 students, non-native English speakers, and
even a version in Spanish exists at the present time. The site itself is
very easy to navigate for students, and yet provides rich data for
educators. The people behind Brainpop have even gone as far as setting
up a professional learning community which includes over 100,000
educators who are offered development opportunities and seminars hosted
by the service.
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