Sunday, February 19, 2012

Review: Using BrainPop with Promethean ActivExpression Quizzes

This was a very interesting article.  I enjoy using BrainPop in my classroom.  For those of you who do not know, BrainPop is a website that offers cartoon videos over a variety of educational topics.  Students love watching the videos and they fit many state and national standards.  The only problem I have had is the quiz function.  The website's quiz function allows students to email results that can then be graded.  This is an excellent way to save paper, but bad for clogged inboxes.  Apparently BrainPop allows functionality with Promethean ActivExpression.  This a student response system that allows students to electronically respond to questions with a handheld device.  I had no idea that BrainPop offered this!  The only drawback is that my school uses CPS a different student response system and I have no idea if BrainPop supports this.  I am definitely going to research if BrainPop has functionality with other systems.  If so than I have found yet another tool to teach my students.

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