ISTE 2024
Don't miss what's new at BrainPOP
Join BrainPOP at ISTE and be the first to see what we’re cooking up for back to school! Discover new instructional strategies, get tips from BrainPOP teachers, and snag a photo opp with Moby—it’s all happening in Denver at Booth 1282.



Join BrainPOP’s in-booth sessions at ISTE
9:30-9:45

Tales from the Field: Empowering Student-Led Learning Using BrainPOP
Discover how our Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE), Rayna Freedman, creates a student-centered classroom by empowering students to lead their own learning and teach their classmates. In this session, she will guide us through practical techniques for enhancing student learning experiences by building engaging assignments and analyzing data.
10:00-10:15

Science of Reading and BrainPOP’s New Literacy Focus
Exploring the convergence of the Science of Reading and Universal Design for Learning offers promising solutions. This discussion will delve into that convergence, providing educators with tactics to create inclusive literacy instruction that emphasizes comprehension and the construction of knowledge.
10:30-10:45

Empowering Students through Engineering Design
Join guest speaker Nick Provenzano, AKA The Nerdy Teacher, a previous ISTE Teacher of the Year recipient, for a session on engineering design strategies. Grounded in inquiry-based science, Nick will demonstrate how educators can animate theoretical concepts in the classroom through BrainPOP Science and Engineering Projects.
11:00-11:15

Level the Playing Field: Differentiate Your Lessons with BrainPOP 3-8+
Hear our top tips for instructional planning using BrainPOP’s new grade-leveled features! Learn how our enhancements—like Leveled Reading, Vocab Builder, and the enhanced Quiz—empower seamless, impactful differentiation that builds background knowledge across content areas and meets all learners’ needs.
11:30-11:45

Tim, Moby, and the Power of a Pause
Join us to explore the instructional benefits of using BrainPOP movies alongside Pause Points. Learn evidence-based strategies for effectively incorporating them into your instruction, which literacy skills they promote, and how to review results to inform your next steps.
12:00-12:15

Reporting with a Reason: Harness the Power of Teacher Reports in BrainPOP 3-8+
Discover how to leverage BrainPOP’s teacher reports to nurture students' background knowledge, literacy skill-building, and assessment readiness. In this session, we’ll model a strategy for reviewing grade-leveled quiz results and crafting an informed, differentiated instructional plan that supports students in whole-group, small-group, and independent learning settings.
12:30-12:45

Playful with a Purpose: Exploring BrainPOP Jr. for K-3
Dive into BrainPOP Jr. and discover how its engaging movies and literacy skill-building activities can captivate young learners! In this session, we’ll showcase an engaging instructional model that builds background knowledge, enhances vocabulary, and boosts comprehension skills for all K-3 learners.
1:00-1:15

Multilingual and Multimodal:
Supporting ELL Students in BrainPOP 3-8+
Engage your multilingual learners in vocabulary instruction while supporting their knowledge and background-building across content areas with BrainPOP.
1:30-1:45

Level the Playing Field: New Ways to Differentiate Your Lessons with BrainPOP 3-8+
Hear our top tips for instructional planning using BrainPOP’s new grade-leveled features! Learn how our enhancements—like Leveled Reading, Vocab Builder, and the enhanced Quiz—empower seamless, impactful differentiation that builds background knowledge across content areas and meets all learners’ needs.
2:00-2:15

Tim, Moby, and the Power of a Pause
Join us to explore the instructional benefits of using BrainPOP movies alongside Pause Points. Learn evidence-based strategies for effectively incorporating them into your instruction, which literacy skills they promote, and how to review results to inform your next steps.
2:30-2:45

Reporting with a Reason: Harness the Power of Teacher Reports on BrainPOP 3-8+
Discover how to leverage BrainPOP’s teacher reports to nurture students' background knowledge, literacy skill-building, and assessment readiness. In this session, we’ll model a strategy for reviewing grade-leveled quiz results and crafting an informed differentiated instructional plan that supports students in whole-group, small-group, and independent learning settings.
3:00-3:15

Playful with a Purpose: Exploring BrainPOP Jr. for K-3
Dive into BrainPOP Jr. and discover how its engaging movies and literacy skill-building activities can captivate young learners! In this session, we’ll showcase an engaging instructional model that builds background knowledge, enhances vocabulary, and boosts comprehension skills for all K-3 learners.
3:30-3:45

Tales from the Field: Accessible Ways to Show What You Know
Michelle Manning, a Certified BrainPOP Educator (CBE), will showcase easy-to-implement tools and techniques that empower students to show what they know in a variety of ways while fostering engagement and excitement for learning. As an instructional technology integration specialist, she creates alternative learning supports for all the teachers and students she works with.
4:00-4:15

Cultivating Inquiry and Investigation with BrainPOP Science
Learn how to bring multi-dimensional science and engineering to life in your middle school classrooms with BrainPOP’s newest platform, BrainPOP Science.
4:30-4:45

Level the Playing Field: New Ways to Differentiate Your Lessons with BrainPOP 3-8+
Hear our top tips for instructional planning using BrainPOP’s new grade-leveled features! Learn how our enhancements—like Leveled Reading, Vocab Builder, and the enhanced Quiz—empower seamless, impactful differentiation that builds background knowledge across content areas and meets all learners’ needs.
5:00-5:15

Reporting with a Reason: Harness the Power of Teacher Reports on BrainPOP 3-8+
Discover how to leverage BrainPOP’s teacher reports to nurture students' background knowledge, literacy skill-building, and assessment readiness. In this session, we’ll model a strategy for reviewing grade-leveled quiz results and crafting an informed differentiated instructional plan that supports students in whole-group, small-group, and independent learning settings.
Meet the on-site BrainPOP team
General Sessions
See where our BrainPOP thought-leaders are headlining at ISTE 2024!


ISTE Seal: BrainPOP Science Poster Session
Date: June 24 at 4pm
Speaker: Dr. Michelle Newstadt., Senior Director, Learning & Design (STEM)

ISTE Seal: BrainPOP 3-8+ Poster Session
Date: June 25 at 1pm
Speaker: Dr. Barbara Hubert., Senior Director, Learning & Design (Essentials)
You’re invited! Join us for in-person connections
It’s been a while! Join us for drinks and bites to hear what's new with BrainPOP and connect with old friends.
DATE
June 24, 2024
TIME
6:00-8:00pm
LOCATION
Yard House 8329 - Denver - Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Aspen Room 1555 Court PI, Denver, CO 80202
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