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BrainPop (styled BrainPOP) is a group of educational websites with over 1,000〔("Hilldale Elementary School receives technology grant" ), NorthJersey.com, January 20, 2012〕 short animated movies for students in grades K-12 (ages 6 to 17), together with quizzes and related materials, covering the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering and technology, health, and arts and music. BrainPop is used in more than 20% of U.S. schools and also offers subscriptions for families and homeschoolers.〔("Free Animated Movies for Black History Month" ). ''Newsday'', February 4, 2007〕 It is also used in schools in Mexico, the UK, Israel, France, Spain and several other countries, where it offers videos in local languages that are designed for students in those countries. BrainPop is available by subscription but has some free content, including a movie of the day, several free movies from each topic area, educators materials, including lesson plans, and an extensive library of educational games called GameUp. Its free smartphone and tablet application accesses BrainPop's free and subscription content. The videos and other materials are designed to engage students and assist teachers and home schoolers; they are aligned to state education standards. Most of the videos feature the characters Tim and Moby.〔("Seen on Saturday - September 29th, 2007" ). ABC News, September 27, 2007〕 In addition to BrainPop.com for older children, there is BrainPop Jr. for younger children (grades K-3), BrainPop Español, BrainPop Français, BrainPop UK, BrainPop ESL for non-native speakers learning English, BrainPop Educators, a free site for teachers and parents to post materials and interact with BrainPop and each other, GameUp and MyBrainPop, a tool for students and teachers to record learning accomplishments. The sites are owned by FWD Media, Inc. and its affiliates, based in New York. == Description of the sites == ===History and products=== Founded in 1999,〔The Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 31, 1999〕 the BrainPop websites display animated, curriculum-based content that supports educators and are intended to be fun and motivational for students to watch.〔(BrainPop profile ) at Education World, August 2006〕〔(Web Resources ). Columbia University Teachers College. Retrieved March 3, 2010.〕 The sites' movies cover the subjects of science, social studies, English, mathematics, engineering & technology, health, and arts and music. Since 2007, the movies have been closed captioned. The sites also access a wide variety of educational games. BrainPop is used in more than 25% of U.S. schools〔 and in many schools outside the U.S., as well as by parents, homeschoolers and others.〔Richards, Anne. ("Why You Should Be Paying Attention to BrainPOP" ), Kidscreen.com, October 6, 2014〕 The company was founded by Avraham Kadar, M.D., an immunologist and pediatrician, to explain medical concepts to his young patients using animation.〔〔(BrainPop: About Us ). Retrieved 17 February 2010.〕 As of 2011, BrainPop hosted more than 11 million unique visits each month, from thousands of schools and individuals worldwide.〔 BrainPop uses an in-house team of educators, animators and writers to produce and continually update the sites, incorporating teacher and parent input.〔〔 The site's resources include BrainPop.com, for grades 3 and up (over age 9) and BrainPop Jr., for grades K-3 (ages 5 to 9). The sites also offer movies in three different languages for regional markets: BrainPop Español for Spanish-speakers, BrainPop Francais (French) and BrainPop UK (English with UK-centered topics) aligned to local educational standards.〔(BrainPop profile ) at Web100.com〕〔("BrainPop" ), Edsurge, accessed December 23, 2014〕 The site's free, interactive resource for teachers and homeschoolers, BrainPop Educators, features free tips, tools and best practices by and for educators.〔("BrainPop Educators: A New Resource With Free Tips, Tools & Ideas" ). Ed Tech Show Daily, January 22, 2009. Retrieved March 3, 2010.〕 MyBrainPop is a tool for students and teachers to record learning accomplishments, and teachers can track students' progress.〔 In 2009, BrainPop introduced BrainPop ESL, targeted at students learning English as a second language. Schools and parents can use the site to help shape the student's curriculum.〔Seltzer, Sarah. ("'Pop' Movies that Educate", ) ''New York Family'' magazine, May 2007, pp. 108–09. Retrieved March 3, 2010.〕 BrainPop's free GameUp website contains free online games from third-party game publishers that coordinate with the BrainPop, BrainPop Jr. and BrainPop ESL curricula.〔Estrada, Victoria. ("GameUp with BrainPop" ), New Media Consortium, August 3, 2012〕 BrainPop movies may be used to introduce a new lesson or topic, for illustrating complex subject matter or to review before a test. Content is aligned to USA state education standards and is searchable by topic or state standard.〔("Interview with BrainPop's Allisyn Levy" ). Teachhub.com. Retrieved March 3, 2010.〕〔 In addition to movies, the site displays quizzes, educational games, experiments and other related content that students can use interactively to reinforce the lessons in the movies.〔("BrainPop Turns Dads Into Geniuses" ), Rare Bird Articles, August 18, 2003〕〔 BrainPop products are compatible with PCs, Macs, projectors and interactive whiteboards, as well as applications for tablets and smart phones. No downloading, installation or special hardware is required.〔Dawson, Carolyn J. ("Apple iPad Gets Free Educational App from BrainPop" ). TMCnet, April 6, 2010, accessed August 20, 2010; Smart, Gavin. ("Students learning independently using the BrainPOP UK App" ), Smarter Learning, November 2, 2012; (BrainPop Tour )〕 The movies feature recurring characters such as the robot Moby, Tim (a teenager, at BrainPop) and Annie (a younger girl, at BrainPop Jr.).〔 Most of the movies begin with the characters responding to correspondence and end humorously, often with Tim getting annoyed at Moby or vice versa. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「BrainPop」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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