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Nicole, I don't think that Brain Pop and nettrekker need to be used together, but the Brain Pop movie gives students a visual to connect new information to. Plus the characters are very memorable. i tend to show the Brain Pop movie and use the readi…
Hey Nicole,
Just this year our district had the two linked together so that now search results within nettrekker return resources from brainpop as well. I think one of the most valuable things about it is that you can save the results in your nettre…
I agree, Amanda. At a tech training the other day, we showed a social studies teacher how to refine searches and use the timeline feature in Nettrekker. He was amazed and mentioned how much time could be saved just using Nettrekker... Teachers alway…
I feel that I teach a variety of learning styles. Since I work with special ed. students I have to use a variety of methods to help them understand the material. However, i do feel that kinesthetic is generally the way that my students learn best so…
I find Nettrekker to be so abundant in resources that I find it somewhat difficult to decide where to start! I love BrainPop and the kids are so receptive to it that I enjoy using it in my classroom. I haven't really explored Promethean - I will hav…
I see Nettrekker as sort of a portal to get to other sites (set up in a partnership agreement) that because you went through the nT login the student has access to that site's advanced features while you maintain consistency for the student. He or s…
I guess I'm a little confused as to why netTrekker and Brain Pop need to be used together...can't you just search Brain Pop for whatever topic you're looking for? I don't get the extra step...
netTrekker Tip Tuesdays at webinar
February 9, 2010 from 4pm to 4:30pm
Ruth Manlandro from St. John's County shares with us how she uses BrainPOP with netTrekker to maximize her learning. Also learn how to create a folder with materials for students to prepare for testing.
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A Trek through Mardi Gras
Next week is the biggest party day in New Orleans, although I suspect that due to the major victory last night they are already celebrating in a huge way. Mardi Gras though is more than a tourist draw to New Orleans. I decided to go ahead and look at how this event can be used with [...]Vancouver 2010, the Science of Sports, and Olympics Past
The Winter Olympics is almost here, and I couldn’t be more excited. A huge fan of the events since Calgary 1988, I prefer the Winter Olympics over the Summer for two reasons: the dangerous nature of a majority of the competitions (I am impressed by Winter athletes’ skills, no doubt, but it’s their fearlessness [...]“English Fairy Tales” by Joseph Jacobs
Today’s Site of the Day features an illustrated collection of full-text fairy tales, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Henny-Penny, The Three Little Pigs, and The Three Bears. Try using the netTrekker Read Aloud tool to bring these tales to life! The netTrekker Dictionary HotKey can help students understand the language in these tales, and the Translation [...]Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute: John Constable: Malvern Hall
Today’s Site of the Day features video commentary on a characteristic Constable landscape, with insightful remarks about how the painting is lit. This is one of sixteen video commentaries on primarily 19th century paintings, all of which are available from a link on this page. Click here to login to netTrekker and access the Site of [...]netTrekker is Hiring!
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How Are you Using netTrekker and BrainPOP Together? 7 Replies
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