Comments on: R&I notes: A look at BrainPop http://gamesandinteraction.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/ri-notes-a-look-at-brainpop/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:56:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Allisyn http://gamesandinteraction.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/ri-notes-a-look-at-brainpop/#comment-19 Allisyn Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:23:27 +0000 http://gamesandinteraction.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-19 Hi! I'm a former NYC public school teacher who now works for BrainPOP. We're always open to feedback, so we appreciate your comments. I wanted to let you know one of the first things we did when I came on board was to get onto the FAMIS approval list. You can use FAMIS to subscribe to BrainPOP -- info on that is <a href="http://www.brainpop.com/support/famis.weml" rel="nofollow">here</a>. We are in the process of adding EFT and trying to figure out NYSSL. I would welcome your help in understanding what systems are most important for you so that we can make all of the bureaucracy involved with purchasing through these school systems as easy as possible for you! Please feel free to email me to discuss further. Thanks! Hi! I’m a former NYC public school teacher who now works for BrainPOP. We’re always open to feedback, so we appreciate your comments. I wanted to let you know one of the first things we did when I came on board was to get onto the FAMIS approval list. You can use FAMIS to subscribe to BrainPOP — info on that is here. We are in the process of adding EFT and trying to figure out NYSSL. I would welcome your help in understanding what systems are most important for you so that we can make all of the bureaucracy involved with purchasing through these school systems as easy as possible for you! Please feel free to email me to discuss further. Thanks!

]]> By: Flea Circus Research Library http://gamesandinteraction.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/ri-notes-a-look-at-brainpop/#comment-18 Flea Circus Research Library Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:11:12 +0000 http://gamesandinteraction.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-18 With regards to flea circuses not being relavent to the teacher, surely that's down to the skill of the teacher? Being from New York you've a good history of flea circuses in the city and with regards to technology you've got magnification, magnetism (as used in lots of humbug style circuses), springs, syphoning (the flea is of the order siphonaptera), machining small items such as watch cogs (the first flea circuses were made by jewelers and watch makers), sensing heat and detecting CO2 (which is how fleas find their hosts) and even Nanotechnology although just plain old micromaching would be fine for a flea circus. When I searched for flea on BrainPop it implied they have a symbiotic with their hosts. This is not correct, they are parasitic. Who reviews their material? How can you be sure of good quality? With regards to flea circuses not being relavent to the teacher, surely that’s down to the skill of the teacher? Being from New York you’ve a good history of flea circuses in the city and with regards to technology you’ve got magnification, magnetism (as used in lots of humbug style circuses), springs, syphoning (the flea is of the order siphonaptera), machining small items such as watch cogs (the first flea circuses were made by jewelers and watch makers), sensing heat and detecting CO2 (which is how fleas find their hosts) and even Nanotechnology although just plain old micromaching would be fine for a flea circus.

When I searched for flea on BrainPop it implied they have a symbiotic with their hosts. This is not correct, they are parasitic. Who reviews their material? How can you be sure of good quality?

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