April 23, 2009
Guest Blogger Kaleigh D. Reviews BrainPOP
Posted by Mr. Cavanaugh under Educational Technology Team News[19] Comments
Today is take your kid work day and I am at work with my dad. He works at the School District Office in the Educational Technology Department.
So while I am here I am going to blog about Brainpop. Brainpop is an informational website.
This website has two characters–one is a guy named Tim the other is a robot named Moby. They are the ones that teach you the information.
Brainpop can help you to study for a test. Brainpop has all kinds of ways to study. They have videos, games with information in them. It has quizzes that help a lot too.
I think Tim and Moby make things easy to understand. But some times Moby’s beeps are hard to make out. You can learn about Science, Math, Art, Music, Social Studies, English, Health, and Technology. You can basically type in anything you want to search for and it will give you a list of videos and resources about your topic.
Brainpop is good for grades 4th and up. There is another website called Brainpop Jr. That website is for grades 1st and up to 3rd grade.
I wish all my classes had me go on Brainpop all the time. When a big test comes around now you know where to go.
I’m a serious softball player so I liked this picture of Moby talking about baseball. But they really should have a movie about girls playing softball, don’t you think? After all, girls rule!

April 24th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Nice job, Kaleigh! I love using BrainPop with my class, especially for science. Tim and Moby rock! You did an excellent job with this post and your Dad should be very proud! I hope you had fun! I hope I get a chance to see another post from you soon. Thanks!
David Fisher
April 24th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Hi Kaleigh!
I was just sent a link to your blog post via Twitter and boy did it make my day. I think this is my favorite review of BrainPOP ever- and I’ve read a lot of them!
I’m really glad you’re enjoying BrainPOP and learning new things. I thought you might like to see how some kids made their own BrainPOP-style movies:
http://www.brainpop.com/video_tutorials/roaring_20s/
Thanks again for the terrific review!
Karina
karinal@brainpop.com
April 24th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Great post Kaleigh.
I agree, girls rule!
-Jamie
April 24th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Kaleigh,
Great post! I agree that girls rule. Unfortunately, sometimes girls have to try so much harder to get noticed when they are doing “boy” things, such as playing sports. It’s really great that you are giving it your all. I’m sure the younger girls look up to you. I can’t help but wonder why there isn’t a “Tina” to go along with “Tim” and “Moby.” What are your thoughts on that?
April 24th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
Kayleigh!
Great job with your post. Lots of teachers in our school use BrainPOP and the students really love it. It makes learning more fun!
Girls RULE and TechGirls REALLY RULE!!!
-Mary
April 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
WOW Kaleigh! You have done a great review! We love BrainPop and BrainPop Jr. here too. I use it with students and teachers at least once a week here near Richmond, VA.
Kaleigh, I think that I would read just about any software that you were reviewing. Do you think that your dad would let you have a weekly review post?
-jason
April 24th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
Great post, Kaleigh. You did a great job on your review of the website. It is a great site that is a lot of fun to learn from. I had no idea there was a Brainpop, Jr., so that information is great!
Keep up the good work.
Carrie
April 24th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
we are very proud of Kaleigh! She is a very hard worker juggling many things. Her school work is our highest priority, but she continually impressed me with her ability to keep her grades up while playing sports, and (usually) keeping up with her chores etc at home. I imagine that there may just be some room left for a blog post or two
GREAT JOB KALEIGH!
April 24th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Hi Kaleigh –
I appreciate your review because I am trying to learn more about technology to share with K-12 history teachers that we work with or that use our publications. I also will share it with my co-worker’s daughter when she visits. She always likes to borrow some computer time!
I am writing you from Los Angeles looking out my 6th floor office window (I can see pine trees taller than my floor!). So we are on PST and it is only 3:16 but you have probably gone home for the day. Earlier in the day I visited at a high school that has an American Studies Academy small learning community. Now I am doing my desk work.
Have a great weekend and thanks for sharing your review.
Regards,
Marian
April 24th, 2009 at 6:54 pm
Cool Blog, Kaleigh! I’ll pass it on to Andre and Maria when I get home from work. Your blog made it all the way across country to Arizona! We miss you! Tell your Mom & Dad to come out west to visit!
April 24th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Kaleigh~
So glad you like BrainPOP! It is a great website to make learning fun for the children that we teach. Did you know there are many teachers that help BrainPOP “behind the scenes” with their movies. You can check them out here: http://www.brainpop.com/support/advisors.weml If you scroll on down you’ll see the toon me.
As far as girls having to work harder than boys at some things I totally agree! @Teachakidd…did you know there are girls that help Tim and Moby out? Their names are Cassie and Rita and they can be found in the FYI section under any movie, and Moby’s partner in BrainPOP, Jr. is a little gal named Annie.
Great job, Kaleigh! Keep on blogging.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Hey Kaleigh,
Thank your dad for telling me about your blog. It’s great! Well written and really interesting. I never heard of BrainPOP, but checked it out through your link and it looks really neat. I’ll tell everyone I work with who have kids to check it out.
Nice picture too!
-Grandma D.
April 24th, 2009 at 9:42 pm
@Teryl Magee,
I didn’t realize that Cassie and Rita are on hand to help out Tim and Moby. I must spend more time delving deeper. There’s probably a lot more about BrainPOP that many of us don’t know. Thanks for sharing that. ~Teacha
April 24th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
Kaleigh
A quick hello from Toronto and special thanks for the information and blog about Brainpop.
I have added it to my links for my students to use.
Cheers,
William
April 30th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
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April 30th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
What a delightful post, Kaleigh, I really enjoyed reading it. I love BrainPop and BrainPopJr but we don’t have too many users in our district. Maybe after this post reaches them they will take a good look at it!
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 am
you are the greatest blogger ever and you are my greatest sister ever nice blog
May 16th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
I’ve got the science almanac. I’ve learned so much!!!!!And I’m only nine!!!!!
May 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Your blog is so awsome!!!!!