Instructional Software

Name: Hayley Whitaker

Software Title: BrainPop
URL: http://www.brainpop.com
Function(s) of Instructional Software (check all that apply):
Drill and Practice
Tutorial
Simulation
Instructional Game
Problem Solving
Features of the Software (check all that apply):
Assessment Monitoring/Reporting (Keeps track of student data and/or generates reports for the teacher)
Allows
teacher to create customized lessons for students
Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in class
Multiuser or collaborative functions with others beyond local class
Accessible to students beyond the school day
Accessible via mobile devices
Multiple languages
Safety, security, and/or privacy features
Strengths of the Software: Engaging, many topics and content areas, other activities besides the videos, great for
research, kid friendly.
Suggestions for Improvement: Keep making more videos a great site.
Standards Addressed. See https://www.georgiastandards.org/standards/Pages/BrowseStandards/GPS_by_Grade_Level_K-8.aspx
SS2H1: The student will read about and describe the lives of historical figures in Georgia history.
a. Identify the contributions made by these historic figures: James Oglethorpe, Tomochichi, and Mary Musgrove
(founding of Georgia); Sequoyah (development of a Cherokee alphabet); Jackie Robinson (sports); Martin Luther King, Jr.
(civil rights); Jimmy Carter (leadership and human rights).
Grade Level/Content Area(s): 2nd grade Social Studies
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply). See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?
title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy

Remembering
Understanding
Applying
Analyzing
Evaluating
Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: (Examples: equipment needed, instructional model*, what
students/teachers will do, how activity will be introduced/concluded, how student learning will be assessed, how
assessment data will be used to inform/differentiate instruction. 1-2 paragraphs).
The teacher will introduce the study of famous Americans using the video on Mary Musgrove. The students will be
asked to remember one important fact about Mary Musgrove. After viewing the video, the teacher will list all of the
student responses. The teacher will divide the students into groups. The students will go to their assigned listening
station and view the video again. Each group will return to the whole group with one more fact about Mary Musgrove.
Once there are enough facts for each student, the teacher will support the students in creating a podcast using
Audacity. When the podcast is finished it will be added to the classroom website for others to view.
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Students will select one of the other famous people assigned to the grade level. As a group the students will research
their famous person, collecting information and creating a podcast. All the podcasts will be added to the classroom
website for others to view.
* Examples of common instructional models include whole group, teacher-led, student self-paced, small group, or
individual learning activities. Use as many of these descriptors or other descriptors as apply.