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Every month BrainPOP publishes a newsletter with what's new and improved. They also feature monthly webinars. Links to all of that information will be posted on this page. toc =Webinars=

November Webinars
November 10 6:30 pm EST Lisa Parisi, who teaches 5th grade at the Denton Avenue School in New Hyde Park, NY, is back to help you plan a complete a project-based learning experience from the first spark of an idea to the final assessment. Learn how to come up with essential questions, learning goals, project ideas, and rubrics. Get tips on managing students throughout the project. Use all the tools you know plus new ones and make learning more interesting, engaging, and understandable. RSVP: []
 * See It Through: Planning a Project from Beginning to End**

November 17 4:30 pm EST Join us for this special webinar on game design, part of our ongoing efforts to support contestants in the National STEM Video Game Competiton. Micahel Angst, president of E-Line Media, one of the contest’s organizers, takes a look at the basics of game design and provides inside scoop on the competition. Sherri Wright, a game design expert from the Learning Games Network, shares her insider’s perspective on topics like prototype development, play testing, and documentation. We’ll also explore the pivotal role of teachers in winning game designs, and touch on popular game development tools like Scratch, StarLogo, Alice, Kodu, and GameStar Mechanic. Following the webinar, we’ll make additional game design resources available on BrainPOP Educators. RSVP:[| http://gamedesign101.eventbrite.com/]
 * Game Design 101: An Introduction for Teachers**

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