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Welcome to a brief introduction to BrainPop.com 0:04.1, 0:11.6 The first thing you have to do to get started in BrainPop is to enter BrainPop.com as your URL 0:11.7, 0:20.8 Once in the website, if you have a log in you can click in the upper right had corner and enter your login and password. 0:20.9, 0:29.2 If you don�t have a login there are still a number of things you can do for free on the BrainPop.com web site. 0:29.3, 0:38.7 If you click in the Search box in the upper left hand corner and begin to type you will see a pop down box appear. 0:38.8, 0:43.7 You may select from the pop-down list and select search � 0:43.8, 0:54.2 And BrainPop will attempt to match with a list of items that match your search item. 0:54.3, 1:09.2 We�re going to select Ice Age for our task today. 1:09.3, 1:21.3 Once inside the BrainPop topic page, each page is similar in setup and design. 1:21.4, 1:26.9 You can click in the center portion to play a brief movie � 1:30.0, 1:32.4 You can click on CC to open closed captioning � 1:32.5, 1:39.9 You can pause the movie at any time and rewind � 1:40.0, 1:45.5 You can enlarge the screen to take up your entire monitor � 1:45.6, 1:54.5 You can also look at similar related topics, to the topics you are investigating. 1:54.6, 2:13.6 If you enter FYI you can see Theories � other ideas on the same topic � 2:13.7, 2:21.3 And Q & A provides a listener letter on the topic. 2:21.4, 2:28.0 If you click on comic, you actually get a cute little comic on the topic. 2:28.1, 2:35.5 Click on BrainPop at any time to go back to the main menu. 2:35.6, 2:49.0 Or utilize the back button. 2:49.1, 2:53.1 To get back to where you were. 2: 53.2, 3:09.6 There are Activities that you can interact with � 3:09.7, 3:25.2 These activities come in the form of Graphic Organizers or Vocabulary Sheets. 3:25.3, 3:30.8 You can click inside the form and type your response. 3:30.9, 3:39.9 Or you can print the sheet and do it old school style. 3:40.0, 3:50.0 Additionally, there are quizzes to help you check your comprehension. 3:50.1, 4:01.0 There�s what they call the Review Quiz which allows you the opportunity to provide the correct answer 4:01.1, 4:07.0 And if you don�t it will eventually give you the correct answer before you move ahead. 4:07.1, 4:13.6 And there�s the Classic Quiz where you see how you did at the end. 4:13.7, 4:19.2 Both of these can be emailed to the instructor or printed out at home. 4:19.3, 4:27.3 Now that you�ve got to see a little big about BrainPop � 4:27.4, 4:40 I hope that you will investigate many of the topics they have to advance your learning. Thank you.