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		<title>A great &#8220;hook&#8221; into learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We like to send our school subscribers little challenges every now and then as a little reminder that learning is always fun with BrainPOP. And when subscribers submit completed treasure hunts, word searches, and other challenges, we like to reward them with BrainPOP goodies because we&#8217;re just nice like that So when Jennifer Finlayson&#8217;s Primary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spotlight on Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This month we&#8217;re taking to the final frontier and seeking out places way beyond the realms of human imagination with our Space spotlight. Luckily, Tim &#38; Moby seem to be able to traverse the unknown boundaries of time and space with relative ease so we&#8217;ll be learning about aliens, black holes, galaxies, and more with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moby makes me feel happy &#8211; inspiring a reluctant writer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From time to time, we are incredibly lucky to hear how BrainPOP has profoundly affected a child&#8217;s learning. Some kids find it hard to write. There could be any number of reasons for this but sometimes the writer simply needs inspiration. The following is a guest post from a teacher who describes how one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpop.co.uk/blog/2012/01/moby-makes-me-feel-happy-inspiring-a-reluctant-writer/</link>
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		<title>Sharing the TeachMeet Takeovers from BETT 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are keen supporters of TeachMeet Takeovers at BETT. We actually hosted the very first one by Tom Barrett in 2010 and, frankly, it was such a blast, we couldn&#8217;t wait to volunteer our stand for 2012. This year we were lucky enough to have three teachers take over our stand, each of whom, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Talking BrainPOP and taking Heart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We were delighted and honoured to have so many kids visit our stand at BETT this year. But we were especially delighted to welcome Fiona, Betsie, Jack, Trafford, Bayleigh from Woodlands Primary class 4h, onto the stand along with their teacher, Mr Handley (a.k.a. @tomhenzley and author of The PGCE Survival Guide). The kids gave a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BrainPOP at BETT through the eyes of Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re proud of being a &#8220;social business&#8220;. Not only because we&#8217;ve met the most amazing people via social networks but because we discover new things every day just by listening to you all. BETT is one of those exhibitions where you bump into people a lot &#8211; in both the idiomatic and literal sense. 1000&#8242;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google plus BrainPOP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Does your school subscribe to BrainPOP UK? Is your school a Google apps user with a Google apps domain? Then pour yourself a nice hot cup of tea, sit down, and take a deep breath. We&#8217;ve got some major news for you. We&#8217;ve teamed up with Google to provide schools and LAs that are Google [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BETTer late than never &#8211; highlights from BETT 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no shortage of post-BETT chatter clogging up the internet super highway this week and most folks can sum up their time far more eloquently than us, plus we were kind of tied to our stand for the duration, so we&#8217;ll keep this debrief&#8230;brief. Our highs, lows, and everything in between&#8230; 1. VIBs and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Getting BETTer All the Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s mid-January and that signifies a few things: breaking well intentioned new year resolutions, grey skies, rubbish TV and, of course, the BETT Show. We&#8217;re back, back, back on the roller coaster that is the world&#8217;s grandest ICT exhibition between Jan 11th-14th in London. If you&#8217;re attending you&#8217;ll find us in the same place as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brainpop.co.uk/blog/2012/01/its-getting-better-all-the-time/</link>
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		<title>Spotlight on Digital Citizenship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Be a first class digital citizen! Tim &#38; Moby guide you through the dos, the don&#8217;ts, the whys and the whats with this great collection of ICT topics, activities, and printable materials. On the Spotlight homepage you&#8217;ll find a Cyberbullying Activity, a Social Networking FYI, the Information Privacy Quiz and a host of helpful movies: Blogs [...]]]></description>
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