February is Black History Month! Can you collect all the cool new collectibles we’ve made to celebrate this month?
New Black History Month collectibles now available!
February 2nd, 2012Christmas is coming!
December 16th, 2011Check out all the brand new Christmas outfits, hats, collectibles and wallpapers for your character! They’re only here for a limited time, so grab them before they run out!
Common Core-aligned performance reports for teachers!
December 7th, 2011We’re happy to announce our new, Common Core-aligned performance reports! Teachers can now see detailed information about which topics from the Common Core their students have mastered, and which areas they need help in.
When used with BrainNook assignments, performance reports can be a powerful way for teachers to get students practicing the areas they need to work on. Here’s how:
1. Teachers use the performance reports to pinpoint the areas that each students need improvement in. Each area lists a number of games that map to that area.
2. From the Assignments section of the teacher’s BrainNook account, he or she can assign students a game which maps to their weak areas. Teachers can give assignments to individual students, groups of students, or their whole class.
3. The next time students play BrainNook, they’ll see the assignment as a brand new mission within BrainNook, with a cool badge and bonus points for completing it! Teachers can even print award certificates for students who have completed the assignment to create a little healthy competition between their students!
Teachers, give it a spin, and let us know what you think! Email us at support@brainnook.com to let us know your thoughts!
Weak Areas per student, based on the Common Core
Assignments
November 12th, 2011One of the things teachers have told us most often is that they would like to see more control over what games students can play. Now, with assignments, teachers can do just that!
Assignments allow you to help your students practice just those concepts that are relevant to what they’re learning in the classroom. You can pick any game from BrainNook and set a goal in that game for your class. For example, a teacher could pick the game “Eat the Sums”, which covers basic addition, and ask her class to reach a score of 100 points in that game. Students will see this assignment as a new mission when they play BrainNook. If they complete the mission, they win a cool new badge directly from their teacher!
Performance graphs show you who has completed the assignment and which students are avoiding even attempting it!
Students will love tackling assignments since they’ll be competing with their friends from school to see who gets there first!
Teachers, try out the assignments feature by logging in to your BrainNook @ School account now!
We’d love to know what you think at support@brainnook.com!
New Halloween outfits!
October 19th, 2011Check out our new outfits, just in time for Halloween! Grab yours from the wardrobe!
Make yourself at home!
May 16th, 2011Now you can have a corner of BrainNook that’s all yours! The new Home button in BrainNook takes you to your very own room. You can decorate it with a variety of wallpaper, and show your friends all the cool items you own by placing them around your space!
Your friends can even visit your home and leave you notes you can read later!
Are you ready to make the coolest room in BrainNook? Then head on over to play BrainNook, and click on the Home button to get started!
Do you enjoy creating and decorating your home? Let us know in the comments, or write to us at support@brainnook.com!
Keep up to date on your friends with the News!
April 12th, 2011Now you can tell at a glance what your friends have been up to recently in BrainNook! Just click on the “News” button to see a list of everything that your friends (and you!) have done over the last few days. You can tell who’s won a new badge, unlocked a new level, or even changed their look (make sure you can still recognize them!).
You can congratulate your friends, or tell them how their look just “isn’t” them, by leaving a comment on any news item. As you play through BrainNook, your friends will get to see all the cool things you do as well!
Feeling happy or sad today? You can also post a status update about yourself in your News section, and all your friends will instantly know how you feel!
Play BrainNook now to get your first dose of today’s news!
Do you enjoy reading the news? Let us know in the comments below!
Make your own photos with the Photo Studio!
March 28th, 2011Now you can compose your own photos in BrainNook with the Photo Studio! Use your creativity, and all the items you own in BrainNook, to make a high quality memento to cherish!
To enter the Photo Studio, simply click on the button along the right of your screen. Once in the Photo Studio, you can drag and drop any of your badges, collectibles and spaceship parts into your photo. You can view your character from three different poses, and you can experiment with a variety of backgrounds from the worlds you’ve unlocked. You can even switch between color and black and white photos!
Once you’re happy with the way your photo looks, click “Take Photo” to save an image to your computer. You can use this image as your desktop background, or print it out to show your friends!
A photo created with the Photo Studio
Once you’ve won additional badges, bought more collectibles, or changed your character’s look, don’t forget to come back to the Photo Studio to make a new photo!
Head over to BrainNook now to try it out!
Do you enjoy making your own photos in the Photo Studio? Let us know in the comments below!
Find and make friends in BrainNook!
March 19th, 2011You can now make friends with other players in BrainNook! Adding someone as your friend makes it easier to keep track of what they are doing, and communicate with them whenever they’re online!
To add someone as a friend, simply click on them and choose “Add as Friend”. If they accept your friend request, you can now see them in your Friends List! For each friend, you can see whether they are online, and in which world.
The Friends List
Having someone as a friend also allows you to send them messages — even if they are in a different world! Just click on their name in the Friends List, and start typing. BrainNook will automatically remove any unsafe words from your message.
Messaging Friends
Friends are a great way to keep in touch with your real life friends in BrainNook, and make new friends from all over the world!
Start making friends now in BrainNook!
What do you think about this feature? Let us know in the comments below!
Class Leaderboards
March 9th, 2011If you’re playing BrainNook through an account that your teacher created, here’s a new way for you to compete with your friends from school!
Class leaderboards allow you to see how many points everyone in your class has scored, how many badges they’ve won, and more. You can also see where you rank and how many points you need to reach the top!
You can see your class leaderboard right from within BrainNook, when you are in any world.
Do your best to climb to the top of your class leaderboard!
