In the News
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Certell Surpasses 100,000 Poptential™ Users As Teachers Embrace E-Learning
Certell, Inc., announced that the number of teachers and students registered to use its free Poptential™ social studies curriculum packages exceeded 100,000 in 2022 as teachers forgo printed textbooks for more current and interactive online tools. Nearly 1 million interactions were recorded on the Poptential platform in the fall 2022 semester.
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Certell’s Poptential™ Free American History Curriculum Highlights Legacy of African Americans for Black History Month
Poptential™, a family of free, award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling, offers an array of engaging content about the Civil Rights Movement for instruction during Black History Month.
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Easy Edtech Podcast: How to Understand if Students Are Prepared for Class with Poptential™
In this episode, we discuss how to support teachers with classroom management, engagement, and actionable data collection. You’ll also hear how the Poptential curriculum has formative assessment seamlessly integrated and allows students to self-assess in real time!
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3 Ways to Make Inflation Interesting for Students
Storytelling can be an effective way for teachers to make topics like inflation relevant to students.
Accolades
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Certell Named a Finalist for Two 2022 Civvys Awards
The Civvys is the only national awards program dedicated to celebrating projects that emphasize working together across divides to strengthen communities and empower citizens. By leveraging collaboration as a core strength, these initiatives put community and nation before party, ideology, and narrow interests, embodying a civic spirit that inspires other Americans to take action.
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Poptential™ Wins Two Awards
Certell wins two awards for Poptential™, a family of free social studies courses.
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EdTech Awards 2022 Finalists
A very big congratulations to all The EdTech Awards 2022 finalists! Poptential™ was a Finalist for Best Curriculum and Instruction Solution.
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2021 NAEE Curriculum Bronze Award
Certell wins 2021 NAEE Curriculum Bronze Award for Economart from the National Association of Economic Educators
Published Research
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Engaging Students in Learning History through Pop Culture
Findings from a National Study with History & Social Studies Teachers
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How to flip the classroom and create avid learners
Instructors in a flipped classroom can spend class time answering student questions, guiding students, and implementing course concepts.
Announcements
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Poptential™ Expands Bell Ringer Content in Free Social Studies Curriculum
Poptential™, an award-winning family of free social studies course packages, has expanded and enhanced its Bell Ringer content with the goal of providing a bell ringer for every day of the school year.
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Poptential™ Free World History Content Tackles Latin American Independence
Poptential™, a family of award-winning social studies course packages that infuse lessons with digital storytelling using pop culture references, offers an array of engaging content to help World History instructors address National Hispanic Heritage Month and Latin American Independence.
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Digital storytelling: Lessen student anxiety, aid SEL
As the pandemic enters year three, more schools are returning to in-person teaching and making masks optional. However, teachers are finding that getting back to normal is anything but normal. Student anxiety, behavior issues, and learning problems are swelling. That’s why we’re hearing so much about social and emotional learning.
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EdTech Awards 2022 Finalists
A very big congratulations to all The EdTech Awards 2022 finalists! Poptential™ was a Finalist for Best Curriculum and Instruction Solution.