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Kimberly
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
By far the best online manipulative site!
Brainingcamp has awesome webinars that not only show HOW to use the site, but also helps develop teachers' understanding.
CONSI can't think of anything! If I had to say something, I guess I would say the price.
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
I was using Didax (I didn't see that in the list above) but Brainingcamp has so many more useful pieces (for example, being able to copy and being able to write on the screen).
Donna
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Excellent Website for Math Virtual Manipulatives
I really love Brainingcamp and recommend it to everyone who works with students of all ages. It makes teaching so much more engaging.
PROSI love the variety of manipulatives available and how easy it is to use the website with students of all ages.
CONSI don't really have any cons, although the price for a subscription can be a bit much for a schoolteacher.
Kevin
E-Learning, 1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed December 2023
Braining Camp - Caribbean Mathematics Teacher Review
It is more suitable for Primary School Mathematics than Secondary School or A' Level College.
CONSWorkshops and videos on YouTube need to incorporate Secondary and A' Level College content.
Reason for choosing Brainingcamp
To experiment and compare the products as one was free and braining camp was at a cost and they are similar.
Betty
Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
So Many Features to Support Conceptual Understanding
The program was very easy to implement. Teachers understood how to use it quickly. When I had a question, the team was very responsive and helpful.
PROSBrainingcamp is an amazing tool. There are so many types of manipulatives. I love that you can create share codes and the "Go live" feature lets teachers see student work in real time and comment on their work. There are so many additional tools like number lines, number paths, ten frames, and number bonds that integrate with every manipulative. Text and drawing tools allow students to show their work and share codes and the copy feature allow them to capture their thinking to share with teachers. They also offer incredible free trainings offered by leaders in the field.
CONSIt is wonderful - I can't think of anything that I don't like.
Jennifer
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Helps Kids Make Their Thinking Visible
Their customer service is excellent - I always get a quick response from a real person.
PROSStudents at my school, even kindergartners, have no difficulty learning to use Brainingcamp. Using the virtual manipulatives allows them to make sense of problems and creatively express their thinking. We have created many beautiful bulletin boards showcasing this work by saving and printing what they made. BrainingCamp is an excellent tool that works well with our core math curriculum. Of course, real hands-on manipulatives are very important, but Brainingcamp offers unlimited supplies of manips and also an easy way to capture their work that can be referred back to later.
CONSNone that I can think of - I like that they are constantly adding new features!
Melissa
Primary/Secondary Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Braining Camp puts visual learning at students fingertips.
They are continuously improving their tools and ease of function. Their webinars are engaging and directly relevant to my job responsibilities. Their team is responsive to questions and suggestions.
CONSMost of the concerns I have had with the BrainingCamp tools over the years have already been improved upon. Now they make improvements I hadn't even thought of.
Anna
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Love BrainingCamp!
BrainingCamp is super easy to use and it had made teaching online significantly easier. As a school that does not provide many physical manipulatives, this is a great way for students to visually see problems.
CONSIt would be nice to have a drop down on the website that provides all of these different ways to use braining camp, rather than having to hunt down share codes.
Catalina
Primary/Secondary Education, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Enhancing My Lessons With Brainingcamp
I absolutely love Brainingcamp. It's clever, beautifully designed, easy to navigate, and centered to meet the needs of teachers and students.
PROSBrainingcamp is an outstanding tool that I use to enhance the portion of my lessons where I model math skills. The students are able to see how I work through problems before they attempt to do it themselves. My favorite manipulatives I use with my 2nd graders are the base 10 blocks. Brainingcamp has an amazing feature that breaks up tens, hundreds, and thousands into smaller parts, and is able to regroup them just as quickly. This is an exceptional feature for my visual learners.
CONSI have to save up enough money to purchase a license, however their licenses are very reasonably priced, especially for the quality of manipulatives and the hard work that was placed into creating such a fantastic site.
Nicole
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used monthly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Braining Camp is a must have when teaching or Learning Math
Braining Camp has helped me as a teacher remove obstacles to learning. Students who thought they wouldn't be able to understand the Math we were learning were happy and knew they walked away "getting it".
PROSThe two things I like most about Braining Camp is its versatility and its ability to bridge abstract Math concepts to the physical world.
CONSThere isn't anything I like least. Most of the time if I can't figure out a feature, my students get to teach me!
Elizabeth
E-Learning, 51-200 employees
Used monthly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
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I was especially grateful to Brainingcamp during the pandemic when I was remotely teaching individual students. Not only did it help tremendously curricularly, but students were engaged and found it fun!
PROSVery clear instruction on how to use the various on-line manipulatives. Excellent relevance to classroom topics, especially with students who learn best by discovery. [sensitive content hidden] has great energy and is passionate about teaching math/helping math teachers.
CONSThere was a lot to take in in a very short time. It was difficult to get to the redemption code.
Nikki
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
The BEST virtual math manipulatives
My overall experience has always been positive! Whenever I have experienced technical difficulties, which is not often, their customer support is quick and efficient in solving the problem. What I love most is that they are always looking for ways to improve their product and are open to suggestions.
PROSI absolutely love using BrainingCamp for modeling lessons, student interaction, and monitoring student work “live”. BrainingCamp is so user friendly and they are constantly making improvements to their product. They also provide free PD sessions from some of the top math coaches/specialists in the country that can be accessed at any time on their website.
CONSI honestly can’t think of any cons. They offer free trial offers and customer support is always available.
Alicia
E-Learning, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2022
Brainingcamp Review - In Classroom setting Grades 1-6
- useful for periods where online learning is necessary
PROS- The variety of math tools available to model mathematics thinking - The ready made tasks available in several strands of math (keep them coming!) - The ability to design tasks and save the share code - The live feature and the ability to download student work in a pdf format - In the live setting the students cannot interfere other students' work - the ability to lock screens when students are off task or when students need further instruction
CONS- What I would really love more than anything is the ability to paste a screen clipping or clip art onto the Brainingcamp board when making my own workspaces. Too often I am toggling back and forth sharing two screens with the question showing and the brainingcamp workspace showing on a seperate screen. In the live mode I would like the ability to showcase one student's work by making it full screen - I would like the excess tools or tools which you would like to delete to go back into the menu instead of going under the menu and remaining in the count (particularly important for base ten activities) - I wish the number line could contain a much greater range - Sometimes when students leave the live session their work removes with them. We have tried to remedy this by having students who are complete raise their hand green and then we lock their screen
Patrick
Education Management, 10,000+ employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Thinking Through The Math
I feel that I can make great use of brainingcamp adapting to a majority of my math concepts to be taught.
PROSIt allows for UDL connection to students engagement and empowerment in their learning. The teacher-to-student feedback is immediate and thus correction and or affirmations can be given whole class or selected students. Brainingcamp manipulatives open the mind for exploration solving problems in their way. Making sense in their way. The students' way.
CONSI would like to see page creations like in slides so that I could develop an integrated lesson with specific manipulatives that also allow for individuality in that student's learning.
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
Ease of use and a collection of manipulative at my finger tips.
Samantha
Primary/Secondary Education, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Brainingcamp Review
Great experience - students really enjoy, find it very helpful that the sharecodes never expire and can be saved within my unit plans, versatile, ideas with tasks to get you started if unfamiliar, the webinars are fantastic!!!
PROSManipulatives match the real-life, provides opportunities to model for the whole class while the students use manipulatives at their workspaces, offers Canadian options!
CONSI would love to be able project/share as a whole screen
Erin
Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2023
Brainingcamp for Elementary Education
I have only touched the surface, but love going in to model lesssons and see kids use it and love it!
PROSMy favorite feature for teachers are the codes for premade lessons to help them discover how much they can use this for. It gets them in the door without a ton of prep!
CONSSometimes moving items can be challenging
Alicia
E-Learning, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Brainingcamp is fantastic!
This tool has been so great for my students! As a teacher, it has been wonderful to have a resource that my students can use for in-person learning as well as if we happen to pivot online!
PROSI love that I am able to easily access the work my students are doing!
CONSAt times it requires a bit of exploration for students to understand the sub-features. However, when given the chance to explore each of the manipulatives, they are able to use the supplies
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
My school board purchased a Brainingcamp license!
Nicole
Education Management, 10,000+ employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2022
Best Virtual Manipulative
This is awesome! We use this on almost a daily basis.
PROSEasy to use, multiple manipulatives with several different interfaces (number lines, hundreds chart, etc)
CONSLack of coins and bills manipulative within the application
Miriam
Primary/Secondary Education, 5,001-10,000 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed August 2022
Amazing!
It is amazing!!!! I can use it in so many different ways and adapt it to my student needs.
PROSI love that it offers so many features of the hands on manipulatives digitally. The live feature is so helpful with collaborative learning, and I absolutely love the ability to create tasks and assign them to my students.
CONSI can’t think of anything right now. I love everything about it!
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
It has more to offer.
Kimberly
Education Management, 51-200 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
An invaluable tool
This educational software is so flexible for students to use - so many options, from backgrounds and work mats, to labeled or unlabeled manipulatives. So many options for all levels of learners. The creators truly listen to educators’ suggestions and change when needed.
CONSI really know of no cons-other than hoping for the creators to add 3D shapes to the tool box.
sarah
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed May 2022
Brainingcamp
Incredible customer service.
PROSEase and alignment of Integration with instruction
CONSWould appreciate a few more features to align with our instructional goals.
Nancy
Education Management, 501-1,000 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Great Resource for Students and Educators Alike
Great way to help students practice and consolidate the math concepts being taught in the classroom. Students love being able to use the computer, and sometimes manipulatives for each student are just not feasible. I also love the premade tasks for teachers. Help make planning a great math lesson easy.
CONSSome activities are difficult to manipulate without a mouse especially for the younger students.
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
premade tasks
Laura
Education Management, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2022
Great tool for teaching various math concepts!
The best thing about this software is that what the teacher see is exactly what the students see. So teachers are not surprised by anything on the student side of Brainingcamp.
CONSStudents have to type in the share and live codes. If there was a way for teachers to send the code to the students within Brainingcamp, that would be great! It can be tricky for our younger students to type the codes.
Michelle
Education Management, 1 employee
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed January 2024
Math Thinking Made Easy
Finally a ressource that is more user friendly and simple to use!
PROSThe virtual manipulatives are easy to use and integrate into a worksheet. I especially like to do the double open number line as other resources don't allow this. The Rekenrek is aligned properly (5 rows of red-white beads followed by 5 rows of white-red beads on a white background) and easy to copy into my worksheets. Other resources do 10 rows of red-white which doesn't easily show the quantity of 50. The icons are explicit and simple.
CONSNumber line range is not always what I need (spaces, numbers).
Reasons for switching to Brainingcamp
For reasons specified in the «Pros» section of this document.
Mohamed
Primary/Secondary Education, 1,001-5,000 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2023
Visually Mathematics
I am using Brainingcamp currently with students in teaching them about fraction/decimal conversion, especially with using the cuisenaire rods and the fraction/decimal strips.
PROSThe ease of use in creating fractions problems both with numbers and the cuisennaire.com
CONSNone. I love everything about Brainingcamp.
Lynn
E-Learning, 201-500 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
3
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed June 2022
My review
The visualization of the manipulates are great for all learners of all capacities.
PROSVirtual manipulates make learning more equitable and fundamental for student understanding. Loved pre-lessons already done.
CONSStudent understanding of navigating the tools.