Laurie Strand's Page

Hi Laurie,

You bring up a *hot topic*. We are currently tyring to build a feature so that users can "vote down" Brainypics they don't like and re-caption images. But that just takes some time to work out all the technical issues.

In the meanwhile, what we are trying to do is get users to write correct sentences in the comments. We originally tried to fix the sentences ourselves or email to the author and ask him or her to resubmit, but we got overwhelmed by the volume of new cards.

Any suggestions?

-Jack

Hey Laurie,

Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

Do you mind passing my message along to students and your HS colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

Hey Laurie,

Our Brainyflix video contest just ended, and I wanted to thank you for helping us get the word out. We got 800 submissions from across the country!

That said, MIT was really happy with the results and will let us run another contest, so we're going for it! But this time, we're gonna have kids create Brainypics flashcards - which are images and sentences paired up with a one of our SAT/ACT words. The contest ends May 22nd, and there'll be iTunes and a cash prize like last time. To boot, we'll double the payout if the kids can hit a certain goal. More details at brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules.

Do you mind passing along my message to the students you know?

Thanks,
Jack

Oh cool. Yes, we'll accept videos from anybody. If a homeschool student happens to win, we'd be more than happy to award the $400 that would ordinarily go to their school to something like a library of their choice (as it's a public education entity).

Yay! Thanks, Laurie. We'd love to have your kids get involved :]

Hi Laurie. I was wondering if you have students or educator contacts who would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!