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About Me: I teach 10th grade English to predominately English language learners. I am a first year teacher looking for new and creative ways to get my students to invest in their own learning rather than them wanting to just "pass" and get their credits.

At 9:14pm on April 24, 2009, Jack said…: Hey Robin,

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 colleagues again?

Thanks,
Jack

At 8:03pm on January 5, 2009, Jack said…: Cool! I hope your students get involved. Thanks, Robin!

At 8:49pm on December 29, 2008, Jack said…: Hi Robin!

Hope you're enjoying the winter break. I was wondering if you, your educator contacts or students would be interested in participating in a nationwide Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. We'd really like to get more students involved from Texas!

You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!