GotBrainy Video Winner Announcement!!!

Thank you to everyone who participated!  After much deliberation, our esteemed judges at Salesforce have cast their votes.  They chose based on what was memorable and taught accurately, and we asked that they take into consideration public voting.

Since deciding was so difficult, our judges picked 9 runner-ups, who will each receive an iTunes giftcard.  And of course, they selected your 2010 GotBrainy Video Champ, who has won the $600 grand prize.  Ooooo~

10. antiseptic    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1921
9. impregnable    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1923
8. vex    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1525
7. juxtapose    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1777
6. burnish        http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1711
5. confection    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1667
4. palette    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1776
3. ubiquitous    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/show/1928
2. speculative    http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1717
1. And finally, the Grand Prize Winner…

***Semaphore!!!***

http://www.gotbrainy.com/videos/1638

GotBrainy :)

Big announcement, everybody:

***Brainyflix.com is now GotBrainy.com!***

The main reason for this change is that we’ve been doing more than just ‘flix’ for the past few months.  So we wanted a name that reflected all the stuff we’ve been doing to help you get brainiererer… er.

That said, the name change does not mean that we’re stopping with the videos!  In fact, we’ve got our vocabulary video contest happening now:

***Compete to win $600 by making a funny video about an SAT word***

• We’ve already begun accepting submissions!  The deadline is 3/15/2010.
• Anyone can enter, and we’ll have prizes for runner-ups and iTunes songs for anyone who submits 3 videos.
• If you need to boost your grade, ask your teacher if s/he’ll give you extra credit for it.

For more details and good examples, go to http://www.gotbrainy.com/main/contest_rules

Happy Holidays, Everybody!

To get you in the spirit of the holidays, we thought we’d share some inspired Brainypics with y’all. Enjoy!

choreography (n) - the arrangement of dances

Enervate (v) - To weaken or deprive of strength

Brainypics Grand Prize Winner :D

Root-doot-doot-doot-da-doot! 10 weeks and 3,818 Brainypics later (whoa), we have our 10 Runners up and our Grand Prize Winner, as selected by our panel of judges. Ooohhh~ The Runners Up shall receive iTunes gift cards, and of course, our winner has won $200 to be split with his or her school.

#10 RUNNER UP – babyblue_456

ABSTAIN (v) - To hold oneself back voluntarily

#9 RUNNER UP – elgringoalex

Avenge (v) - to seek revenge

Finalists for the $200 Grand Prize

Our judges are busy picking a worthy winner and some runner ups out of these 55 funny and creative finalists. We said we’d announce the results by the 10th but to give the judges enough time we’re aiming for the 13th cause we’re nice like that.
Enjoy!

ACCESSIBLE (adj) - Approachable; easy to get to

ABSTAIN (v) - To hold oneself back voluntarily

Your Week 10 Winners!

WOWOWOWOWOWOW.

As of midnight last night, you guys created 900+ Brainypics in one week. Who da man?  YOU da man.  That’s right. Way to finish strong, everybody!  :]

As you’d imagine, picking this week’s winners to round out the Finalists for the $200 Grand Prize was harder than ever, but we found some worthy winners…

CLANDESTINE (adj) - Surreptitious; kept or done in secret

DEFACE (v) - To mar or disfigure the face or external surface of

Final Week to Submit Brainypics!

Hi guys! I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving eating til your bellies bulged.

This is the final week of the Brainypics contest. We’ll be picking the last 5 finalists who will compete for our $200 Grand Prize and win themselves iTunes songs.  Ooooohhhhh~

We won’t be setting a special theme this week. Just make your Brainypics funny and memorable.  Getting started is easy (of course): http://Brainyflix.com.

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And here are 5 vocab words to help you on the SAT courtesy of last week’s winners.  Some were Thanksgiving-themed, others were just flat-out hilarious.  All can be enjoyed. :]

P.S. – We had some really great submissions which we had to pass on because there was no source listed. Ooooffffff. Please remember to show the source!

ASPERSION (n) - a curse, expression of ill-will

FABRICATE (v) - To make or create; to invent in order to deceive

Om Nom Nom: Thanksgiving Brainypics

Ohai. Here is this week’s Brainypics contest: THANKSGIVING!

Here are some examples I made to get you into the turkey (eating) spirit. :]

Consummate (v) - To bring to completion

Delegate (v) - To hand over responsibility for something

Start making Brainypics at Brainyflix.

Winners for “Brainypics About Brainypics”

Hi-yo! Here are 5 tough vocab words to help you on the SAT, taught by our hilarious winners from last week’s “Brainypics About Brainypics” contest. As always, choosing them was very tough cause you guys are funnaaaay.

Avenge (v) - to seek revenge

Pathos (n) - Quality of being able to evoke pity or sympathy

Oops my late video announcement of winners…

I should have posted this sooner, but you can get all the info in it from the previous posts. It’s just in video format and has my handsome mug.