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GotBrainy Video Winner Announcement!!!

miteach — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 06:07:34 +0000

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~

Semaphore!!!

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

Congrats to Dylan and the runner-ups! Thank you for your creativity and humor.

GotBrainy :)

miteach — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:01:40 +0000

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!

miteach — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:42:18 +0000

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

Sanguine (adj) - Cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident

Compress (v) - To press together into smaller space

Aghast (adj) - Struck with terror and amazement

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P.S. – We’re starting our video contest on January 1st. Submissions are open til March 15. Go here for more details: http://brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules

Brainypics Grand Prize Winner :D

miteach — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:33:28 +0000

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

#8 RUNNER UP – kris_kidd

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

#7 RUNNER UP – drewprice11

gratuitous (adj): Unnecessary; free, voluntary; without reason or cause

#6 RUNNER UP – countrymusiclover

lethargic (adj): sluggish, weary, apathetic

#5 RUNNER UP – jberestovoy

LEWD - (adj) Obscene or indecent; characterized by lust or lasciviousness

#4 RUNNER UP – Marina

ABNEGATION - (noun) denial of comfort to oneself

#3 RUNNER UP – matchmanmatt

ACERBIC (adj) - Biting, bitter in tone or taste

#2 RUNNER UP – vazquezd

BELLIGERENT - (adj) Warlike; given to waging war

#1 RUNNER UP – bott_geneseohs

despondent (adj): Discouraged; disheartened

$200 GRAND PRIZE WINNER…

COERCE (v) - To force to think or behave in a certain way by use of pressure or intimidation (specifically, by one person to one or more others)

Congratulations, JKollar!

And props to our Runner Ups and Finalists. Our judges struggled greatly choosing amongst your hilarious (and weird) work ;]

Thanks again, everybody! Your participation has resulted in a fun and free resource that will now help others. And hopefully you learned and had fun making Brainypics, too.

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P.S. – Starting January 1 of next year, we will begin our:

Brainyflix Video Contest

Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah. To learn more about how you can win the $600 Grand Prize, go to http://brainyflix.com/main/contest_rules

Finalists for the $200 Grand Prize

miteach — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:01:48 +0000

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

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

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

TRANSMUTE (v) - To change in nature, substance, or form

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

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

INIMICAL (adj) - Adverse; unfavorable; antagonistic

DEFILE (v) - To make unclean, impure

ESCHEW (v) - to abstain or keep away from; shun, avoid

Avenge (v) - to seek revenge

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

Renown (n) - Honor, acclaim

Clemency (n) - Mercy

Indolent (adj) - Habitually inactive or idle

animated: (adj) lively; (v) to give life to

garish (adj): gaudy, in bad taste

gratuitous (adj): Unnecessary; free, voluntary; without reason or cause

aberration (n): The act of departing from the normal course; the act of deviating from the usual type

despondent (adj): Discouraged; disheartened

quandary (n): A puzzling predicament

adhere (v): to stick to something ; to follow devoutly

lethargic (adj): sluggish, weary, apathetic

somnolent (adj): Sleepy, drowsy

vocation (n): A particular occupation or profession; calling

Assess (v) - To determine the value of

Excavate (v) - To remove by digging or scooping out

Meritorious (adj) - Deserving of praise or merit

Fatuous (adj) - Idiotic; stupid; without sense of reality

Dour (adj) - Stern, joyless

LEWD - (adj) Obscene or indecent; characterized by lust or lasciviousness

HARROWING - (adj) Agonizing, distressing

BELLIGERENT - (adj) Warlike; given to waging war

FETID - (adj) Having a foul odor

SYCOPHANT - (noun) A flatterer seeking the approval of others; yes man; brown noser

MENDACIOUS - (adj) Lying; false

EXPUNGE - (v) to obliterate, eradicate

VITUPERATE - (v) to berate, use harsh language

DISPERSE - (v) to scatter or to cause to scatter (with an object); to be scattered (without an object)

ZEALOUS (adj) -fervent, filled with eagerness in pursuit of something

ANESTHESIA - (n) loss of sensation

APPALLING - (adj) inspiring shock, horror, disgust

COERCE (v) - To force to think or behave in a certain way by use of pressure or intimidation (specifically, by one person to one or more others)

ABNEGATION - (noun) denial of comfort to oneself

INNOCUOUS - (adj) Harmless

ABORT (v) - To give up unfinished

ACERBIC (adj) - Biting, bitter in tone or taste

CAJOLE (v) - To impose on or dupe by flattering speech

EXEMPLARY (adj) - Serving as a model or example worthy of copying

ILLICIT (adj) - Illegal

NO SOURCE STATED FOR THE BRAINYPIC FOR “ILLICIT”.

MALEDICTION (n) - Utterance of a curse

NADIR (n) - Lowest point

PACIFY (v) - To bring into a peaceful state; to appease, calm

NO SOURCE STATED FOR THE BRAINYPIC FOR “PACIFY”.

PRESUMPTUOUS (adj) - Assuming too much

PUNCTILIOUS (adj) - Very attentive to following rules

Your Week 10 Winners!

miteach — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:00:36 +0000

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

TRANSMUTE (v) - To change in nature, substance, or form

ACCESSIBLE (adj) - Approachable; easy to get to

ABSTAIN (v) - To hold oneself back voluntarily

Congrats to Kris_kidd, Quinn, Caleb717, Lizard_king_93 and Babyblue_456 for their contributions.

I’ll put together a post with all of the Finalists ASAP for you to check out, as our judges git bizaaay!

Final Week to Submit Brainypics!

miteach — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:30:39 +0000

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

INIMICAL (adj) - Adverse; unfavorable; antagonistic

DEFILE (v) - To make unclean, impure

ESCHEW (v) - to abstain or keep away from; shun, avoid

Congrats to Misfit1, Lsliker, Asentimentalman, AlbertWesker and Anna Ellis. And thanks again to everyone who participated!

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If you still want to win iTunes and get a shot at our $200 Grand prize, THIS IS OUR FINAL WEEK OF COMPETITION!

Anyone can get involved. You just need to create a Brainypic at Brainyflix.com.

Good luck, everybody!

Om Nom Nom: Thanksgiving Brainypics

miteach — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:00:59 +0000

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”

miteach — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:55:59 +0000

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

Renown (n) - Honor, acclaim

Clemency (n) - Mercy

Indolent (adj) - Habitually inactive or idle

You can thank Elgringoalex, Insomniacmushroom, Ipopstar, Ez Mac + Rice + Anna, and Jberestovoy for the lols. Well done, well done. :]

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Are you feeling “emoticon sadface” because your Brainypic was not picked? Do you want to win iTunes and compete for our $200 grand Prize?

We still have 2 more weeks of competition left! This week’s contest: Thanksgiving (what else). Give us your funniest Brainypics with a Turkey Day theme.

Get gobblin’ at Brainyflix.com.

Oops my late video announcement of winners…

miteach — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:03:09 +0000

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.

GotBrainy Blog ... Learn SAT & ACT Vocab w/ Videos & Pics

GotBrainy Video Winner Announcement!!!

***Semaphore!!!***

GotBrainy :)

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

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

Happy Holidays, Everybody!

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Brainypics Grand Prize Winner :D

#10 RUNNER UP – babyblue_456

#9 RUNNER UP – elgringoalex

#8 RUNNER UP – kris_kidd

#7 RUNNER UP – drewprice11

#6 RUNNER UP – countrymusiclover

#5 RUNNER UP – jberestovoy

#4 RUNNER UP – Marina

#3 RUNNER UP – matchmanmatt

#2 RUNNER UP – vazquezd

#1 RUNNER UP – bott_geneseohs

$200 GRAND PRIZE WINNER…

Congratulations, JKollar!

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Brainyflix Video Contest

Finalists for the $200 Grand Prize

Your Week 10 Winners!

WOWOWOWOWOWOW.

Final Week to Submit Brainypics!

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Om Nom Nom: Thanksgiving Brainypics

Winners for “Brainypics About Brainypics”

Oops my late video announcement of winners…

Semaphore!!!

Brainyflix.com is now GotBrainy.com!

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