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Week 9 Brainypics Winners, 1 More Week Left!

Here are 5 tough SAT vocab words, taught by our hilarious winners from last week's Brainypics contest. 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 tell your students to show the source!…

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Added by Jack on November 29, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Final Week of the Brainypics Competition :)

Hello teachers! 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 get your kids to Brainypics that are funny and memorable. :] Getting started is easy (of course):… Continue

Added by Jack on November 28, 2009 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Your Thanksgiving Brainypics :)

Ohai. This week's Brainypics contest: THANKSGIVING! (What else?)

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

And you can start making pics at… Continue

Added by Jack on November 23, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Brainypics: Week 8 Winners

Hi-yo! Here are 5 tough SAT vocab words, taught by our hilarious winners from last week's "Brainypics About Brainypics" contest. As always, choosing them was very tough cause our users are funnaaaay.

You can thank Elgringoalex,… Continue

Added by Jack on November 23, 2009 at 12:03pm — No Comments

Week 8 Contest: Brainypics About Brainypics

This week’s Brainypics theme is: Brainypics About Brainypics

We got this idea from some really funny users. Basically, you create Brainypics with sentences that refer to other Brainypics, you as the creator, the Brainyflix website, etc. We want you to get "self-referential".

Why participate? Because between now and Dec. 7, we'll be picking 5 Brainypics vocab flashcards every week which will compete for our $200 Grand… Continue

Added by Jack on November 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Brainypics: Funniest Photo Winners

Here are the 10 "Funniest Photo" Winners. You'll notice that we have an affinity for picking Brainypics where the creators weren't afraid of getting a bit goofy (kinda like us). Enjoy!…

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Added by Jack on November 15, 2009 at 4:12pm — No Comments

Week 7 Brainypics Contest: Your Funniest Photos

Thus far, we’ve accepted images from everywhere so long as you document the source. But this week, the students are the source!

For Week 7 of our Brainypics contest, we want their funniest photos of just about anything: their uncle Mort sweating it up on the dance floor, a mobile pic they took of you stuffing your face in the cafeteria... whatever. Just be original and have fun with it.

Get started and go to… Continue

Added by Jack on November 9, 2009 at 5:58pm — No Comments

Brainypics: "Imaginary Conversation" Winners

Good job, everybody! Your students created over 540 Brainypics last week, which beat the previous record by about 100 pics. Wow. And we were quite impressed by those students who were up for the challenge of imagining fake conversations. Clearly, they are as crazy as we are, if not moreso. Hahaha.

Here are 5 words to help on the SAT & ACT courtesy of our very deserving winners. Enjoy!…

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Added by Jack on November 9, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Week 6 Brainypics Contest: Imaginary Conversations

Say what?

For week 6, we are asking for Brainypics where the sentence is what somebody is saying in an imaginary conversation that is happening in the picture. Just as you pick the word, picture and sentence, you get to come up with the conversation, too. The sillier, the better, of course. :]

A little confused? Here are some examples I came up with to help you in your kids in their quest for iTunes and those dolla dolla billz.…

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Added by Jack on November 2, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Brainypics Halloween Winners

Thanks to everyone who got their students to create, vote for & comment on Brainypics last week. We received over 450 new flashcards! The kids must really love their vocabulary (or iTunes).

Here are the 5 words for the SAT and ACT courtesy of last week's winners: jberestovoy, kody AND CHRIS, soccerrulz_93, vazquezd and libbrown.…

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Added by Jack on November 2, 2009 at 11:57am — No Comments

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