FunnelBrain Brings Academic Success Through Online Collaboration Tools
Students and teachers work together and create study materials on FunnelBrain. com
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 3, 2009
FunnelBrain, LLC announced the public beta launch of FunnelBrain. com (http://www. funnelbrain. com), an academic question and answer site that provides an environment for collaborative online learning. FunnelBrain, founded by seasoned Internet executives from Move, Inc. (NASDAQ:MOVE) and education experts, has been developing the new site for a year.
"Our focus is on enabling online collaboration in a student driven community," said Joe DeTuno, CEO of FunnelBrain. "Bringing together social media and learning allows students to easily connect and learn from one another."
On FunnelBrain, students work in teams to create review questions and answers, paired with video explanations, for academic subjects. Wiki-style content creation tools and easy to use video, audio, text and images empower the group collaboration.
Key Features Include:
Free Online Flashcards (http://www. funnelbrain. com/searchResults. php? searchTxt=&decks=tru)
Create review questions using a rich text editor with embed videos, photos, audio voice-over, special characters and math equations. Example flashcard sets include AP Psychology (http://www. funnelbrain. com/searchResults. php? searchTxt=ap%20psychology&decks=true), AP Biology (http://www. funnelbrain. com/searchResults. php? searchTxt=ap%20biology&decks=true), AP Chemistry, AP Literature, AP Economics, AP Calculus and many others.
Explanations and Mnemonics:
Include an explanation and mnemonic device for all your review materials using videos, images and text.
Free Study Groups
Create groups and invite friends, add photos, and have real-time discussions. The invitation feature even allows you to invite friends from your favorite social network including Facebook and MySpace.
Profiles and Friends:
Add a profile photo. Add your classmates and friends. Include information such as your favorite class, the school you attend and groups you have joined. Your profile is automatically updated with study materials you save, create and review on FunnelBrain.
The FUNNEL:
The FUNNEL is a learning application that manages your study process to make it efficient and effective using a spaced repetition algorithm that presents the right question at the right time.
Discussion Boards, Ratings & Tagging:
Discuss and comment on any question, answer or group topic in real-time. You may also rate and tag content to make it easier to find and share in the community.
Video Gallery for Flashcards and Explanations:
Upload unlimited number videos for all your questions, answers, explanations and mnemonics.
Find Study Materials:
Dynamically search throughout the entire site for any review question, flashcard set, group, comment or classmate.
About FunnelBrain LLC:
FunnelBrain is an academic question and answer site that provides an environment for collaborative online learning. For additional information visit blog. funnelbrain. com (http://blog. funnelbrain. com). FunnelBrain is a trademark of FunnelBrain LLC.
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