Learning On The Job

There are only a few days left to take advantage of free Brightstorm courses. The offer runs out on November 30, 2008… [The free course offer is finished, but at $49/per course/year it is still a great deal!]

For those that don’t know, Brightstorm offers online video courses in a variety of subjects: Geometry, Algebra II, SAT Writing, SAT Math, SAT Critical Writing, AP US History, AP US Government, US History, and Writing. 

I had the pleasure of working with the company over the summer and can say that they are unequivocally committed to bringing choice and quality to students everywhere, regardless of where they happen to live.

Check it out, give it a try, and let me know what you think! I’m hoping to go back next summer and improve upon Version 1.0. Also, if you’re interested in possibly creating and presenting a course, let me know and I’ll get some more information to you about applying.

Earlier, I wrote about my summer job.

It’s official now: Brightstorm is live! And there is a whole bunch of high-powered press surrounding it: articles in the New York Times, on Mashable, and on TechCrunch, just to name a few.

I’m very proud of the work that has been going on over there (I’ve been just a very small part of it!) and would like to say thank you to Chris, Jeff, Bum Soo and Danielle in particular and to everybody over at the head office in general. You guys are the real rock stars!

I’m very excited to see where this will lead!

Photo credit: “Liftoff” by Eric Charlton

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Over the summer I did some work creating video math lessons that can be watched on a subscription basis. It’s called Brightstorm and I think it is pretty cool. Not only is it video content, but it is also trying to build a community of users who can connect. It’s initially marketed towards the US college bound market but I hope that it’ll go global in its audience soon!

The process was pretty amazing: professional camera crews, amazing office staff, great interns, and a fabulous setting. I am really excited about this concept: delivering high quality online video content to students who want it.

In the Small World Department: The production assistant in my studio said to me: “Are you the Mr. Hamada who used to teach at Rowland?” Yup, that’s right: after 8 years out of the country and almost 10 years since I taught him, Gilbert ended up going from my Geometry class as my student to my Brightstorm studio as my production assistant. Crazy…

If you’re interested in a beta account, go to the Brightstorm web site. Be sure to let them know you saw it here!

[[Disclosure: As you might have guessed, I am under contract with Brightstorm.]]

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