Take Your Class to the Next Level

FunnelBrain has launched a new version of Study Teams that bring students and teachers together with a robust set of team learning features including: – Upload and share Documents with your Team including Class Notes, Lesson Plans, and Assignments – Write a Team blog and keep everyone up-to-date on the latest developments and class announcements – [...]

Create A Study Group on FunnelBrain

Create study teams and invite your classmates and friends from Facebook! Add Flashcards, Quizzes and Photos and have real-time discussions in the message forum. Teams are designed to help you work together with other students in your class or on another continent. Click below to set up your study group today or click here to check out some [...]

Teaching Tips: How to Form Study Teams

In a recent post, I discussed the benefits of study teams.  In this post, I will offer a few tips on how to form study teams.  Before moving on to that topic, though, I want to share one more reason students should form study teams.  A long running study at Harvard University by Dr. Richard [...]

FunnelBrain Newsletter: Back To School Contest!

Welcome Back! FunnelBrain wants to welcome you back for the 2009-10 school year!  To kick things off, we are introducing a new contest so you can win cool stuff! It’s really easy to participate. Simply set-up a study team (or teams) on FunnelBrain and invite your classmates to join! Its fast, easy, and FREE!  Please [...]

Teaching Tips: The Power of Study Teams

We know that students learn best when they take an active role in the learning process.  This is not only common sense, it is a fundamental principle of teaching supported by ample research (see, for example, Tools for Teaching, by Barbara Gross Davis.  In this post I’m going to discuss one of the best techniques [...]