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BrainyFlix wants to help students prepare for the SATs through a mode of learning that research has proven to be very powerful for 21st century learners – video. Here is the contest overview:
We’re trying to help kids prepare for the SAT by offering fun and free videos about SAT vocabulary, made by YOU!
We’re offering $600 in prize money to the video that receives the most number of votes. $200 of the payout will go to the maker(s) of the video and $400 to the class or school club of his/her choice.

And to make this viral, we’ll give out 1 free iTunes download for every 5 videos you submit or referrals you provide. iTunes downloads available for first 1000 videos only.

Here are the basic contest rules:

* Make a video about any SAT/ACT vocabulary word of your choosing from this list. On that list, they show you how many videos have been submitted for each word. You are encouraged to choose one without any videos submissions.

* 1 video for 1 word, but you can make as many videos as you want.

* Anyone can enter the competition! Just remember that part of the prize money has to go to a U.S. high school or middle school of your choosing.

* All voting will happen at BrainyFlix.com, so make sure your video includes the following text: “Vote for this video at www.BrainyFlix.com/xxxxx”. And substitute the “xxxxx” with your vocab word.

* Important contest dates:
o Video submission ends: 3/16/2009
o Voting opens: 3/23/2009
o Voting ends: 4/5/2009
o Winners announced: 4/13/2009

Click here to watch videos that some students have already created.  Take a look at what you can do with xtranormal to create an SAT video contest entry.

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