During February, subscribers were given opportunities to make suggestions* in any area of AfterMath Enterprises, including, of course, the Weekly Photo/Sharings. The Top 3 Suggestions, in order, came from Alexis Avis, Jeff Campbell, and Lisa Ham. Here are the Winners’ Suggestions, along with their Prizes, and a Comment or two:
*We’re ALWAYS looking for suggestions, of course, but this month, there were PRIZES to be had as well
First Place: Alexis Avis. Prize: $20 Cash
Suggestion: I’d like one deep math problem that isn’t a riddle, just takes math reasoning to solve . One that you needn’t use trig or calculus to solve, but putting numbers together in thoughtful ways. When I tutored ACT math to my high schoolers, there were some questions that grabbed me. Anyway, that’s all I could suggest that would add to your already entertaining site.
Comment: I’m pleased to have this suggestion – from at least one person anyway. :-). At the same time, I don’t want to ‘run off’ my non-math types. 🙂 Alexis’ suggestion is at least confirmation enough to try it more often, along with the other ‘usual’ Brain Teasers. Folks can still pick/choose in each collection.
Second Place: Jeff Campbell. Prize: $5 cash OR a 2015 calendar of choice.
Suggestion: Provide more links between items (especially cartoons), rather than having to return to the Weekly Mailing.
Comment: This is a great idea, of course! I’ve done it on a smaller scale, but need to be more conscious of it. The one glitch is that MailChimp and/or WordPress (the platforms that coordinate for the Mailings) don’t seem to want to allow me to get readers back to the Mailing – at least easily. That would be a flaw, it seems to me, so I’ll keep checking – it would be good for ALL of us!! (Anything that makes it easier for you to explore is better for me, too!)
THIRD PRIZE: Lisa Ham Prize: 2015 Calendar OR a set of OSS Note Cards.
Suggestion: I am a visual person….so with the brain teasers and the problem solving…why not have pictures/animations to supplement the questions? Thank you.
Comment: I like this idea, and I like doing things like this (and often do, in other venues). Apparently WordPress does not. 🙂 It won’t allow me to insert such items into the posts. At least yet? I’m exploring other (clever :-)) options, as well.