Work on BrainPond LLC products and services begain in early 2005. The concepts used in its framework and design are based on experiences of teachers. The core premise is that educators will use tools that help their students achieve performance and mastery goals.

 

BrainPond LLC consists of several websites and offers more than just a static website on the Internet. BrainPond.com, for example, provides tools to teachers to design their own websites easily while being visually stimulating. It is an integrated solution written in PHP, HTML, and Javascript using MySql databases. Tools integrated include: a wysiwyg editor (Windows version), clip art, background images, color and formatting options and more. Two calendars are available per teacher (private and public) where events can be entered on any date and viewed online or printed. Students can view the public calendar as a selection for their teacher using a public calendar on BrainPond.com.

 

A special email system has been developed and integrated into BrainPond too. If a teacher sets a flag in their web profile to allow students to send them email, then students can go to the teacher's website and send a message to the teacher. (A copy goes back to the student.) That email information is stored on in the teacher's BrainPond message record which can be accessed by the teacher and responded to by the teacher. (The system knows which messages belong to a teacher and will only allow that teacher to see and reply to messages to that teacher.) A trigger event occurs when a student sends a message to the BrainPond.com system that causes a copy of the message to be sent to the teacher via blindcopy. A blindcopy ensures that the teacher's personal email is not seen by the student as long as the teacher replys via the BrainPond.com message center.

 

Other tools have been developed on BrainPond.com. Resources are included on the StudentPond subject link pages which are owned by others. The purpose for these links is to do much of the research that teachers usually do looking for certain resources. We have created a free repository of those resources.

 

The systems used by BrainPond.com are located in the Micfo.com DataCenter.

Micfo.com has built a safe, reliable and dependable environment for its valued customers to host their websites within Equinix's IBX $110 Million state-of-art datacenter in Chicago Illinois. Equinix datacenters are among the best in its industry and provide customers unparalleled network performance and scalability. Already other major players in IT industry put their trust in Equinix datacenters such as IBM, Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Sony Online, General Electric, Electronic Arts, Hotwire to name just a few! Equinix datacenter features a state-of-art security system including 5 layers of biometrics palm scanners to enter and leave the

facility, over 600 video cameras with 30 day digital recording, along with kevlar floors and walls. In addition our customers have peace of mind knowing that in the event of any local power shortages, Equinix offers N+1 Redundant UPS Systems backed up by 6 250 kW Onan/Cummins diesel generators with 36 hours of fuel will make sure their websites remain live.

As we believe that having the latest, highest standard equipment is a necessity for providing the safest and most reliable environment for our customers, Micfo.com has recently made a huge financial investment buying brand new state-of-art servers and equipment including cabinets, APC, Cisco switches, Fiber drops, routers and etc, all protected inside our secure cage at Equinix. In addition with our highly skilled technical staff having physical access to our servers, our customers can be rest assured that any issues will always be resolved promptly and efficiently.

 

BrainPond LLC was created using teaching experiences and 25 years of Technology experience by its founders.