Hey Everyone, 

I need your help.  I was originally developing Attentiv to solve a business 
psychology problem <http://attentiv.com/employees-lying-to-you/>, but the 
educators that have tested the software so far have given me such positive 
feedback that I wanted to reach out to you in case it was something that 
you thought was worth covering.

Classes have a problem.  Extroverted students dominate the conversation, 
but sometimes they don’t actually have anything productive to say.  Introverts’ 
good ideas stay in their heads instead of spurring discussion.  Quiet’s 
Susan Cain pointed out 
<http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts/transcript?language=en>
 
that “there's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the 
best ideas.” Students stay quiet to avoid criticism or even lie when they 
don’t want the teacher to know how they really feel.  

Attentiv enables students by allowing them to anonymously answer questions 
and discuss topics in real-time during classes.  Students can even 
participate remotely with results published back to the virtual class for 
all to see.  The instructor can work from attached documents, planned 
questions, and can add new questions or topics during classes.  Attentiv 
also saves the results for future reference.

We’re in an open-beta right now and our primary account *is completely free*. 
Here’s our website: attentiv.com.

Please let me know if you have any questions or if you'd like me to run 
through the software with you! I'd love to get everyone's thoughts and 
feedback here. Please kick the tires a bit and let us know how we can 
improve what we've built. 


Thanks!


Dhinckley

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