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WalkaboutNYC: Knewton office tour
On Friday, we took part in WalkaboutNYC, a one day showcase of tech companies around the city. Though the Roots were booked, over 80 people came by our office to enjoy snacks and beer (nothing like a tech event to encourage day drinking!) and hear a bit about what makes all …
Stop staring into the bright blue light
At night, our office is filled with people staring into computer monitors in dim light. Our eyes weren’t designed for this. Neither were our computer screens. In fact, monitor lighting is designed to mimic sunlight. This is great during the daytime hours. But at night, against the backdrop of a …
5 education lessons from Internet Week NY
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to check out Internet Week New York (IWNY) Headquarters down in SoHo for the afternoon. Internet Week is an annual festival of events, panels, and demos all about the thriving technology culture here in New York and what’s new in the world of the Internet. …
Welcome Alex
Our latest hire is Alejandro (Alex) Companioni, who joins Knewton as a Jr. Software Engineer. Originally from Miami, Alex graduated from the University of Florida. Before joining Knewton, he was a student at NYU, studying for his Masters in Computer Science; prior to grad school, he worked as a research …
On “Disrupting Class”: 6 ways continuous assessment can help students learn
Clayton Christensen’s Disrupting Class was the most recent pick for the Knewton book club. In this groundbreaking book, Christensen, a Harvard Business School professor and expert on innovation, describes a world in which continuous assessment unleashes a range of productive possibilities for education: “When students learn through student-centric online technology, …
Outside our window: May Day in Union Square
On Monday a May Day rally took place in Union Square. Things were tame at first, but the park got pretty full (and loud!) as the day went on. Take a look at how the crowd grew over the course of the morning with this series of photos, taken from Knewton’s …
Features of habit: Making the most of new technologies in education
Our schools and universities are on the verge of a fundamental shift. As instruction moves from the lecture hall to the digital classroom, there’s an opportunity to create new learning interfaces, new ways to motivate our students, and new teaching methods. Most of our knowledge about how students learn comes …
“Now, I meet students where they are”: Knewton featured on Getting Smart
Our friends over at Getting Smart just published a great post about one teacher’s experience using Knewton in the classroom. Irene Bloom, a Senior Lecturer at Arizona State University, was originally a skeptic of online learning. But she says that the classroom dynamic has changed since introducing Knewton into her …
The life of the #edchat hashtag [INFOGRAPHIC]
OK, really just a month in the life of the #edchat hashtag, but still pretty cool. Learn more about the #edchat hashtag movement in this video.
Knewton Reads: A data scientist reviews “The Information”
James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout …
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