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, …
Generation Flux: Multimedia Production
To chronicle the chaotic new reality of our times, Robert Safian at FastCompany recently published an article which identified speed, chaos, and uncertainty as defining qualities of business in the twenty-first century. Some—Safian identifies them as “Generation Flux”—have survived and even thrived in the new economic climate by adopting a …
Knewton talking edtech and big data with Karen Cator
Last Friday, we were fortunate enough to have Karen Cator, Director of the Office of Educational Technology at the U.S Department of Education, pay a visit to Knewton HQ. Prior to the lunch, Karen spoke to the whole company about the importance of data literacy and how we as a …
Knewton Salon: How has the internet changed the way you think?
The Edge, the brainchild of mega-agent and editor John Brockman, is this century’s salon–an online community of experts and innovators. In the words of the novelist Ian McEwan, Edge.org is “open-minded, free ranging, intellectually playful … an unadorned pleasure in curiosity, a collective expression of wonder at the living and …
Knewton University: Spring Semester 2012
One of the best things about working at Knewton is the emphasis on ongoing education. After all, a passion for knowledge and innovation informs everything we do–the way we design and build products, conduct research, and approach our work on a daily basis. Programming classes started as part of a …
Amazon: My favorite alpha company among Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative
I was thrilled to find out that Knewton made FastCompany’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies, along with one of my favorite companies, Amazon. It’s hard to imagine my life without Amazon. I bought a Kindle for everyone close to me, I order hundreds of books every year. I’m …
Generation Flux: Marketing & Product Management
To chronicle the chaotic new reality of our times, Robert Safian at FastCompany recently published an article which identified speed, chaos, and uncertainty as defining qualities of business in the twenty-first century. Some—Safian identifies them as “Generation Flux”—have survived and even thrived in the new economic climate by adopting a …
Generation Flux: Design & data storytelling
Conventional career wisdom encourages delayed gratification, steady commitment to a single career or skill set, and a long and slow climb up a traditional corporate ladder. Traditionally, most cultural, educational, corporate, and political establishments do not support rapid change. Recently, however, the fluctuating pecking order–the swift ascent of giants like …
Technology and the myth of education’s golden past
In Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology, education professors Allan Collins and Richard Halverson tackle the fraught issue of what it means to be an educated person in today’s society: “Deeply embedded in the culture of schooling is the notion that students should read, listen to, and absorb a …
Photoshop Friday: Vintage posters from yesteryear
Here at Knewton, “Photoshop Friday” is a time-honored tradition–one we’re hoping to resurrect in 2012. Recently, I took a dive through my inbox and resurrected these gems: THE FELLOWSHIP OF KNEWTON THE …
