Tweets from Davos
New year, new reporting interface for Math Readiness for College™
This could be paradise
The True Power of an API
STEM Education
Five great company blogs
We’re always looking around the web for blogging inspiration. Here are a few of our favorite blogs from other companies: Rdio Blog Rdio keeps things simple with regular features that include artist spotlights, playlists, and music recommendations, along with occasional company updates. Check out their New Music Tuesday series to …
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 …
TechCrunch interviews Jose at Davos
Last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher snagged our CEO & Founder, Jose, for a quick chat. Jose discussed the Knewton platform (what TechCrunch calls “personalized education on steroids”), along with a blog post he wrote for the WEF Forum Blog with some simple words …
Cornell Startup Fair Knerd Talk: Tackling meaty engineering problems
The trek continues! Next up on our tour of the best engineering schools in the country: Cornell. We’ll be talking Knerd shop at the Startup Fair on Feb. 1, and alum David Siegel will be presenting another great Knerd talk following the event. Join us! Get the event details here. …
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 …
Knewton Bookshelf: Proust, Franzen, Seuss, and more
Knewtonians are ravenous readers. From our book club to our book swap, there are a variety of ways to partake in the active literary culture at Knewton. Here’s just a taste of what folks at Knewton have on their shelves these days: 1. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole David Ingber, Master …
CMU Knerd Talk, and why two alums chose Knewton [VIDEO]
Over the next few months, we’ll be trekking around the country to visit college engineering programs and recruit a few good Knerds. Our first stop is Carnegie Mellon, which just happens to be the alma mater of two of Knewton’s greatest data scientists. We made a short video about how …
Hire Interns
Get real work done and build a recruiting pipeline Hiring great engineers is really hard. In his book, Smart and Gets Things Done, Joel Spolsky estimates great engineers are actively looking for work 4 times throughout their careers. The only time you’re guaranteed that great engineers are actively looking is …
The beauty of iterations
Those who work in technology will be familiar with the term, “agile development.” Formally introduced in 2001 through the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, “agile development” is a method that promotes an iterative, flexible, and “time-boxed” approach to product development (as opposed to “waterfall development” which is traditionally associated with …
The Twitter Guide to the CES Higher EdTECH Summit
HigherEdTECH is coming up next week (Wednesday, January 11 to be exact). Heading to Las Vegas, or just want to keep up with the action? Check out our Twitter list of feeds to follow here (tweet us @Knewton if you’re attending the conference and would like to be added). Part of the …
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