Meet Casey: Knewton GMAT Student Turned SAT Teacher Turned Marketing Intern (Phew!)

Casey is a Marketing Intern at Knewton, as well as one of our star SAT teachers. She’ll be attending UVA Darden for business school in the fall. Hi!  My name is Casey and I am a Marketing intern at Knewton this summer. I thought I’d share a bit about how …

 

Internet Week Report: "Pluggable Culture"

Jess Nepom is the Curriculum Coordinator at Knewton. She’s also one of our top GMAT prep and SAT prep teachers. Recently I got the chance to leave Knewton’s Union Square office for a couple of hours and walk a few blocks to the headquarters of Internet Week NY 2010. Internet …

 

We're looking for a Digital Art Director to join our great team

Based in NYC’s Union Square, Knewton is poised to revolutionize the practice of education with the world’s most powerful adaptive learning engine. Today, our revenues come from our next-gen online test prep classes, but our vision is much wider. We’re rich in eclectic personalities and are ridiculously dedicated. Our intention …

 

Our (admittedly mild) April Fools' joke on our students

Our students in China couldn’t believe their good fortune. Good one, Effie and Dave!

 

SAT Vocab Words: Learn "peripatetic"–but don't use it

Even a 5-year-old knows when you’re trying too hard. On Bring Your Child To Work Day we had some spare acting talent in the office. We gave them 5 minutes to learn the script, and shot the whole thing in 15 minutes right outside of the office. Not too bad …

 

The Joys of Teaching Online

Dave is the Faculty Manager @ Knewton, and our top teacher in GMAT, LSAT, and SAT prep. As I recall, there were four categories of hand-raisers in my high school: 1. The Eager Beaver: “I’ve never met a question that I’m not totally psyched to answer!” 2. The Kool Kat: …

 

Knewton @ Google

This post comes from Amy McDowell. Last week, I was invited to participate at Google’s 2nd Annual Spring Training summit as a guest panelist for Knewton. Knewton must be doing something right—as our VP of Online Marketing, I was asked to provide insight and commentary on the changing digital marketing …

 

On becoming a practicing software engineer

Pete is the CTO at Knewton, where he and his team are working hard to get ready for the launch of our new SAT prep course. – If you’re a recent or soon-to-be college grad (or maybe you realized your undergrad degree in Art History ain’t gonna pay the bills) …

 

Big News: The Knewton SAT Course is Here

Knewton Launches First Online SAT Prep Course to Use Adaptive Learning Technology Affordable, Interactive Test Prep Course with Advanced Capabilities Provides Students Around the World with the Resources They Need to Ace the SAT New York, N.Y. — March 2, 2010 — Knewton, a leading online educational company, today announced …

 

SAT vocab in real life

We’re getting closer and closer to the launch of our SAT prep course. In the meantime, here’s a real-life tip: You have to learn SAT vocab words, but you don’t have to use them.