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The making of our EDUCAUSE booth, and 2011 conference run-down
Our marketing team made it to a total of 33 conferences this year, from New York to San Francisco, Orlando to Madison, and many places in between. We had a great time talking to educators, administrators, and other edtech aficionados at each one. One of the highlights of the year …
Top five Knewton videos of the year
Here at Knewton, we make a lot of videos. Some have instructional content for students, some have information about our products, and some are made just for fun. (And no, you may not see the ignominious footage from our annual holiday party. That video will be released 75 years after all of our deaths.) …
Favorite videos from other companies in 2011
Like any good startup, we’re always looking out for cool ways other businesses, be they big, small, new or established, are putting their public-facing image out on the web. Here are five of my favorite eye-catching company-made videos of 2011… 1. Google Flight Search Sometimes, a very clear POV explanation of cool new …
Hack days, Switzerland, pillow fights, and more: the year in blog posts
Somehow, 2011 is almost over. It was a good year for us: we celebrated our 3rd birthday, closed another round of funding, and partnered with Pearson. We’ve grown a lot too: with almost 80 people on deck, computers and people are squeezed into every spare corner of the office, and the office kitchen …
The week we constructed a Lego Death Star [VIDEO]
In the spirit of the holidays, we thought it would be fun to take a look back at one of our favorite presents from last year: a Lego Death Star. Jose, our founder and CEO, bought the enormous Lego kit as a gift to the office last holiday season. Naturally, …
Welcome Ashley, Mike, and Hyunjin
We’ve had three awesome new team members join us in the past few weeks. We made sure to grill each of them with a few introductory questions before they got too settled in. Ashley Olentine joins Knewton as a Financial Analyst. She’s from Sterling, Illinois, and has degrees from Colgate University …
What was your first internet moment?
One of our software engineers, Trevor Smith, talks about his very first experience with the internet in this video: After hearing that, another one of our developers, Brad Baebler, shared his first experience: I had the exact same first experience with the internet… I was in middle school and at …
Job Profiles at Knewton: Trevor Smith, Software Engineer [VIDEO]
Knewton employs several dozen software engineers, all of them writing lines of code that bridge modular algorithms to…uh…okay, you caught me. I don’t really understand what they do. I’m not a coder. But that’s why I rely on guys like Trevor Smith to put into plain English what he and …
Nominate Knewton for The Crunchies Biggest Social Impact Award!
The world is facing a full-fledged education crisis. About 80% of school-aged children do not get the basic education they need. Here at Knewton, we believe that this is a preventable tragedy — and we’re doing everything in our power to fix it. Our mission is to provide high-quality, personalized …
How to Design an Educational Game, Part 2
Designing an educational game that teaches while it entertains may be a lofty goal, but if you follow the steps in this series, you should be able to make your vision a reality — even if you don’t have a huge budget and a cutting-edge creative team. Along the way, …
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