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How to Design an Educational Game, Part 1
Games, like novels and films, are cultural products that inspire loyal fans and followers. The appeal is clear: games are fictional universes that seduce players into alternate realities. Designing a game that teaches while it entertains may be a lofty goal, but if you follow the steps outlined below, you …
How Adaptive Learning Can Help Students Think About Meaning
The following experience is common to most teachers: a meticulously planned class activity succeeds in capturing student interest for a few minutes, but attention evaporates quickly and afterward no one can remember the point of the lesson. Despite the flashy visualizations, the expensive 3-D models, the age-appropriate allusions (references to …
Speed Up, Save Time: Why Your Website Needs a Pattern Library
We recently did a major overhaul of knewton.com. Old homepage: New homepage: As with any website change, there was plenty of work involved from our marketing team, developers, designers, copywriters, and others. And, in the midst of all the turnover turmoil, we also made the decision to add another task …
5 Myths about Mastery-Based Learning
Whether or not you’ve heard the term “mastery-based learning,” you’ve probably encountered it in practice, in school or on the job. In any situation where you’re given a set of labs, problems, or activities where your progression is dependent on successful completion of various tasks rather than seat time, you’re …
Spirit of Innovation Challenge: Enter by 11/29/11
“Get your genius on.” That’s the tagline behind the Conrad Foundation’s annual Spirit of Innovation Challenge, which invites high-school students to use their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills to create real-world, commercially viable, technology-based products in one of three broad categories: Aerospace Exploration, Clean Energy, and Health and …
EDUCAUSE 2011 Recap [VIDEO]
As anyone who was there can attest, EDUCAUSE 2011 was an awesome conference — awesome, and busy. We had a great time chatting with other attendees, demoing our college readiness course in the exhibit hall, and soaking up as much edtech expertise and enthusiasm as possible. Our video guy Ian …
The EdTweet Show: Parents Against Tech, PBS, and More
In this week’s episode of The EdTweet Show, Jess and Dave run through tweets about “tech moms,” Parents Against Tech, and more. Check out the full list of EdTweets below: [View the story "12 Edtech Tweets You May Have Missed" on Storify]
The Twitter Guide to the 2011 Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning
At a conference like the Annual Sloan-C International Conference on Online Learning, tweeting is an integral part of the agenda. Heading to Disney World for the 17th Annual Meeting and want to make sure you stay connected? Here’s a list of Twitter feeds to keep an eye on. We’ve put …
Job Profiles at Knewton: Jesse St. Charles, Data Scientist [VIDEO]
Here at Knewton we have developers and designers, product managers and marketers, content developers and customer service specialists. We also have data scientists. Ever wonder what, exactly, data scientists do — or what their work has to do with sandcastles and Star Trek? Check out this video featuring Knewton’s own …
College Readiness News Roundup: Three of Four NYC Students Not Prepared for College
In this week’s College Readiness News Roundup, read articles about the recent stats released by New York City, the intensive remediation program at CUNY, digital badges as measures of college readiness, and more. 1. Three of Four Students Not Prepared for College, City Says Read more about the alarming stats …
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