The Knewton Blog

Clayton Christensen’s “Disrupting Class” was one of our recent picks for the Knewton Book Club.  I was really drawn to this quote in particular from Clayton Christensen’s “Disrupting Class:” “Teachers, parents, and students, who previously could not develop or market these learning tools, will now be able to do these things. Rather than expecting that in one fell swoop computers will be in and textbooks out, the user-generated tools will be used independently as tutorial… Read more

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | No comments

Share on

Clayton Christensen’s “Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns” was a Knewton Book Club pick this month. When it comes to the intersection of technology and education reform, Christensen’s “Disrupting Class” is a virtual crystal ball for our educational system trajectory. The theories and prognostications contained in this book represent many of the reasons I decided to work for Knewton. I believe Knewton is standing at the precipice of what will… Read more

Posted in Education & Technology, Knewton | 6 comments

Share on

James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout the month; read others here. When a molecular biologist reasons about genes and heredity, the second law of thermodynamics is not always her second thought…. Read more

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | No comments

Share on

James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout the month; read others here. In “The Information,” Gleick flies through centuries of early history, describing monumental changes in the representation of thought from oral… Read more

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | No comments

Share on

James Gleick’s “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” was the pick for this month’s Knewton book club. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and the arrival of the Information Age. We’ll be posting reviews throughout the month; read others here.  One of the most impressive things about “The Information” is how dynamic it feels as it covers the same ground… Read more

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | One comment

Share on

Last month, we started a book club at Knewton to jumpstart discussion on tech, education, and management ideas related to our work. Every month the whole company is invited to nominate and vote for a relevant book. “The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood” by James Gleick was our winner for the month of April. The book covers the history of information — from the invention of scripts and alphabets to the Morse code and… Read more

Posted in Inside Knewton, Knewton | No comments

Share on