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, we set up a camera and recorded everything that happened next. Watch as Knewton employees build the full Lego Death Star over the course of… Read more
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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 the tech team have been up to recently. Check out this video of Trevor explaining what it’s like working on the tech side at Knewton…. Read more
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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 put together a time lapse video of people moving through the EDUCAUSE exhibit hall. See if you can spot yourself! The music in the video… Read more
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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]
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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 Jesse St. Charles for the answers to all these questions, plus a glimpse at why data scientists are such a key component of the Knewton… Read more
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In this week’s EdTweet Show, hosts Jess and Dave recap another set of their favorite edtech tweets of the week. Check out news about the book of the future, college math preparation, and more.
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In the latest EdTweet Show, hosts Jen and Jess run through four of this week’s most interesting favorite edtech-related tweets — in less than 2 minutes! Check out the video, and then read the full list of EdTech Tweets You May Have Missed below! [View the story "10 Edtech Tweets You May Have Missed" on Storify]
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In this week’s episode of the EdTweet Show, Dave and Jess cover tweets about the Kindle Fire, microblogging, and more. Be sure to tune in next week, and check out of the full list of our favorite Edtech Tweets below. [View the story "10 Edtech Tweets You May Have Missed" on Storify]
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Welcome to the second installment of The EdTweet Show! In this episode, hosts Jess and Jen again give a 2-minute rundown of four interesting edtech articles that popped up in our Twitter feed this week. Check out stories about online textbooks, blogging in elementary school, and more. You can find the full list of this week’s EdTech Tweets You May Have Missed below the video! [View the story “13 Edtech Tweets You May Have Missed”… Read more
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You’ve seen our EdTech Tweets You May Have Missed series… now check out our brand new video series: “The EdTweet Show.” Watch as star anchors Dave and Jess give a 2-minute or less rundown of interesting edtech articles that popped up in our Twitter feed this week. This week, Jess and Dave cover news about game-based and mobile learning, Google Hangouts, and more. Watch the show, then check out the full list of EdTech tweets… Read more
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