Current tag: video.

 

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,… Read more >

 

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… Read more >

 

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… Read more >

 

Announcing the winner of our Alumni Hall of Fame Contest on Facebook

This summer we kicked off an Alumni Video Contest on Facebook asking current and former Knewton students to share their stories. We received a lot of amazing entries, so picking a favorite was tough. In the end, though, we had to give it to David. Hilarious premise, great delivery, and… Read more >

 

Knewton Video: Intro to Law School and the LSAT (Part 1)

Not quire sure if you want to go to law school? Or sure you want to go after that JD, but unsure where to apply? Nervous about what law school is really like? Uncertain if a JD is right for your career goals? Curious about the difference between law schools… Read more >

 

GMAT Verbal Video: Pronoun Reference

Meghan Daniels is the Associate Editor at Knewton If someone says to you out of the blue, “They are very important,” you’re likely to respond with, “What?” Why? Because in the first sentence, “they” has no antecedent—that is, no noun which the pronoun is replacing. A pronoun reference error occurs… Read more >

 

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… Read more >

 

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