360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends Time Series

Knewton

Type: Company

Name: Knewton

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 1 reports

Is Education Killing Creativity In The New Economy?

In the information age, we need to radically rethink how we learn in order to keep up.There’s never been a perfect formula for success, but a generation or two ago, things were arguably more straightforward. If you worked hard in high school, got good ... [Published Fast Company - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Education, Creativity, Thomas Friedman, Information Age

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Meetup Inc

Best Tech Events This Week (NY Tech Day, ERA Demo Day, Disrupt Hackathon, #ArtsTech, Brooklyn Tech Meetup, TechDrinkup, BigApps)

This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysguide.com.It ... [Published Beta Beat - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Meetup Inc, Knewton, Startup

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Five disruptive companies in education

Desire2Learn: Based in Kitchener, Ont., it began making learning management systems for online classes in 1999. It’s now used at more than 650 universities in 20 countries.Knewton: An adaptive platform that uses artificial intelligence to personalize ... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: Education, Knewton, Desire2Learn

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 2 reports

eBay Inc

Chris Dixon To Speak At Disrupt NY, As A VC

Chris Dixon is back in New York quite a bit, he tells me, even though he recently got a place in San Francisco as part of his new job as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He’ll be at Disrupt NY the week after next, for example, to talk about his big ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Chris Dixon, eBay Inc, Startup

First reported Apr 13 2013 - Updated Apr 13 2013 - 1 reports

Top Conference Hosted by ASU Sparks Education Innovation, In. . .

Top Conference Hosted by ASU Sparks Education Innovation, InvestmentTargeted News ServiceTEMPE, Ariz., April 12 -- Arizona State University issued the following news release:A super-charged atmosphere is guaranteed this week at the Education Innovation ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 13 2013]

Entities: Invention, Education, Michael Crow, Knewton, Scottsdale (United States)

First reported Apr 04 2013 - Updated Apr 04 2013 - 1 reports

Software & Information Industry Association

Pearson's MyMathLab With Knewton Adaptive Learning Honored as...

World’s Leading Math and Statistics Learning Solution Helps Millions of Students Succeed is a finalist in the 2013 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards. MyMathLab is recognized in the Best Postsecondary Personalized Learning ... [Published PRWeb - Apr 04 2013]

Entities: Knewton, Dannel Malloy, Software & Information Industry Association

First reported Mar 25 2013 - Updated Mar 25 2013 - 1 reports

Pearson Tops 2013 Software & Information Industry Association...

Digital and mobile solutions showcase how the power of technology is transforming education. Pearson topped the 2013 Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) CODiE Awards for education with 14 programs earning finalist honors. The wide array ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 25 2013]

Entities: Software & Information Industry Association, Dannel Malloy, Knewton, Education

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

New York’s ‘big data’ investor gets scooped up by First Mark Capital

One of New York’s most prominent “big data” focused investors Matt Turck has joined FirstMark Capital as a managing director. Turck is a force to be reckoned with in the Big Apple’s burgeoning tech scene. He is the principal organizer of ... [Published Venturebeat - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Big Data, Startup, Knewton, Lumosity

First reported Jan 24 2013 - Updated Jan 24 2013 - 1 reports

Awesome offices: Inside another 12 fantastic startup workplaces in New York

Last month you got a peek inside 15 of New York’s coolest startup office spaces . But that doesn’t mean that we’re finished. So, for another bite in the Big Apple, here’s part deux, with 12 more. In collaboration with WOVOX.com . 1. K ... [Published The Next Web - Jan 24 2013]

Entities: Knewton, Startup, Yellowhammer

First reported Jan 14 2013 - Updated Jan 14 2013 - 1 reports

Personalized Learning Systems: How Close Is Our Tech?

Imagine, a child in a large classroom engaged in a learning experience that is targeted precisely at the skills he or she needs at that moment in time. Or a high school student interested in finance taking advanced coursework in that area, while sitting ... [Published SiliconANGLE - Jan 14 2013]

Entities: Dannel Malloy, Knewton, Sarah Brown, Applied Technology

First reported Jan 08 2013 - Updated Jan 09 2013 - 2 reports

McGraw-Hill’s new adaptive ebooks aim to adjust to students’ learning needs

As publishing giants and tech companies attempt to remake the humble textbook in their own image, McGraw-Hill Education on Tuesday offered up its latest take on the learning platform of the future. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the ... [Published GigaOM - Jan 08 2013]

Entities: The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc, McGraw-Hill Education, Consumer Electronics Show, Education, Knewton

First reported Dec 27 2012 - Updated Dec 27 2012 - 1 reports

"Mr Thrun predicts that in 50 years there will be only ten universities left in the world."

Oregon’s2013 legislators have now been elected and will meet in session starting in February. Oneof the issues they should take up, but probably will not, is online education,both at the K-12 level and university level. The Oregon Education Investmen ... [Published Global Strategies - Dec 27 2012]

Entities: Education, Knewton, American Council on Education

Quotes

"Many companies have located to Phoenix as a result of the summit," says Julia Rosen, associate vice provost of ASU Online. "Startup companies and investors are now looking at Arizona when perhaps they would not have before."

Top Conference Hosted by ASU Sparks Education Innovation, In. . . [Published Equities.com - Apr 13 2013]

"Mr Thrun predicts that in 50 years there will be only ten universities left in the world."

"Mr Thrun predicts that in 50 years there will be only ten universities left in the world." [Published Global Strategies - Dec 27 2012]

...Close to 60 percent of Americans believe that the country's colleges and universities are failing to provide students with "good value for the money they and their families spend" according to a 2011 survey by the Pew Research Center...

The Crisis in Higher Education [Published Technology Review - Sep 28 2012]

More Content

sort by: Date \| Relevance
TraceLink Discusses Life Science Supply Network... [Published PRWeb - 2 hours ago]
Are J.P.Stevens students up to 'The Challenge?' [Published Home News Tribune - May 02 2013]
Is Education Killing Creativity In The New Econ... [Published Fast Company - Apr 29 2013]
Learndot Officially Opens To The Public To Let ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013]
Learndot Officially Opens To The Public To Let ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013]
Best Tech Events This Week (NY Tech Day, ERA De... [Published Beta Beat - Apr 22 2013]
Five disruptive companies in education [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 19 2013]
Outdated education model opens doors for tech f... [Published Globe and Mail - Apr 19 2013]
Chris Dixon To Speak At Disrupt NY, As A VC [Published TechCrunch - Apr 18 2013]
Chris Dixon To Speak At Disrupt NY, As A VC [Published TechCrunch Europe - Apr 18 2013]
TraceLink Leads Pharmaceutical Track and Trace,... [Published PRWeb - Apr 17 2013]
Top Conference Hosted by ASU Sparks Education I... [Published Equities.com - Apr 13 2013]
Need To Grow Your EdTech Startup? Edtech Incuba... [Published Fast Company - Apr 12 2013]
Pearson's MyMathLab With Knewton Adaptive Learn... [Published PRWeb - Apr 04 2013]
Pearson Tops 2013 Software & Information Indust... [Published PRWeb - Mar 25 2013]
Tapad Inks $6.5M [Published PE Hub News - Mar 22 2013]
How Unbound Concepts crunches readability, or h... [Published GigaOM - Mar 15 2013]
How Unbound Concepts crunches readability, or h... [Published GigaOM Network - Mar 15 2013]
Matt Turck Joins FirstMark Capital [Published PE Hub News - Mar 06 2013]
New York’s ‘big data’ investor gets scooped up ... [Published Venturebeat - Mar 05 2013]
Test Prep Giant Kaplan Launches A New EdTech Ac... [Published TechCrunch - Feb 20 2013]
Test Prep Giant Kaplan Launches A New EdTech Ac... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Feb 20 2013]
TraceLink Life Sciences Cloud Named Amazon AWS ... [Published PRWeb - Feb 06 2013]
Awesome offices: Inside another 12 fantastic st... [Published The Next Web - Jan 24 2013]
Bessemer Venture Partners Bolsters Team [Published PE Hub News - Jan 24 2013]
Personalized Learning Systems: How Close Is Our... [Published SiliconANGLE - Jan 14 2013]
McGraw-Hill & Kno Offer A Peek Into The Future ... [Published TechCrunch - Jan 09 2013]
McGraw-Hill & Kno Offer A Peek Into The Future ... [Published TechCrunch Europe - Jan 09 2013]
McGraw-Hill’s new adaptive ebooks aim to adjust... [Published GigaOM - Jan 08 2013]
McGraw-Hill’s new adaptive ebooks aim to adjust... [Published GigaOM Network - Jan 08 2013]

Blogs

sort by: Date \| Relevance
Learndot Officially Opens To The Public To Let ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013] Matygo emerged out of Vancouver’s GrowLab accelerator in late 2011 to take advantage of the growing popularity of the “flipped classroom” philosophy in education, which, as Knewton describes it , seeks to invert traditional methods of teaching by delivering ...
Learndot Officially Opens To The Public To Let ... [Published TechCrunch - Apr 25 2013] Matygo emerged out of Vancouver’s GrowLab accelerator in late 2011 to take advantage of the growing popularity of the “flipped classroom” philosophy in education, which, as Knewton describes it , seeks to invert traditional methods of teaching by ...
Chris Dixon To Speak At Disrupt NY, As A VC [Published TechCrunch - Apr 18 2013] Chris Dixon is back in New York quite a bit, he tells me, even though he recently got a place in San Francisco as part of his new job as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He’ll be at Disrupt NY the week after next, for example, to talk about his big ...
Chris Dixon To Speak At Disrupt NY, As A VC [Published TechCrunch Europe - Apr 18 2013] Chris Dixon is back in New York quite a bit, he tells me, even though he recently got a place in San Francisco as part of his new job as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. He’ll be at Disrupt NY the week after next, for example, to talk about his big ...
How Unbound Concepts crunches readability, or h... [Published GigaOM - Mar 15 2013] It’s easy enough to understand why Curious George books are first grade fare and why Camus is often saved for the 12th grade. But what about all the books in between? For the most part, teachers and literacy experts are the ones charged with considering ...