Ankur Nagpal – Founder and CEO at Teachable
“In the future, entrepreneurs will sell knowledge over products.” – Ankur Nagpal Teachable is a company that provides a platform to create and sell online courses and coaching services. The platform provides a whole system, from the hosting and design of the online courses to the payment processing. Its original value proposition was to provide […]
Vishal Punwani M.D. – CEO and Co-Founder of Sophya
Originally posted by christopher spanis on February 1, 2020 Vishal Punwani, M.D. CEO, Co-Founder Sophya https://sophya.ai Sophya Sophya is an online student support platform. It facilitates more effective studying with easy implementation of seemingly complex tools, such as taking time-synchronized study notes with an educational video, the ability to write and draw on top of videos […]
Charles Miller, co-Founder and Partner GM of Flipgrid at Microsoft
Original post by kevin spachuk on February 1, 2020 Charles Miller started Flipgrid when he was an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Flipgrid is a video discussion tool that is considered by it’s leaders as a “social learning platform.” Originally launched in 2014 for class of 12 graduate students, now one in three teachers […]
Riley Eynon-Lynch, CEO and Co-Founder of Pear Deck
Riley Eynon-Lynch, CEO and Co-Founder of Pear Deck Pear Deck is a company that is focused on transforming traditional teaching with engaging presentation tools. Created using current learning science research, Pearl Deck features a suite of presentation enhancing features that allow for increased student interaction in the classroom. Pear Deck’s primary product allows teachers to […]
Eli Luberoff, CEO and Founder of Desmos
Originally posted by MET student James Seaton on February 1, 2020: Meet Eli Luberoff. Eli is founder and CEO of the ed tech venture Desmos, a free browser-based graphing calculator and math activity builder. I have used Desmos in my classroom for the past year and see enormous value in its use, while knowing that I’ve […]
Dr Marx Dixon – Founder of Sparx Maths
Marx Dixon, founded Sparx Maths in 2010. Sparx Math is a learning platform that supports teachers with the use of technology in teaching Math. Sparx Maths provides benefits to students, teachers and school leaders, and parents. Using machine learning and artificial intelligence, Sparx Maths provides personalized learning for students, powerful insights for teachers to track […]
Matthias Krampe – founder of Auggd Media
Matthias is the founder and managing director of Auggd Media which is an Augmented Reality service provider. I have been research and using AR tools for the past five years, and the obstacle that I have faced the most is that most of them are very gimmicky. It is the ‘dancing pink dinosaur’ on the […]
Clorama Dorvilias, Debias VR – original post by Mel January 30 2020
I really appreciate that Clorama based her company on her own experience as well as a gap she saw. Her company also really resonates with me as I am interested in the area of persuasive technologies as a tool for social justice – specifically the use of AR. I appreciate that Clorama aims her tool […]
Brian Whitmer – Founder of CoughDrop AAC App
Brian Whitmer is a software developer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Instructure. He was trying to find a suitable communication system for his daughter with Rett Syndrome. However, due to his background in usability, he was frustrated with “poor design decisions and old technology”. He wanted to create something better so he collaborated with over 30 assistive […]
Quincy Larson – FreeCodeCamp – Freemium coding platform
freeCodeCamp is a non-profit organization that aims to help people learn all the necessary coding skills they need to start programming. It was first launched in 2014, in California. With the likes of the big hitters like coursera, udacity, etc..freecodecamp focuses on the basics for users to start off with programming hands on right away. […]