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Sunday Review: NoRedInk needs NoMoney, Steve JobsSchools teach with iPads, Live Video Lessons make a Comeback 25 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
NoRedInk raises $2 million, postpones Business Model NoRedInk, another teacher founded startup in the K-12 space, announced that it raised $2 million from Google Ventures, Social+Capital, Learn Capit...
EDUKWEST #101 with Matthew Burr of Nomadic Learning 21 Aug 2013 | 08:22 pm
Just before the summer break I had the chance for a great conversation with Matthew Burr, co-founder and CEO of Nomadic Learning. Nomadic describes itself as Next Generation Learning for Next Generat...
Radio killed the Video Star – EDUKWEST moves to Soundcloud 21 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
When I launched EDUKWEST four years ago my vision was to create a collection of edtech founder interviews that would help and inspire future entrepreneurs to join the education space , creating someth...
Learnable gives away $10 million in Programming Courses to Aussie Students 20 Aug 2013 | 07:07 pm
When we first covered Learnable back in January 2011, the Australian startup was about to launch an online course marketplace similar to what Udemy has been building in the US with a wide selection of...
The Instructor as a Student of Entrepreneurship – Part 2 20 Aug 2013 | 05:17 pm
After all of the language learning, then came the mentoring. Our company has some really great mentors who have all been incredibly helpful and insightful. We have actually been very fortunate. At fir...
LinkedIn University Pages – Are Internships next on the Feature List? 19 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
When you ask around which social network out there is the most professional, chances are that a majority will answer with LinkedIn. Not long ago there was the notion that we wouldn’t need a specialize...
Sunday Review: Chegg prepares IPO, Kindertown got acquired, UK Language Courses in Freefall 18 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
Chegg prepares for $150 million IPO Probably the biggest story of the week and in the top 5 of this year so far. Textbook renter turned student hub Chegg prepares for IPO, aiming to raise $150 millio...
A Tutor Cloud in a MOOC World – InstaEDU raises $4 million 14 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Back in March 2011 I wrote about the concept of a 24/7 teacher cloud that would allow learners to take instant lessons with educators at any time of the day. The obvious issue with such a service is, ...
Now Pinterest wants to be the Pinterest for Education 14 Aug 2013 | 06:38 pm
Teachers love tools. There are entire blogs dedicated to sharing the latest app or platform like Richard Byrne’s FreeTech4Teachers or Edudemic that give teachers their daily fix and the choice is grow...
Sunday Review: Grockit sells to Kaplan, Voxy raises $8.5m and Hoot.Me joins Civitas Learning 11 Aug 2013 | 08:50 pm
Grockit brand and technology sold to Kaplan, team rebrands to Learnist The writing was somewhat on the wall for a while as Farbood Nivi, founder and CEO of Grockit made clear that the focus of the te...
