EDUKWEST » EDUKWEST http://www.edukwest.com on the search for better education Tue, 29 May 2012 22:08:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupsEducation/Educational Technologykirsten@edukwest.comKirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTKirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTnoeducation,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupson the search for better educationInterview series with startup founders and thought leaders in education 2.0. Hosted by the renown education 2.0 blogger Kirsten Winkler EDUKWEST #92 with Tomea Mersmann of Washington University School of Law (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/rn7YwhXK3xA/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-92-with-tomea-mersmann-of-washington-university-school-of-law-audio/#comments Sun, 20 May 2012 14:46:27 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=5142
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EDUKWEST Episode #92

  • published: May 10th 2012
  • Guest: Tomea Mersmann, Associate Dean Washington University School of Law
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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-92-with-tomea-mersmann-of-washington-university-school-of-law-audio/feed/ 0 noIn this episode of EDUKWEST I talked with Tomea Mersmann, Associate Dean @WashULaw about their recent partnership announcement with 2tor.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTIn this episode of EDUKWEST I talked with Tomea Mersmann, Associate Dean @WashULaw about their recent partnership announcement with 2tor.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-92-with-tomea-mersmann-of-washington-university-school-of-law-audio/ EDUKWEST #91 with Ahmed Siddiqui of Go Go Mongo (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/wD9xFqDprys/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-91-with-ahmed-siddiqui-of-go-go-mongo-audio/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 14:56:17 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=4939
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EDUKWEST Episode #91

  • published: May 6th 2012
  • Guest: Ahmed Siddiqui, Founder & CEO Go Go Mongo
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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-91-with-ahmed-siddiqui-of-go-go-mongo-audio/feed/ 0 noBased on his guest post "Education Technology: Cutting Edge meets the Classroom" I sat for an interview with Ahmed Siddiqui of Go Go Mongo.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTBased on his guest post "Education Technology: Cutting Edge meets the Classroom" I sat for an interview with Ahmed Siddiqui of Go Go Mongo.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-91-with-ahmed-siddiqui-of-go-go-mongo-audio/ EDUKWEST Update #3 with Chip Paucek of 2tor (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/wSyM0VErPi4/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-update-3-with-chip-paucek-of-2tor-audio/#comments Sat, 07 Apr 2012 18:10:17 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=4454
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EDUKWEST Update Episode #3

  • published: April 7th 2012
  • Guest: Chip Paucek, Co-Founder & CEO 2tor
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AcademicPub - Your Book Your Way This Interview is sponsored by AcademicPub – Your Book Your Way
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This interview is an update to EDUKWEST #87 with 2tor’s co-founder and CMO Jeremy Johnson.

I had the chance for a quick talk with Chip Paucek, the company’s CEO and also one of the co-founders.

2tor made two big announcements recently. One of which is a new collaboration with UNC Chapel Hill bringing their Master of Public Administration online. This partnership makes it the 5th graduate program for the education startup,the program is named MPA@UNC.

]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-update-3-with-chip-paucek-of-2tor-audio/feed/ 0 noUpdate with Chip Paucek, co-founder and CEO of 2tor on the recent partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill and the $26 million Series D round.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTUpdate with Chip Paucek, co-founder and CEO of 2tor on the recent partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill and the $26 million Series D round.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-update-3-with-chip-paucek-of-2tor-audio/ EDUKWEST #90 with Jay Chakrapani of McGraw-Hill Higher Education Digital Group (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/7Qbo_XFz5FE/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-90-with-jay-chakrapani-of-mcgraw-hill-higher-education-digital-group-audio/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:54:01 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=4392
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EDUKWEST Episode #90

  • published: April 3rd 2012
  • Guest: Jay Chakrapani, GM Digital McGraw-Hill Education
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EDUKWEST has made it to 90 episodes! Not that I give those numbers too much importance, but I have been interviewing companies and people in the education start-up space for two and a half year now and episode 90 is therefore a little milestone on my way.

I sat down (virtually as most of the time) with Jay Chakrapani, the VP and general manager of McGraw-Hill Higher Education’s digital group.

]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-90-with-jay-chakrapani-of-mcgraw-hill-higher-education-digital-group-audio/feed/ 0 noJay Chakrapani, GM of the Digital Group at McGraw-Hill Higher Education talks about adaptive learning and the future of learning & textbooks.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTJay Chakrapani, GM of the Digital Group at McGraw-Hill Higher Education talks about adaptive learning and the future of learning & textbooks.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-90-with-jay-chakrapani-of-mcgraw-hill-higher-education-digital-group-audio/ EDUKWEST #89 with Shmuel Meitar of Time To Know (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/g6DARvXGCW0/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-89-with-shmuel-meitar-of-time-to-know-audio/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:41:16 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=4004
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EDUKWEST Episode #89

  • published: February 2nd 2012
  • Guest: Shmuel Meitar, Founder Time To Know
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Einztein - The Social Learning Network This Interview is sponsored by Einztein – The Social Learning Network

Einztein is the social learning network for higher education and lifelong learners. Einztein brings the power of social networking to learning and enables anyone to create an online learning community for resource sharing, collaboration and discussion.

Time To Know was founded in 2004 by Shmuel Meitar as a philanthropic endeavor, investing $60 million of his own wealth into the startup according to TechCrunch. Today Time To Know offers a complete curriculum in math as well as language arts along with a digital platform for schools in K-12.

The holistic Time To Know way to teach has already been implemented in public schools in 150 classrooms in Israel and 120 classrooms in Texas and New York by the end of the 2010-2011 school year.

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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-89-with-shmuel-meitar-of-time-to-know-audio/feed/ 0 noTime To Know was founded in 2004 as the classroom of the 21st century by Shmuel Meitar and offers a complete curriculum for schools in K-12.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTTime To Know was founded in 2004 as the classroom of the 21st century by Shmuel Meitar and offers a complete curriculum for schools in K-12.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-89-with-shmuel-meitar-of-time-to-know-audio/ EDUKWEST #88 with Brennan Knotts of KinderTown (Audio) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/mQ6l72BBzwM/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-88-with-brennan-knotts-of-kindertown-audio/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:17:28 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=3823
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EDUKWEST Episode #88

  • published: January 15th 2012
  • Guest: Brennan Knotts, Coo KinderTown
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Airy Labs - Game On This Interview is sponsored by Airy Labs – Game On

Airy Labs is creating the next generation of social learning games for kids. We build mobile and tablet games, browser-based social games, and massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), all with a core educational mission to teach kids the things they need to be successful in their lives.

KinderTown first got my attention when our own Alicia Chang told me about them and suggested why not to have a talk with them. As she is EDUKWEST’s expert for early childhood education, I was of course interested to have a chat.

So this holiday season I sat down with Brennan Knotts, COO of KinderTown to learn more about what they do.

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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-88-with-brennan-knotts-of-kindertown-audio/feed/ 0 noKinderTown wants to become the destination site where busy parents go when they’re looking for educational or learning apps for their kids.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTKinderTown wants to become the destination site where busy parents go when they’re looking for educational or learning apps for their kids.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-88-with-brennan-knotts-of-kindertown-audio/ EDUKWEST #87 with Jeremy Johnson of 2tor [Audio] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/6Y0NT0Knq7s/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-87-with-jeremy-johnson-of-2tor-audio/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:19:38 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=3668
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EDUKWEST Episode #87

  • published: January 2nd 2012
  • Guest: Jeremy Johnson, Co-Founder & CMO 2tor
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2tor target the Higher Education market, they partner with graduate programs and provide the institutions with the necessary technology that those are able to bring their teaching online.

As I learned 2tor are rigorous in their selection progress of potential partner institutions. The aim is, of course to keep the quality as high as possible and make the online experience at least as good if not better than the offline experience according to Jeremy.

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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-87-with-jeremy-johnson-of-2tor-audio/feed/ 0 no2tor target the Higher Education market, they partner with graduate programs and provide the institutions with the necessary technology.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST2tor target the Higher Education market, they partner with graduate programs and provide the institutions with the necessary technology.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-87-with-jeremy-johnson-of-2tor-audio/ EDUKWEST #86 with Richard Fielding of PrepMyFuture [Audio] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/JMJnXwzgSag/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-86-with-richard-fielding-of-prepmyfuture-audio/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:23:31 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=3542
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EDUKWEST Episode #86

  • published: December 23rd 2011
  • Guest: Richard Fielding, Co-Founder PrepMyFuture
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I met with Richard Fielding of PrepMyFuture. The startup was also declared the winner of my last TWiSTParis meetup with Jason Calacanis. TWiSTParis focuses more on the business side of things, but it might be interesting to one or the other of you.

PrepMyFuture are a startup on online Math education and have built an online platform in order to prepare for the GMAT standardized test.

The aim is of course to provide the students with an experience at least as good as working offline with a tutor.

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]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-86-with-richard-fielding-of-prepmyfuture-audio/feed/ 0 noPrepMyFuture are a startup on online Math education and have built an online platform in order to prepare for the GMAT standardized test.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTPrepMyFuture are a startup on online Math education and have built an online platform in order to prepare for the GMAT standardized test.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-86-with-richard-fielding-of-prepmyfuture-audio/ EDUKWEST #85 with Gian Marco Masoni of Einztein [Audio] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/Ojd0nSlWo6s/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-85-with-gian-marco-masoni-of-einztein-audio/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:40:06 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=3274
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EDUKWEST Episode #85

  • published: December 5th 2011
  • Guest: Gian Marco Masoni, Co-Founder & CEO Einztein
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EDUKWEST episode 85 is the recording of my talk with GM Masoni, co-founder and CEO of knowledge exchange and microblogging platform Einztein.

On Einztein anyone can learn about a topic of their choice and interest and also teach other members what you know.

]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-85-with-gian-marco-masoni-of-einztein-audio/feed/ 0 noOn Einztein anyone can learn about a topic of their choice and interest and also teach other members what you know.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTOn Einztein anyone can learn about a topic of their choice and interest and also teach other members what you know.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-85-with-gian-marco-masoni-of-einztein-audio/ EDUKWEST #84 with Henry Reich of Minute Physics [Audio] http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/edukwest-audio/~3/GEEPQe1wgFw/ http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-84-with-henry-reich-of-minute-physics-audio/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:22:23 +0000 kirsten@edukwest.com (Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWEST) http://www.edukwest.com/?p=3465
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EDUKWEST Episode #84

  • published: November 30th 2011
  • Guest: Henry Reich, Creator of Minute Physics
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Henry is the creator of Minutephysics which is, not much surprise when you take the name, a channel about Physics that contains short videos answering all sorts of questions around the subject in approximately one minute each.

By the time we spoke, Minutephysics had more than 2 million uploaded video views and more than 40.000 subscribers.

]]> http://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-84-with-henry-reich-of-minute-physics-audio/feed/ 0 noHenry is the creator of Minutephysics which is a channel about Physics answering all sorts of questions in approximately one minute each.Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTHenry is the creator of Minutephysics which is a channel about Physics answering all sorts of questions in approximately one minute each.education,educhange,hacking,education,education,2,0,edtech,education,technology,startupshttp://www.edukwest.com/edukwest-84-with-henry-reich-of-minute-physics-audio/ Kirsten Winkler - EDUKWESTnonadulton the search for better education