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Summer 2012 Cohort
Company: Blendspace
Founders: Amy Lin & Gabriel Cebrian Website: blendspace.com
With Blendspace, teachers can easily create and deliver blended-learning lessons that adapt to students needs with easy drag-and-drop internet resources, built-in assessments and lesson tracking.
Company: Chalk
Founders: Qian Wang & Sarah Chou Website: chalkschools.com
With Chalk, teachers & administrators can distribute documents electronically, fill out forms automatically, and request information and e-signatures. Chalk's instant updates on critical documents save educators time and create a stress-free experience for school forms.
Company: CodeHS
Founders: Jeremy Keeshin & Zach Galant Website: codehs.com
CodeHS provides a high school computer science curriculum, including short instructional videos, in-browser programming exercises, and a support system for teachers and students to get help from experts.
Company: DigitWhiz
Founders: Kasey Brown Website: digitwhiz.com
With DigitWhiz, kids master foundational math skills in a fun and effective way. Our online program evaluates current abilities, prescribes games and guides kids to master basic and pre-algebra skills. It’s easy for teachers to setup their class and for parents to use at home.
Company: NoRedInk
Founders: Jeff Scheur Website: noredink.com
NoRedInk is an adaptive learning engine that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills. NoRedInk generates a personalized curriculum from kids' interests, adjusts to their abilities with instant feedback, and provides actionable performance data to teachers, schools, and districts.
Company: RaiseMe
Founders: Preston Silverman Website: raise.me
With RaiseMe, students can earn "micro-scholarships" throughout high school based on their individual achievements in class and overall progress towards college. Scholarship providers leverage RaiseMe to allocate their scholarships more efficiently to help more students.
Company: Securly
Founders: Bharath Madhusudan & Vinay Mahadik Website: securly.com
Securly is the first cloud-based web filter that solves the issue
of "over blocking" in schools by allowing educators to safely use 21st century instructional tools (Google, YouTube, Wikipedia). It is simple to set up and more cost effective than other
enterprise solutions.
Company: SmarterCookie
Founders: Tess Brustein & Mike Gerson Website: beasmartercookie.com
SmarterCookie makes it easy for schools, instructional coaches, and mentors to use video coaching to support teachers. Teachers record video of a lesson, upload it, share it with colleagues, and receive specific, actionable, and time-stamped feedback
from coaches.
Company: StudyRoom Founders: Emerson Malca & Pindi Albert Website: getstudyroom.com
StudyRoom creates communities around classes. Students can meet their classmates online, collaborate, and study together using a super easy-to-use collaborative whiteboard. StudyRoom brings the value of study groups and social learning to the web
and mobile.
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