EdTech Pearson Robotics 
The CoolCatTeacher
DECEMBER 5, 2017
We work with robotics, because robotics are tools that allow them to learn coding and to learn abstract logic and thinking while not sitting in front of a computer screen. So robots have motors, they have sensors, they can move around. Each block represents a command for the robot. So same as with a robot.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 30, 2017
Earlier this year Ferreira stepped aside as CEO, replaced by Brian Kibby , a veteran of major textbook companies including Pearson and McGraw-Hill. Early on, Pearson had embraced Knewton’s technology and even invested in the company, but this year that publisher decided to pull back on the use of Knewton’s platform.
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Edsurge
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
EdSurge’s managing editor, Tony Wan, will pose these questions to Bill Fitzgerald (New Knowledge), Doug Levin (EdTech Strategies), Courtney Goodsell (Impero Software) and Stephanie Cerda (administrator at Austin Independent School District). Companies include an AI robot, student incubator and a startup called Pie for Providers.
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 21, 2018
Kidaptive first entered the edtech market in 2012 with Leo’s Pad, a game-based learning app that offered mini-games and puzzles to assess cognitive skills in young children. Once the industry’s poster child for adaptive learning, Knewton boasted working with dozens of publishers, including Pearson and McGraw-Hill.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 7, 2016
When third-year students in strategy classes at BI Norwegian Business School have a question about their assignments next semester, odds are a robot will provide their answer. Called Differ, the LMS is a product of Edtech Foundry , an Oslo-based tech company that works with universities.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 21, 2016
These partners range from household names such as Pearson and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, to upstarts like Waggle. Stories in which he described technology as a “ magic pill ” and “robot tutor [that] can essentially read your mind” further fueled these perceptions.
Hack Education
DECEMBER 22, 2017
Via Mindwires Consulting’s Michael Feldstein : “ Pearson Open Sources Equella – Properly.” ” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF. ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.” ” Via NPR : “Hi, Robot : Adults, Children And The Uncanny Valley.”
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