Wed, 05/08/2013 - 19:17 — UAlpegr
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AngelHack 5, #hackdemayo #anglehacksf, just concluded and it was a unique and fun hack living up to the hype! Sumo suits, sushi, churros, puppy copters, ping pong, billiards, street fighter, oh yeah and also over 500 developers, designers, entrepreneurs and creatives.
AngelHack 5, #hackdemayo #anglehacksf, just concluded and it was a unique and fun hack living up to the
Mon, 04/29/2013 - 22:46 — UAlpegr
Thu, 04/25/2013 - 16:16 — Anthony
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TechCrunch has annouced the official event schedule and API prizes for the Disrupt Hackathon taking place this weekend. The API Workshop schedule can be seenhere, with the agenda here. I will be onhand for the weekend with my colleague Chris Schoenfeld, where we'll be offering a $500 Prize in Amazon giftcards for the best use of Pearson APIs.
Tickets to the Disrupt Hackathon are still available here. If hanging out with us is not motivation enough to attend, teams who submit projects will be eligible for free tickets to the TechCrunch Disrupt Conference ($3,000 value)!
Join the conversation on @PearsonAPI and @hhackdisrupt. Look forward to seeing you this weekend!
Wed, 03/13/2013 - 22:51 — UAlpegr
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Education reform, innovation, food trucks, breakfast tacos, emerging technologies, comedy shows, film screenings, and emerging bands. Yep, earlier this month several members from Pearson’s Future Technologies Team, Diana Stepner, Gregg Alpert, and Anthony Cuellar; traveled to Austin, Texas for the SXSW Education and Interactive Conference and Festival. The team primarily went to Austin to connect with education innovators and entrepreneurs and to promote Pearson Catalyst.
Education reform, innovation, food trucks, breakfast tacos, emerging technologies, comedy shows, film screenings, and emerging bands.
Thu, 02/28/2013 - 19:55 — UAlpegr
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We recently hosted a panel at RocketSpace to explore the education innovation landscape. We brought this panel of industry experts together to better understand how this ecosystem is evolving, its impact on education, and how stakeholders can better collaborate to increase their impact. Similarly, we announced the launch of our new accelerator, Pearson Catalyst, our program to increase partnerships between education technology startups and Pearson.
We recently hosted a panel at
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Thu, 02/28/2013 - 13:52 — Anthony
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What happens when you put a bunch of entrepreneurs on a bus?
This weekend I'll be seeing 30 strangers off for the ride of their lives. StartupBus 2013 is a mobile hackathon on the road to SXSW, and a truly unique experience for entrepreneurs (or buspreneurs as they've been dubbed) to launch a new startup. Check out what Huffington Post's Josh Seefried had to say about his upcoming participation in StartupBus here.
Personally, I can't wait to see what will come out of this journey! Follow @TheStartupBus on Twitter to stay up date on this epic journey!
What happens when you put a bunch of entrepreneurs on a bus?
Wed, 02/27/2013 - 20:02 — Anthony
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The API Strategy & Practice Conference made its successful sold out debut last week in New York with an army of enthusiastic API technologists, strategists, and technology providers in attendance. The 2-day conference kicked off on Thursday, February 21st featuring a range of keynotes, panels, and tracks that included Music, Social, API Design, Media, Retail, API Automation, Travel, Payments, and more.
Mon, 02/25/2013 - 20:10 — UAlpegr
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The Future Tech Team within Pearson is launching Pearson Catalyst, a program out to identify and work with promising education technology startups. The accelerator takes place over the course of 3 months. Selected startups will be matched with a Pearson sponsor, gain access to Pearson executives and product experts, and work closely with a defined Pearson brand during the program. The program aims to form partnerships and deliver pilot programs between the startups and Pearson.
Fri, 02/22/2013 - 22:58 — Anthony
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Last weekend I had the pleasure of participating in CampInteractive's first ever hackathon at General Assembly. Reddit's Alexis Ohanlian hosted the hackathon (dubbed HackInteractive), a fundrasier for the non-profit organization that empowers inner-city youth through the creative power of technology.
On Saturday, February 16th, students spent the day at General Assembly presenting their problem-solving ideas and mingling with developers. I had some great conversations with the youngsters about their plans for college, career aspirations, and passion for technology. It was truly inspiring!
By the conclusion of the event on Sunday there were 8 projects submitted to address those problems outlined by the student presentations. Clever Text won big at the event by addressing the obstacle faced by English as a second language, along with Class Cartography. Colloquial managed to integrate nearly all APIs (including our Brilliant Series and Longman Dictionary), most notably with the bitly trend map. Check out the live application here.
HackInteractive was a really great event with an even better message and overall goal, I look forward to participating again in the future. Hats off to Mike Denton and the team over at CampInteractive for changing the world by inspiring our youth. Check out more pictures from the presentations here.
Wed, 02/20/2013 - 22:24 — Anthony
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As you may know by now, we've been a long supporter of the NYEdTech group's monthly Meetup. Adam, Tom, and Sharon have been doing a stellar job organizing topics, but next week's event is of particular interest to us as it is focused on APIs!
I will be presenting Pearson's API program alongside Jason Hoekstra of inBloom (whom I met over the weekend at HackInteractive), Megan Bowe of Tin Can API, Steve Kann of Blackboard, and Ryan Prichard of Knewton. I'm very excited to share information about our APIs to a new audience and learn about the other great offerings on the panel.
RSVPs are open now but act quick before you miss the boat!
As you may know by now, we've been a long supporter of the NYEdTech group's monthly Meetup. Adam, Tom, and Sharon have been doing a stellar job organizing topics, but next week's event is of particular interest to us as it is focused on APIs!
