IXL Interview

Mathematica, MAPLE, Algebrator, Math Tutor, Duolingo, Khan Academy

Math software I used for Sylvia

Program used by Stevie and Eddy

Program at Parkland High School in Allentown, PA. teachers divide students into rotating groups that split their time between one-on-one instruction, independent computer study and collaborative groups where they are exposed to dialogue and team building with their peers.

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There's been sort of a backlash against standardization in education along with the backlash against common core, standardized tests, etc. Have you seen this affect you at all? 2. I understand that your market includes multiple segments: schools and families, and within these individual teachers or individual homeschooled students. Which are the main segments, and in which do you see the company growing into? 3. I read on your website that you have users in over 190 countries. Other than the U.

S., which areas have the largest usage rates? 4. IXL seems very focused on practice, feedback on monitoring, whereas some of the competing services offer more direct opportunities for learning (videos, lessons, etc.). Are there any plans to move into this area? 5. Is the focus for growth mostly on IXL now, or are the Quia products still expanding? 6.

Possibility to use Quia Books for more than Languages?

March 2015, 53 new Math and L.A. skills

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Real problems, real solutions, as opposed to fuzzy problems with fake solutions (planning consultancy) Passion for education. Interest in technology: both the culture and opportunities for learning. Belief in the power of technology to solve world's biggest problems.

Bill Gates, through the Gates Foundation (who are funding me at Cambridge), often talks about his belief that we need to be looking to new technologies to solve climate change and the energy crisis rather than policy, since advances in technologies provide the sort of massive paradigm-shift changes that are needed. I think the same is true of education. Lifelong learning.

NYC summer school program that consists mainly of students working individually or in small groups on laptop computers to complete math lessons in the form of quizzes, games and worksheets.

Each student must take a quiz at the end of each day; the results are fed into a computer program to determine whether they will move on to a new topic the next day. Mr. Klein said the program would allow learning in a way that no traditional classroom can, because it tailors each lesson to a student's strengths and weaknesses, as well as the child's interests. Rose and Rush then left the city department and established New Classrooms Innovation Partners, a private nonprofit organization that now works with schools to use Teach to One, a program that evolved from School of One. (It's still called School of One when used in New York City, where the schools do not pay licensing fees since it originated at the Department of Education.

). So far, the program is used in only 30 schools in New York, New Jersey, Washington, D.C., North Carolina and Georgia. Results are positive but not uniformly so. It's a work in progress - but one with great potential.

I believe they use IXL.

We're challenging classrooms to practice as many math and language arts questions as they can on IXL in one month for the chance to win prizes! The classrooms that have the highest average completed problems per student will win a pizza party.

NYT editorial by Tina Rosenburg

1998

The first website that allowed teachers and learners to create and share customized study materials. The initial version featured three formats: a matching game, a concentration game, and flash cards. Soon after, quizzes were added, along with a dozen more game types. The concept was an overnight success, and Quia Web quickly became one of the most popular education sites in the early days of the internet.

Our second product, Quia Books, is a highly interactive online textbook and workbook platform created specifically for language learning. Released in 2001, at a time when e-books weren't much more than PDF readers, Quia Books supported immersive, online workbook exercises with real-time feedback and an intelligent grading system.

Our attention turned toward math in 2007, when we introduced IXL, a groundbreaking platform and curriculum for K-12 math education. As the world's most comprehensive math practice program, IXL covers more than 3,000 distinct math topics in a progression from pre-kindergarten to high school. All questions—even word problems—are algorithmically generated, meaning that every question is unique, and students never see repeats no matter how long they practice. For teachers, IXL provides unparalleled insight into student performance through business-caliber reports and data analysis tools.

In 2013, we expanded IXL to include English language arts, offering unlimited, targeted practice of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. IXL is now used in more than 15,000 schools as well as at home by families worldwide

1998 - Company founded, Quia Web 2001 - Quia Books 2007 - IXL 2013 - English