Monthly Archives: February 2010

udemy – Academy of You – new Platform launches with interesting Features

Posted on February 26, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

Earlier this week I had the chance to talk to Gagan Biyani, Co-Founder of udemy.com and he invited me for a tour. The project is an interesting mixture of different tools we already know from other platforms but it also … Continue reading →

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busuu receives six-figure funding from Austrian Business Angel

Posted on February 25, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

Exciting day for the guys at busuu. They just announced that busuu received a six-figure funding from an Austrian business angel who will also join the company as advisor. But that’s not all. busuu also announced to finally launch Brazilian … Continue reading →

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TeachStreet launches Decision Engine for GMAT and GRE Test Takers

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

Although I have not written about TeachStreet on this blog yet,  it is one of my favourite services since I have first heard of them in early 2009. The reason why I did not mention TeachStreet up to now was … Continue reading →

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KWestions for Björn Lasse Herrmann of StartUpSchool

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

You might know Björn Lasse from my EDUKWEST interview with him and Steli Efti of SuperCool School already. But Björn Lasse is also the Principal of his own online school called StartUpSchool. It’s an online community hosted on the SuperCool … Continue reading →

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Myngle partners with Lancelot School to Train and Certify its Teachers

Posted on February 18, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

This post is supported by: A continuing education at university of phoenix dallas is made more convenient. The language learning platform Myngle recently partnered with online language teacher training organization Lancelot School. Besides the regular Lancelot training and certification the … Continue reading →

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Were the Mayans right? Is 2012 the End of the Internet?

Posted on February 16, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

The latest episode of This Week in Startups was as always packed with interesting callers, two pitches (this time online education start ups Babbleflix and ThereNow) and a great guest. James Segil, Co-Founder and President of EdgeCast a content delivery … Continue reading →

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KWestions for Daniel Donet – Initiator of HaitiReact.org

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

This is my new series interview series called KWestions. The aim is to give you some quick, first hand information directly from the source accompanied by a small blog post. My first guest is Daniel Donet, Initiator and Coordinator of … Continue reading →

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VocabSushi – Bitesize Learning

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

I love Sushi. For me it’s one of the most perfect food creations of mankind. Pure, elegant, tasty. Everything you need. VocabSushi transfers those features into a vocabulary learning tool. You see, I am already excited about this product and … Continue reading →

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Sparkeo helps Educators to Monetize on their Videos

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

Yesterday I read about a very interesting start up in online education on TechCrunch Europe called Sparkeo. As TC was offering 100 beta invites I grabbed one immediately and signed up for it. As video streaming is growing and growing … Continue reading →

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What is the difference between Twitter and Emails or SMS anyway?

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Kirsten Winkler

A new “menace” for Twitter goes around. According to the NYT, TechCrunch and WSJ Google wants to add “social features” to its email service GMail. Will this be the “Twitter Killer”? Didn’t Facebook try the same? But what makes Twitter … Continue reading →

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