This week, a young education company seeks advice on how much financial risk to take on as it pushes forward. — Dan Beyers
The Story Behind Tall Tales
I walked into the MediaBarn User Experience Lab thinking that I knew exactly how the first, second, and third-grade students would use our new learning game prototype. "Tall Tales" is a Mad Libs™-style cloze activity where kids fill in the blanks by...
Speak Agent "Pro" Now Available
The Speak Agent team worked hard over the summer to make your teaching experience even better by adding new academic language learning games and new features. These new games and features will be available for customers who upgrade to Speak Agent...
The Story Behind Scrambled Sentences
Outside South Lake Elementary School in mid-February, snow was still piled high atop grassy medians and street corners. Inside, kids raced, hopped, spun, and meandered around the warm cafeteria. It was pizza time! This was my first visit to Dream...
EdTech Innovation Showcase leads to Pilot Partnership with Sylvan Learning
The following is a lightly edited excerpt of an August 29, 2017 blog post made by David Cross of the Towson University Incubator. Find the original here.
Speak Agent goes live!
Speak Agent launches new online tool for teaching academic program to English Language Learners
Washington Post's Business Rx Features Speak Agent, Inc.
Language-learning company seeks help translating early success into a growing enterprise
NSF Awards Speak Agent Phase II SBIR
Last night the National Science Foundation notified us of a two-year Phase II SBIR grant award that will fund further research and development of our digital platform for academic language learning, especially for English Language Learners (ELLs)....
Speak Agent Selected as Finalist for DAI Innovation Into Action Challenge
DAI, a global development company, selected Speak Agent as a Finalist for its USAID-funded Innovation into Action Challenge. Speak Agent was among nine finalists selected from a field of nearly 300 entrants. Speak Agent is working with DAI and USAID...
NSF Phase One R&D Shows Results
In January we issued our final report to the National Science Foundation for Phase I SBIR award IIP-1448520. This NSF grant supported development of many of the features you see today with Speak Agent's academic language and vocabulary learning...
