The founders of Nearpod faced a lot of naysayers when they launched their education-technology company in South Florida in 2012. “People told us ‘forget it, what you’re trying to do is nothing short ...

Guido Kovalskys, Felipe Sommer and Emiliano Abramzon founded and ran Nearpod, an education-technology company based in Aventura. Photo courtesy of Nearpod Since 2012, three founders have grown their ...

Nearpod, the interactive instructional platform that lets teachers view students’ progress in real time, today is launching Nearpod Math as an additional curriculum channel for K–8 educators, the ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Proximity Learning Inc., the pioneering provider of synchronous virtual instruction for K-12 education, announced the expansion of its long-standing partnership with ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of education and entrepreneurship. Nearpod is a comprehensive student engagement platform that enables ...

The bring your own device (BYOD) movement has been sweeping through the business world, contributing to the so-called “consumerization of enterprise,” as employees are increasingly bringing their own ...

Together, Nearpod and Renaissance will become the instructional operating system of the classroom, combining live instruction and in-the-moment insights with personalized practice and assessment ...

Heads down on desks. Eyes glued to a cell phone blinking and begging to be tapped for a higher score. Avoiding an assignment because “I don’t have a pencil to write with.” When I see this in my ...

Nearly 80% percent of American adults have smartphones these days, according to Pew Research. And the kids are catching up, studies from the Kaiser Family Foundation suggest. Now, an education tech ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Renaissance, a global leader in student-centered, pre-K–12 personalized practice and assessment, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Nearpod, a ...