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I was really impressed with the widespread application of Nuance. I think that many different fields, including education, would benefit from speech recognition software. I can see how Nuance would make sense for any kind of customer-service based business (for example, perhaps better automation of cellular phone support networks).  In my own practice I have been looking into ways to easily transcribe my online learning modules for my students so that I comply with universal design principles and also help my students who have hearing impairments. When I was listening to the Cognii pitch it seemed that the primary "pain point" was more of a constructive alignment issue- instructors were giving the students assignments but were not really sure that their assessments were evaluating what they intended.

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Lee: If I could vote for who I wouldn't invest in, it would Knewton. Their assets were acquired by Wiley in May (https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/05/07/wiley-buys-knewton-adaptive-learning-technology-company). As per the article, they had received $160 million in funding and have since been acquired for their "assets." Knewton and similar companies will be hard-pressed to compete with companies that have substantial amounts of content (or are know for their content). Perhaps a good equivalent would be Netflix - as they foresaw needing to create their own content as those that owned the content could easily enough create a distribution platform. The same article referenced above also notes that Cengage merged with McGraw-Hill (merging as equals).

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Based on the video clips and brief snippets of information provided, I would invest in Brainly. Although the company is only working with selective algorithm sorting, the social networking element to me seems the most on trend and allows for the most growth within the company.  Currently it is working on a student-student model, but I think based on the original idea, this can greatly be expanded, thus generating more users and revenue. - Malorie Fisher

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Ying Gu - I would invest in Liulishuo because they offer personalized lessons based on voice input, which is not very common at the moment. This will be useful for language classes if the company can branch out into different languages. With just English, they are still a good investment as the market for English learning tools is growing in Asia. Here in Canada, we are in no shortage of international students, and we have multiple offshore schools all over Asia. I want to see Liulishuo analyze speech to personalize lessons for pronunciation, and I want to see how they will expand their services. Perhaps they can allow the app to run in the background for long periods of time so that it can analyze what the user has said in an entire day. This data can be used to find areas of weakness, which the app can then use to design personalized lessons. Overall, I am basing my decision here on future promise; I see the most opportunity to grow from Liulishuo.

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Chava Kassierer  -

I’m debating between Brainly and Cognii.

What I find exciting about Brainly is the social networking aspect- students can help each other by asking and answering questions, and moderators are helping connect between learners and the best suited "expert", creating a community of learning that is personalized. Social media is where kids are, so developing a learning tool that integrates social media functions seems like a no-brainer to me. I also like the gamification aspect, which can motivate learners to both ask and answer questions, and get them participating more.

As an educator, Cognii strikes me as groundbreaking in terms of AI because finally there is a tool out there that is working on higher order thinking and not just True/False and multiplication, which don’t take learning to a deeper level. The ability to receive a prompt to an open-ended question in real time in order to help students stretch their knowledge, thinking and performance strikes me as the option closest to having one on one instruction.

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I would like to learn more about what Carnegie Learning is doing since I work in a K-12 school that uses Common Core (and AERO). The introduction was enough to make me want to do some follow up research.

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Scott Lillis

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I feel like I'd need a lot more information on all the companies in order to accurately determine which venture I would invest in. The short thumbnail insights and intensive focus on one company makes it slightly challenging to select one venture for invest in.

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I would invest in the Nuance product because I have many students who have a strong need for voice recognition software and the ability to transcribe words. It seems like a program that would be in high demand, though I'd have to dg deeper to find out more about what sets it so far apart from other programs that use voice recognition to transcribe.  - Charmaine Collinge