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Pooja Nath, founder of Piazza, at her offices in Palo Alto, California
The experience as a young woman in India formed the foundation of her start-up in Silicon Valley, Piazza. Ms. Nath, who was the first woman from her hometown to attend the prestigious engineering school and later escaped an arranged marriage to become an entrepreneur. A site for homework was conceived in 2009 during her first year at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Students post questions to their course page, which peers and educators can then respond to. Instructors moderate the discussion, endorse the best responses and track the popularity of questions in real time. Responses are also color-coded, so students can easily identify the instructor’s comments.
Piazza gives the students a community, especially in the middle of the night, when the instructors are sleeping. Despite its early success, Piazza is still struggling to increase its adoption and find a road to profitability. I hope publishing this article will contribute somewhat to their success.
Piazza, the Italian term for a public square, is part of a growing group of technology start-ups hoping to disrupt the education market. Its peers include Kno and Inkling, two platforms for interactive, digital textbooks. The trend has also given birth to its own Silicon Valley-based incubator, Imagine K12, which announced its first batch of investments in June. Read More
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Pooja Nath, founder of Piazza, at her offices in Palo Alto, California
The experience as a young woman in India formed the foundation of her start-up in Silicon Valley, Piazza. Ms. Nath, who was the first woman from her hometown to attend the prestigious engineering school and later escaped an arranged marriage to become an entrepreneur. A site for homework was conceived in 2009 during her first year at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Students post questions to their course page, which peers and educators can then respond to. Instructors moderate the discussion, endorse the best responses and track the popularity of questions in real time. Responses are also color-coded, so students can easily identify the instructor’s comments.
Piazza gives the students a community, especially in the middle of the night, when the instructors are sleeping. Despite its early success, Piazza is still struggling to increase its adoption and find a road to profitability. I hope publishing this article will contribute somewhat to their success.Piazza, the Italian term for a public square, is part of a growing group of technology start-ups hoping to disrupt the education market. Its peers include Kno and Inkling, two platforms for interactive, digital textbooks. The trend has also given birth to its own Silicon Valley-based incubator, Imagine K12, which announced its first batch of investments in June. Read More
I'm Ron Denaro and thanks for joining College Campus Chatter today!
Ron Denaro is the president of College Campus Trips, a tour company providing high school students with tours of college campuses, nationwide. For more information, call (954) 567-5751 or e-mail: ron@collegecampustrips.com
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