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Relive the Glory Days with eduFire Class Recordings
Posted on 05. Nov, 2009 by Koichi.
If you’re like me and you wish you had something to watch now that the World Series is over (and you’re also sad that the Seattle Mariners didn’t make it to the playoffs), you’re definitely in luck. We’ve been secretly asking people for permission to take the recordings of their classes and put them up for your viewing pleasure. [...]
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Looking for a Lead UI/User Experience Designer at eduFire.com
Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by Koichi.
Do you want to change the world by making learning fun for students and empowering teachers around the world? Are you fanatical about delivering world-class user experiences? Would you like to join a small team where you’ll be the lead UI/UX designer working closely with marketing, engineering and a customer-focused CEO to create the best learning experience possible?
Here’s the kind of thing we’re looking for (plus a little more about ourselves!). [...]
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Learn From Successful Entrepreneurs for Free
Posted on 22. Sep, 2009 by Koichi.
We are so excited to present to you the eduFire Business Channel. It’s kind of like our language section or our test prep section except now we’re finally “getting down to business.” Subjects you’ll find here include marketing, entrepreneurship, business development, management, career development, and more! Better yet, to kick things off we’ve partnered with twenty entrepreneurs (and growing) who will share their stories and strategies of success with you. Don’t miss out on their classes. There are several up in the business listings already and more to come soon. Here is a sampling of some of the classes available right now. [...]
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3 Quick Tips on Becoming a Successful Learner
Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Koichi.
I found this image in a great blog post that I was reading, and it really struck a chord. How about you? You certainly aren’t one of the 99%, right?
In all before-and-after success stories, there’s one thing that they didn’t tell you about: perseverance. Every one of these people had to work hard to be successful, and even though they make it look easy, it wasn’t! Nothing is as easy as we want it to be, but in the end, if you try hard and take the leap you will make it. Then you will be the one to make it look simple. Today, let’s look at three things you can do to increase your learning potential and be one of these success stories. [...]
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Bacon Cookies and Goodbyes to our Intern Robyn
Posted on 14. Aug, 2009 by Koichi.
Yesterday was the last day for our wonderful intern Robyn. Even more wonderful, she brought in Bacon Maple Chocolate Chip Cookies. I’m pretty sure we’re the ones who are supposed to bring things in (like donuts, as per eduFire tradition goes), but at least we all went out and got sushi later in the day (still not as good as the cookies). Bacon, c’mon!
Robyn did an incredible interny job for us, and we’ll miss her! She’s a hard worker, learned all about social media marketing, became a Facebook marketing hero, helped build our community, did some UI design work, wrote some site content, networked with some San Fran tech stars, and more. That’s not bad for a two month stint (feel free to use this blog post if anyone doesn’t want to give you a job – hey, hire this girl!).
When you go back to that Ivy League school of yours don’t forget about us, study a bit, and keep in touch! Thanks so much for all of your hard work!
P.S. That also might mean we are looking for a Robyn-replacement. You can ask about it via Twitter.
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Take eduFire Classes on Apple’s new Tablet
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Koichi.
Here at eduFire, every single one of us (except for a couple of traitorous interns) are Apple lovers. Everywhere you look you’ll see Apple products. iPhones, Macbook Pros, Mac Minis, and more. Now, for the first time ever, a brand spankin’ new Apple tablet… well, in our poorly photoshopped dreams, anyways. But you knew that right after looking at the picture, right? [...]
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7 Free Online Resources for Homeschool Language Learning
Posted on 21. Jul, 2009 by Koichi.
Of course, we think eduFire (not to mention SuperPass!) is an absolutely incredible way for any homeschooler to learn a language or new skill, but we can’t always go and toot our own horn when there’s so many others that do such a good job as well. Here is a list of seven free resources (besides us) that home schoolers can use to study a language quickly and effectively. With the web, using software on your computer is old. These resources are often better, more effective, and free! [...]
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Finding a class just got easier
Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by Koichi.
eduFire just rolled out a new classes page, and we think you’ll really like it. We’ve added a lot of organizational bits and pieces, cleaned things up, and improved the individual classes pages (and how you create them). Of course, we’d love your continued feedback for future version 2.1. Our community members have been posting their suggestions here. So what new features do you get in Classes 2.0? [...]
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Cynthia Garcia is our iPhone winner! (plus more opportunities to win)
Posted on 26. Jun, 2009 by Koichi.
Congratulations Cynthia! Out of all the people who have signed up for SuperPass, you were picked at random to receive a $200 Apple gift certificate, just the perfect amount for a fancy new iPhone 3GS! I know everyone at the office is really jealous without our compasses and video recording capabilities. We hope you enjoy it!
But, if you didn’t win something this time there’s still hope. We’ll be giving out another set of prizes on July 4th (easy to remember for everyone in the US. Everyone else? Mark your calendars). Every SuperPass subscriber (including people who subscribed earlier) will be entered in this drawing, so whether you signed up previously or are thinking about it, you can get in on these fabulous prizes.
Win the eduFire Summer Learning Package
Everybody knows what the sun does to your brains (or the snow, if you live in the Southern hemisphere). We definitely want you to keep on learning this summer, so we put together a package worth $100 to help you study. Here’s what you’ll get:
- An eduFire t-shirt
- $25 LearnOutLoud gift certificate
- $50 of 1-on-1 tutoring on eduFire with the tutor of your choice
Check your eduFire inboxes around July 4 to see if you won! Join SuperPass now to be entered (it’s only $1 for your first week, if you want to try it out)!
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Unlimited classes for less than $1 a day
Posted on 12. Jun, 2009 by Koichi.
We think that the opportunity to change education is huge. Our ultimate goal, which we pound into ourselves, is to “revolutionize education.” We want to change the way people learn, all over the world, and make it easy and affordable to do so. Today we introduce what we think this is the first step towards achieving that goal: eduFire SuperPass.
We’ve been working on this for a long time now (thank you testers!) and we’re really excited to be able to share this with you today. Unlimited classes for only $29 a month (that’s less than $1 a day!).
World class teachers will become available to anyone anywhere in the world as long as they have an internet connection. Teachers, we believe, will be able to make more money this way too, since they’ll have more students in their classes. More students will have access to the best teachers in the world, to native speakers of the language they want to learn, and to experts in niche subjects unavailable in the places they’re living.
But we need your help. If you want to sign up and try it out for only $1 this first week, then we’d love to hear your feedback on the experience. If you don’t want to sign up, please send me an e-mail telling me what improvements you would need to see before you yourself made the plunge, even if you’d never ever join. Either way, we’d really love to hear your feedback so that we can improve on the overall experience! I appreciate it!
An iPhone 3GS for one lucky subscriber
Apple announced their third generation iPhone, slated to come out on July 19, 2009. We’ll be giving away a $200 Apple gift card to one lucky subscriber on that date. So, if you’d like to get in on the raffle, sign up before then! Of course, the gift card can be used on anything you’d like in the Apple store, and we won’t be paying for the monthly bills that cell phone carriers tend to have with them.
Thank you all so much for your support. We are really looking forward to doing this with you, changing the world one day at a time.
Update: We’ve extended the contest by a few days and will be announcing the winner of the iPhone 3GS on Monday, June 22nd. Good luck!
