Kno has had a rocky road since they burst onto the tech scene in June 2010 when the company announced their 14 inch dual screen tablet. It never ended up hitting the market and in early 2011 the company gravitated towards software development. They reached agreements with 75 publishers and has over 200,000 interactive and digital titles their library. Habitual investor of the … [Read more...] about Intel Purchases Digital Educational Company Kno
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Kno Teams with St. Mary’s Press for Interactive Bibles
KNO is best known for its interactive learning software and digital store that allows diligent young scholars to buy content. Today, St. Mary's Press has announced to that will be doing special versions of the Catholic Youth Bible, Breakthrough Bible, and Living in Christ series to be made available for sale immediately. This agreement actually makes a ton of sense because KNO … [Read more...] about Kno Teams with St. Mary’s Press for Interactive Bibles
Newest McGraw-Hill Innovation Aimed at Advanced Placement Students
Digital textbook companies like CourseSmart and Kno recently launched innovative, interactive dashboards that help increase student learning outcomes by providing valuable feedback on how students engage with course material, but McGraw-Hill High Education announced today that its launch of such a dashboard is aimed at a very specific demographic of students.SCOREboard, the … [Read more...] about Newest McGraw-Hill Innovation Aimed at Advanced Placement Students
Kno, Sally Ride Science Take Academic eBooks in a New Direction
The US educational front is just beginning to enjoy the benefits of widespread digital textbook adoption, especially at the public school level. But now, Kno and Sally Ride Science have teamed up to create engaging, informative ebooks with full-color graphics, embedded video, and more, all aimed at encouraging an interest in science in younger students. Created by a premier … [Read more...] about Kno, Sally Ride Science Take Academic eBooks in a New Direction
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks
While digital textbooks abound throughout the country at the college level and new companies spring up almost monthly to provide digital-editions for the thousands of titles in use in US higher education, one of the markets that has been slow to adopt digital textbooks--at great expense to already cash-strapped school systems--is the K through 12 public school arena. Due to … [Read more...] about Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Kno Partner on K-12 Digital Textbooks
McGraw-Hill Interactive eBook Learning Tools Released for Canadian Students
One of the most innovative educational concepts to come out for student personal use this year was the concept of an interactive and adaptive learning interface, embedded directly in the titles that students use. These dashboards from companies like Kno and CourseSmart actually provide feedback for the learners that let them know how effective their reading and learning time … [Read more...] about McGraw-Hill Interactive eBook Learning Tools Released for Canadian Students
Kno Cofounder on the Practical Applications of Digital Textbooks
Babur Habib, co-founder of educational software and digital textbook designer Kno, was on hand at Tools of Change to speak with GoodEReader about its recent launch of the Kno Advance platform, the anticipated follow up to the earlier release of the Kno Me interactive learning dashboard. With this week's announcement about Kno Advance and its three distinct components, … [Read more...] about Kno Cofounder on the Practical Applications of Digital Textbooks
Kno Unveils New Advance Platform to Scale Publishers’ Textbooks
As digital textbooks incorporate newer interactive features at a fraction of the cost of their print counterparts, one key aspect of e-textbooks is now the need to catch them up to the speed of other forms of digital publishing. Just as other ebook users have enjoyed the frenetic pace of other forms of ebook creation, digital textbook and educational software developer Kno will … [Read more...] about Kno Unveils New Advance Platform to Scale Publishers’ Textbooks
SUNY System Parnters with Kno for Digital Textbooks
Another university system has taken on the daunting task of digital textbook adoption and publication, this time the highly regarded State University of New York (SUNY) press. SUNY has partnered with textbook produce Kno to bring even more options to the academic landscape for college students this spring by working to digitize thousands of SUNY press titles.This collaboration … [Read more...] about SUNY System Parnters with Kno for Digital Textbooks
Educational Enhancements from McGraw-Hill Appear at CES
This year's Consumer Electronics Show, taking place in Las Vegas, has already unveiled some exciting new products and enhancements, especially in the area of education and digital textbooks. Alongside this morning's announcement from educational software company Kno of the interactive study assist dashboard called Kno Me, McGraw-Hill unveiled its own interactive adaptive … [Read more...] about Educational Enhancements from McGraw-Hill Appear at CES
Digital Textbooks Just Got Better with Kno Me
While digital textbooks are emerging across the globe for students of every educational level, leading educational software company Kno is already introducing improvements to what the industry already envisions as a quality, fully-interactive e-textbook. With the upcoming launch of Kno Me later today, students will have a visual dashboard of how effective their learning … [Read more...] about Digital Textbooks Just Got Better with Kno Me
Kno, DonorsChoose Bring eTextbooks to Schools
Good e-Reader first profiled digital textbook and software company Kno when it came to light that the business model for the publisher differed substantially from many academic publishers. Rather than produce digital editions of K through 12thgrade textbooks for schools to adopt, Kno makes it possible for parents to purchase digital editions of their children’s textbooks for … [Read more...] about Kno, DonorsChoose Bring eTextbooks to Schools
Kno Releases eTextbook App for Windows 8
Kno is well known in the digital textbook segment for developing software that not only can be easily read, but also allows you to take complex notes and participate in virtual study groups. The company currently offers content from over 65 textbook publishers and over 200k digital titles for K-12 and higher education books. Today it has unveiled its Windows 8 app for Metro for … [Read more...] about Kno Releases eTextbook App for Windows 8
Kno Partners with John Wiley for Expanded Offerings of Digital eTextbooks
KNO is very well regarded in the industry for developing cutting edge software geared towards students. They are also quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with in the emerging field of digital e-textbooks. Today, the company has announced that it has partnered with the leading global publishing company, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. The new partnership with Wiley’s Global … [Read more...] about Kno Partners with John Wiley for Expanded Offerings of Digital eTextbooks