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NoRedInk
Developer(s)NoRedInk Corporation
Written inRuby (programming language), Elm (programming language), CoffeeScript
PlatformWeb application
TypeLanguage-learning
LicenseCommercial software
Websitewww.noredink.com

NoRedInk (stylized as noredink) is an online web-based language-learning platform designed to help students in grades 4-12 improve their grammar and writing skills. The lessons are aligned to meet the Common Core State Standards Initiative[1] and the curriculum students see is personalized according to their interests.[2]


History

NoRedInk was founded by Jeff Scheur, a high school English teacher at Whitney Young Magnet High School in Chicago, after grading 15,000 papers.[3] After documenting years of misconceptions that popped up in his students' writing and developing a taxonomy to address them over several years, Scheur posted an advertisement to Craigslist asking for an engineer to help him build an educational platform.[4] Scheur's students voted on the name "NoRedInk" over "Grammar Ninja" and “Writing Beast."[4]

In February 2012, Scheur shared the first version of NoRedInk with some colleagues at a local Illinois conference. The application quickly grew in popularity: in a month there were 1,500 users on the site. In another month, there were 15,000 registered users.[4] The site continues to grow, and in September 2012, NoRedInk won the Citi Innovation Challenge, hosted by NBC, netting the company $75,000 in prize money.[1] In January, 2013, NoRedInk raised $2 million from a series of investors, including Google Ventures.

As of 2016, NoRedInk is used in 1 of 3 school districts in the United States.

References

  1. ^ a b Mader, Jackie (26 September 2012). "Education Nation: Revived Support For Grammar Instruction". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  2. ^ Sheehy, Kelsey (21 May 2012). "Teacher-Developed Apps Fill Lesson Gaps: Educators take technology into their own hands, using classroom insight to create educational apps". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. ^ Sarno, Aaron (26 October 2012). "NoRedInk Helps Improve Grammar and Writing Skills". PR News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. ^ a b c Taub, Alexander (19 December 2013). "NoRedInk Is Growing At Mach Speed, 10% Of The US School System Using". Forbes. Retrieved 1 February 2016.