[Marshall Tuck, CEO of the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, shares which technologies LA's worst-performing schools use and what they've learned.]
Thirty-one amazing education/kid startups launched or launched new products on stage at Microsoft's Silicon Valley campus in Mountain View June 12 & 13, 2012. Check here for all the action on Day One; here is Day Two (including winners).
Event details at launchedu.co.
Spreadsheet of all presenting companies here and our photos here.
5:28pm: Thanks to judges, we start at 9am tomorrow, doors open at 8am. More great companies and Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese!
5:20pm: Judge discussion of Session 2 companies
Scoble: Had three ties on my sheet. GatherEducation, Kno, Launchpad. In terms of this conference, I want to help teachers more than consumers, going with Gather. It lets teachers teach to wider audience. One of my rules in life is get more scale out of what I do. Teaching in online context like this makes teacher more scalable. I'm hopeful that the world moves to something like this.
Stefan: Also Gather. Felt natural. LearnStreet also a top.
Christine: Timbuktu aside, really liked Penyo Pal, demo with Alejandro clinched that.
Alan: Tie between Timbuktu and Launchpad Toys. Liked creativity in both of them. Comment on Gather: seems gimmicky to have Kinect but big fan of having full person there. Holodeck way more interesting.
Vivek: First time where I liked everything at a conference.
[ love fest -- Launch team is great, Vivek says we really support entrepreneurs. ]
Vivek: Penyo Pal, so impressed with what kid learned from it. Marhsall gave PlayTell 9 out of 10.
Jason: Your favorite of first group?
Vivek: Not enough notes on that.
Jose: Everybody did amazing job. Launchpad Toys, Timbuktu, Penyo Pal. Favorite was Launchpad Toys.
5:16pm: Alejandro played with Penyo Pal, let's test his Chinese. [Jane having conversation with him]. He names the pear, orange and apple -- all correctly. He says it was fun to use the app. Says he has done language in school but didn't learn much. Tells Jason he would prefer learning on tablet to learning from teacher.
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11:57 AM PDT Tue, Jul 24, 2012 
