Michael ChasenDaniel CaneMatthew PittinskyStephen GilfusBlackboard/Founders
Michael Chasen is the co-founder and CEO of Class Technologies Inc. Class adds teaching and learning Tools to Zoom. Michael is an entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to improving the way people live and learn.
We add teaching and learning tools to Zoom.#N#In most classes are being taught online today teachers cannot take attendance, hand out an assignment, give a quiz, grade work, or talk one-on-one with students. Class adds all of these capabilities to Zoom -and more!
SocialRadar is a start-up thinking BIG about how you connect to the people around you.#N#In the future where you walk into a room you will already know who all the people are and what you have in common.
Worked with institutions of higher education to assist with technology implementations.
Helped establish the FBI CJIS Multimedia Lab Computer Center. Responsible for research and compiling reports on new hardware and software technology. Helped with $1.2 million department wide upgrade of office automation; including research, budget and procurement.
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Class, launched less than a year ago by Blackboard co-founder Michael Chasen, integrates exclusively with Zoom to offer a more customized classroom for students and teachers alike. The inaugural product, Class for Zoom, uses both management and instruction tools to bolster the video conferencing call experience.
On the instruction side, Class for Zoom helps teachers launch live assignments, quizzes and tests, which can be completed by students in real time. On the management side, tools range from attendance trackers to features that allow a teacher to see how much time a student is participating in activities. Currently, ClassEDU is in a private, paid ...
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