002. Swivl: The Rise of Swivl, The Fall of Recap. The Comeback of Synth

This edition of EdTech Stories features 3 different properties from one company - Swivl.  After failing to secure investment in 2010, Brian Lamb and Vlad Tettlebaum launched The Swivl Robot.  Their success in serving the education community, led them down a path to develop the student video platform known as Recap.  

However, due to a number of circumstances including the rise of the website Flipgrid, Recap ultimately was shut down. Why did this happen?  And as a result, Swivl is attempting to take the lessons they’ve learned from Recap to develop a new podcasting platform named Synth. This episode is called “The Rise of Swivl. The Fall of Recap. The Comeback of Synth.”

This episode features commentary from:

Brian Lamb - Co-Founder, Swivl Dr. Casey Kosiorek & Jim Thompson - School Leaders Rachelle Dene-Poth - Educator, Speaker and Consultant Jeff Bradbury - Educator & Podcaster 

Guest Links

Synth.Audio - Check out Synth 2.0 A Quick Guide to Video Coaching by Dr. Casey Kosiorek & Jim Thompson Through Students Eyes by Rachelle Dene Poth ThriveinEdu Podcast by Rachelle Dene Poth Teachercast.net Podcasts and more

Music:

Theme - “Invincible” by Def Kev (No Copyright Sounds) “Howling” by Gunner Olson (YouTube Audio Library) “Awaken” by Anno Domini Beats(YouTube Audio Library) “Space Navigator” by Sarah The Instrumentalist (YouTube Audio Library) “Memory Card Full” by Birocratic (YouTube Audio Library) “Orange Foot” by Dan Hening “Pluck It Up” by Dan Hening “Melissa” by Eveningland “Let’s Go Home” by Jeremy Blake

The following music was licensed through a Creative Commons NonCommercial 4.0 license.  Thank you to The Blue Dot Sessions. You can find their music at http://sessions.blue.

“Vinyl Couch” by The Blue Dot Sessions “Gotta Find Out” by The Blue Dot Sessions “Rodney Skopes” by The Blue Dot Sessions

 

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