Clever vs. Classkick

Clever was born of co-founder Dan Carroll’s frustration as a school tech director in Denver. His plans to use technology to save teachers time and personalize learning were stymied by countless CSV files and forgotten passwords. Dan recalls, “I wanted to be an innovator, but I got stuck being a human API.” Software has the potential to empower teachers and create new ways to learn. But one thing must happen first. Everyone must be able to log in—quickly and securely. To solve Dan’s problem, we built a single sign-on portal that now helps 95,000 of U.S.

Classkick is an app and web-based platform that can be used as an instructional tool in the classroom. Teachers upload their own content or create something new– with drawings, text, images, audio, links, and videos to provide instruction or create assessments. Students input drawings, text, images, and audio or answer fill-the-blank or multiple choice in response to teacher-created material. Teachers provide individualized, real-time feedback and grading with an array of tools–directly on the canvas, in the help center or with pointed stickers.