Powering the Future of Learning
AWARD-WINNING LEARNING PRODUCTS
Our Story
2009
Playpower Foundation
Our company started as a non-profit organization. In 2009, we received $180,000 research grant from the MacArthur Foundation in United States to build affordable learning technologies for students in India. Our team built 8-bit learning games for $10 TV-computers!
2011
Digital Learning Research @ Carnegie Mellon University
Digital Learning Research @ Carnegie Mellon University, 2011 Our team worked with learning scientists at CMU to conduct
2012
Playpower Games
After building an incredible team at Carnegie Mellon University in United States and DA-IICT and National Institute of Design in India, we began building online games to target high-impact skills for struggling learners. We worked extensively to share our unique blend of learning science and game design with students around the world!
2014
Award-Winning Learning Games
Our learning experiences won awards from the National STEM Game Competition, the Marvel Educational App Grand Challenge, and the NYC Department of Education.
2016
Playpower Labs
Service in data science, design, and software development. In 2016, our company took a different road and started providing data science, design, and software development services to some of the biggest education organizations in the world. We started building a world-class team that boasted having advanced scientific and technical skills to solve some of the most challenging and complex problems in large education organizations.
2018
Award-Winning Scientific Research
We published original research on the efficacy of our games and data technologies. We worked extensively with classroom teachers, education researchers, and children to share our unique blend of learning science, game design, and machine learning with students around the world!
2019
Spinoff: Neuro UX - Mobile Cognitive Assessments
We help you conduct remote research. We facilitate large-scale cognitive and psychological data collection using mobile technologies and delightful user experience design.
2022
Spinoff: LearnSense - An AI Education Company
Our AI system can give students immediate digital feedback and guidance on their paper learning! Not only that, students can easily send digital copies of their work to anyone for help.
CORE VALUES
Human-Centered Design
We’re driven by a desire to help people thrive. We wish to empower those who seek to empower others. We bring to this desire the techniques and best practices from the leading edge of human-centered design.
Inspired by Play
We’re inspired by the spirit of play. Play is a powerful force that underlies the human capacity for learning, development, creativity, and imagination. We wish to help people grow by helping them play.
Scientific Rigor
Scientific theory and practice are the foundation of our learning systems. We are committed to evidence, open publication, and data-driven continuous improvement.
OUR STORY
With the support of a MacArthur Foundation grant, Playpower began in 2009 with the goal of designing high-impact learning experiences for underprivileged children around the world (view PopTech! video). After building an incredible team at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and DA-IICT in Gandhinagar, we began building online games to target high-impact skills for struggling learners. Our learning experiences won awards from the National STEM Game Competition, the Marvel Educational App Grand Challenge, and the NYC Department of Education. We published original research on the efficacy of our games and data technologies. We worked extensively with classroom teachers, education researchers, and children to share our unique blend of learning science, game design, and machine learning with students around the world!
In 2016, our company took a different road and started providing data science, design, and software development services to some of the biggest education organizations in the world. We started building a world-class team that boasted having advanced scientific and technical skills to solve some of the most challenging and complex problems in large education organizations. Our highly efficient and friendly style of collaboration earned us much admiration from our happy customers. We published award-winning scientific research with our partners and became leading experts in learning science and technology R&D. Our consulting work has now impacted many millions of students across the United States and India. We are privileged to be working very closely with some of the largest education companies in the world, where we cherish the opportunity to build the future of education.
WE’RE HERE!
HEADQUARTERS
Playpower Labs Inc
8 The Green
Suite #12465
Dover, DE 19901
OFFICES IN
Dover, USA
Ahmedabad, India
PHONE NUMBER
(801) 510-2370
