founder emily foote karl okamoto headquarters philadelphia number of employees 7 website http info.apprennet.com apprennet is a philadelphia based educational technology startup company founded in 2011 by emily foote and drexel university school of law professor karl okamoto that provides apprenticeship like job experiences online . 1 apprenet s first release was lawmeets an online experience similar to a moot court competition . 2 3 with lawmeets students enact their response to a legal problem and can not only then review their own performance but also receive feedback including critiques by experts . 1 3 according to the journal of the american bar association lawmeets quickly became a very big deal . 4 apprennet next added k12meets a program enabling teachers to practice their classroom techniques and created a training program for employees at a philadelphia restaurant . 1 3 in 2013 apprennet was one of five startup companies selected to participate in the university of pennsylvania s education design studio inc. edsi an innovation incubator dedicated to funding and launching education technology companies . 5 6 grants edit in 2012 the national science foundation awarded okamoto a 500 000 grant to expand lawmeets approach to learning in other disciplines . 1 3 okamoto told an interviewer that apprennet technology could be applied to many fields not only training teachers and restaurant employees but even musical training . we ll take care of law first said okamoto and then use it in lots of different places . why can t we crowdsource violin 7 by 2015 after apprennet hired columbia business school graduate rachel jacobs as ceo the start up had received more than a million dollars in small business innovation research grants . 8 9 jacobs was hired to lead apprennet in an expansion from its original focus on educating lawyers to applying its online teaching technology in training health care professionals college level instructors and k 12 teachers . 8 merger edit following jacobs s death in may 2015 apprennet merged with handsfree learning of california . 10 references edit a b c d mcbride dara 14 august 2012 . drexel law professor creates a virtual venue for getting real world experience . philadelphia inquirer . retrieved 19 may 2015 . reyes juliana 26 july 2012 . apprennet online law education startup to build open web course on m & a with 500k from national science foundation . technically philly . retrieved 19 may 2015 . a b c d mcdonough molly 14 august 2012 . drexel law prof to use 500k grant to expand lawmeets an online lawyering skills platform . aba journal . american bar association . retrieved 19 may 2015 . carter terry 4 september 2013 . you know about moot court but karl okamoto wants students to practice moot deals . aba journal . retrieved 19 may 2015 . schaffhauser dian 31 october 2013 . u penn school of ed launches ed tech incubator . campus technology . retrieved 19 may 2015 . baker brandon 7 november 2013 . apprennet takes teaching to a higher level . philadelphia region s business . retrieved 20 may 2015 . spolan sue 20 march 2012 . transforming the law school experience with apprennet out of drexel . flying kite media . retrieved 19 may 2015 . a b reyes juliana 6 april 2015 . apprennet just hired a new ceo . here s why that s a big deal . technicallyphilly . retrieved 19 may 2015 . people in the news . philadelphia inquirer . 31 march 2015 . retrieved 19 may 2015 . blumenthal jeff 22 july 2015 . local tech firm that lost ceo in amtrak crash merges with california firm . philadelphia business journal . retrieved 27 july 2015 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title apprennet & oldid 743597235 categories educational technology companiesprivately held companies in the united stateseducational websitesonline educationcompanies based in philadelphia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view