LSE Challenge Future Team
problem
Education is boring.
People do not learn what they want and need, but what they’re forced to.
solution
edutain me is the platform that searches through piles of on-line resources and selects the ones that suit the students’ needs and interests best.
how we’ll get there
• Make education as entertaining as TV
• Involve educators and youngsters in tailoring their own curriculum
• Bring fun and education together
who is it for
people interested in education
16 – 24 year old students
life long learners
what we have done so far
now •Team of 5•Working prototype•About to start a 1 month testing period
12 months •Team of 8•200 monthly users and 30 reviewers•Investment of £50,000
18 months •Develop the platform for 5 educational systems•1000 monthly users and 50 reviewers
5 years •Team of 12•1 million users per annum and 200 reviewers
2030•2000 reviewers•8 million users•Funding of 1 million pounds
distribution
Universities and teachers
USP:Help them improve the quality of their work & end results.
Charities and NGOs with a focus on
educationUSP:
Make the beneficiaries of their organisations better.
CompaniesUSP:
Extremely well targeted advertising to this niche market.
feasibility
StumbleUpon# users:
9,908,350
Recommends resources on the web according to interests (fields).
Social media# users:
> 1 billion
Using users’ preference to target commercials .
Learning Machines Lab
Provides personalised learning systems. As an electronic, interactive textbook.
Khan Academy# users:
390,000,000 views
Video lessons that go from very beginner to very advanced levels.
Delicious# users:
530,000,000
Made bookmarking social and allows for easier sharing of content.
if we win...
• We will:–Hire 3 more team members– Improve the platform software & hardware– Launch the 1.1 version of the platform
teamBjoern
Operations <[email protected]>
AncaExternal relations & funding <[email protected]>
NikolasResearch <[email protected]>
SergiuWeb programming & platform architect
RaresDesign and copyrighter <[email protected]>
thank you!
www.edutain-me.com