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 monthly users and 30 reviewers Investment of £50, 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 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 education USP: Make the beneficiaries of their organisations better. Companies USP: 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

team Bjoern Operations Anca External relations & funding Nikolas Research Sergiu Web programming & platform architect Rares Design and copyrighter

thank you!