I am currently at the Startup Weekend EDU in London as a coach, helping the projects to shape their ideas and work on their product pitches.
I am going to add short recordings of the different groups below over the day, so check back to get the latest updates.
Achieve
Team Achieve wants to build a platform that keeps track of your learning and related achievements in order to make informal learning or learning with MOOCs more valuable for both job seekers and employers.
Reading Readiness
Team Reading Readiness wants to create apps for children to help them develop core skills like reading even before they enter school.
Treeach
Team Treeach is tackling the language learning market building an online platform for language teachers and students from around the world for face to face and online classes.
Elimu
Team Elimu (Swahili for education) wants to tackle youth unemployment in the UK by building a Kickstarter like platform where students can upload a video CV to promote themselves to potential employers.
Eduudle
Team Eduudle wants to create an Expedia for online courses to help students to find the best course based on personal preferences like price, credentials etc.
Short interview with the guys from Nightzookeper, the winners of last year’s Startup Weekend EDU London who are also the organizers of this year’s event.
Short interview with a fellow mentor and co-creator of Minecraft EDU.
