building a global community of edugamers

Building a global educational games

communityCounterPlay 2014Aarhus, Denmark

Kirsten Campbell-Howes@campbellhowes@edugameshub

Edugameshub.com

Making friends is the most important thing you will ever do

Becoming a teacher was the smartest thing I ever did

I started designing games by accident…

Now I help people make better educational products…

In April 2011 I was bored, and made a life-changing decision…

3 years later - #LEGup has grown and I’ve learned a lot

Many successes…

• Reached £200K and closing £350K this month

• Reached 16,000 teachers around the world• Used in 126 countries

• Partnerships w/ Telefonica & RM Education• Licensing deal in Japan worth £250K

• Moved from 150K users to 700K• 100m questions answered• £117k investment (now raising

£2 million)

• Used in over 100 countries

Just a few of our overseas friends…

The UK edugames community now…

A few challenges…

Our ambitions…

Growing edugameshub…

Be happy to stand out…

Don’t worry (too much) about money...

Stay interested…

What we can do together…

• Learn• Play• Grow

We’re better together

• Let’s talk about what we can do next…

@edugameshub

edugameshub.com

#LEGup