building a global community of edugamers
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Kirsten Campbell Howes' presentation from CounterPlay '14.TRANSCRIPT
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