NYCEDU Demo Day is here!
The order of presentations will be:
- Dash
- Vocabslam
- ReturnOnWhatYouLearn
- Kinobi
- NfoShare
- Teachspace.me
- Bundle
- Spriggle
- Hidden Gems Uncovered
- Lean Pickup Lines
- AbroadIn
- VentureBoard
- Mystro
- Classroom Blueprint
- TeamTime
- Fate of Civilizations
- PenPalNews
- Student Dashboard
Follow @SWeduNYC and #NYCEDU on twitter for the live play-by-play!
Final 13 teams selected at NYCEDU!
Congratulations to the final 13 teams!
- The Optimal Classroom
- Fate of Civilizations
- Pen Pal News
- Digital Resource Library
- Dash
- Open My Edu
- Abroaden
- Solved By Me
- Rate This One
- Kenobi
- Student Dashboard
- EduROI
- VocabSlam
19 Ideas Teacher Approved in NYCEDU Pitchfire, Round 2
Teacher Approved™
- Math Workbook 2.0
- Dash
- Digital Resource Library
- Livebooks
- YogaTube
- Home
- Fate of Civilization
- Pen Pal News
- Solved By Me
- Expertly
- Rate This One
- Stylish Schooling
- Student Dashboard
- Kenobi
- Abroaden
- Quiz Dashboard
- Optimal Classroom
- VocabSlam
- Venture Board
49 First-round pitches at NYCEDU pitchfire!
49 Pitches in First Round of Pitchfire!
- Matthew Camp, Joe Lishi, Dan: VocabSlam – Urban Dictionary for the SATs
- Laluca Simple: Math Workbook 2.0 – math embedded in stories / historical context
- ChalkUp – free online education for developing countries
- Cavaughn Noel: BeMentor – kudos for insight & mentorship
- Practicamos – ESL & language learning facilitation
- Alia: Dash – create a playlist of parents to call from the road
- Max: Beyond Category – video professional development platform
- Champan Snowden: feedback for teachers – Kenobi
- Avi Eisenberger: bring the college community online to foster entrepreneurship – VentureBoard
- Jeff: peer evaluation of student writing with feedback – RateThisOne
- Carrie: travel abroad guide – Abroaden
- Michael – Students’ Voice
- Open my edu – making education more affordable
- Teachers overspend, environment matters – Optimal Classroom
- A.J.: classes are discrete, need comparative intel to balance student workload, cross-curricular collaboration – EdEQ
- David M: digital narrated graphic novels to improve ESL – GraphicLiteracy
- Andrew Morrison: QuizDashboard
- James: create interactive lessons from any YouTube video KnowHub
- Joe G: Fate of Civilizations (game-based learning for global citizenship)
- Tamara: search for curriculum & crowd-source quality – Digital Resource Library
- Rebecca: Cypal
- Nidhi: Tutroid
- Carolina: SproutBox subscription curation service for age-appropriate learning products/toys
- Rob Steir: better sexual education for kids PhysioWorks
- Nicole: the younger, hipper, female Bill Nye; concept: content + role-playing + science – Stylish School
- LA: connect communities for learning (experts + parents) The Village
- Michael Bernstein: pen pals talking about news PenPal News
- Stephen T: educational aggregation & content indexing service Edugation
- Jared: online support community to make schools safe for GLBT students Home
- Alex Carter: Spotify for intellectually stimulating content Smartify
- Andre: YouTube for yoga for student behavioral improvements YogaTube
- Darren: EasyEval (Ezval?)
- Elizabeth: Portal for neuroscience & education content + science fiction the links the two communities Neuroeducate
- Marjan: connect friends, parents, and teachers to create social reading Biblionasium
- James: SnapGoods for teachers to trade teaching supplies HelpATeach (for now)
- Lawrence: KidClassSearch find and rate classes nearby & signup
- Aaron: connect experts to students & teachers Expert.ly
- Eli: Where to Go better college discovery
- Kevin: Student Dashboard save time by not logging into eleventy billion different things
- Brian + Rob: EduROI
- Max: online learning platform where parents can assign & incentivize student learning objectives Yapato
- Liza: Netflix for e-learning Mystro (digitally orchestrating all of your e-learning needs)
- Brian V: SolvedByMe online platform where teachers post problems and students post & share solutions
- John B: post ideas, crowdsource ratings that incorporate voters’ expertise EdLabNYC
- EachStudentNeeds: web tool to rally resources for educators
- Juice: experiential education, platform for starter kits After The Bell
- Jed: financial literacy for children & adults FinEd Project
- Scott: Livebooks choose your own adventure for the digital-social student set
- Melissa: web platform to target the unconscious brain Boucho
Startup Weekend EDU: Why Participate?
Startup Weekend is an innovative, non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of all backgrounds including software developers, marketers, designers, educators and other enthusiasts to start companies (or launch ideas) in just 54 hours. The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional), the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then teams form around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. Finally, the weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors.
Here are the top eleven, starting with EDUCATION specifically:
Education in the U.S. (and many places in the world) may be one of the human rights issues of our time. Kids deserve access to an excellent education. Education as an entrepreneurial space has recently gained much traction and interest, including interest and backing from the venture and incubator community, but there’s still much work to be done with not enough bright spots of success. We believe that if we bring you — our educators, developers, designers, business people – together and help facilitate your collaboration in new and innovative ways, we can help contribute to the growing movement to close the achievement gap.
Education/professional development:
Startup Weekends are all about learning through the act of creating. Don’t just listen to theory, build your own strategy and test it as you go.
Build your network:
This isn’t just a happy-hour. Startup Weekend attracts your community’s best makers and do-ers. By spending a weekend working to build scalable companies that solve real-world problems, you will build long-lasting relationships and possibly walk away with a job or a even an investor.
Co-founder dating:
We all know it’s not just about the idea – it’s about the team. Startup Weekend is hands down the best way to to find someone you can actually launch a startup with.
Learn a new skill:
Step outside of your comfort zone. With a whole weekend dedicated to letting your creative juices flow, Startup Weekends are prefect opportunities to work on a new platform, learn a new programming language, or just try something different.
Actually launch a business:
Over 36% of Startup Weekend startups are still going strong after 3 months. Roughly 80% of participants plan on continuing working with their team or startup after the weekend.
Get face time with thought leaders:
Local tech and startup leaders participate in Startup Weekends as mentors and judges. Get some one-on-one time with the movers and shakers in your community.
We cover what you need for the weekend (and it can pay off for long after):
Your ticket covers seven meals, snack, access to exclusive resources, possible sponsor swag, all the coffee you can drink, and more.
Join a global community:
Join over 30,000 Startup Weekend alumni, all on a mission to change the world.
Who you’ll meet at Startup Weekend EDU
Startup Weekend EDU’s mix is roughly 40% developers and coders, 20% designers, 20% business/marketing, and 20% educator/education space. Twenty nine percent of Startup Weekend participants attend an event to network, 20% attend to develop/build a product, and 13% attend to learn how to create a new venture. Roughly 80% of attendees plan on continuing to work on their startup after the weekend.
The above was adapted/borrowed by Nihal ElRayess from here.
