DIY.org

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DIY.org - The Learning Community For Kids
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HeadquartersSingapore
Area served160+ countries
Key peopleBhavik Rathod
(CEO)
Tripti Ahuja
(COO)
URLdiy.org
LaunchedMay 2012

DIY is a global online learning community that provides a safe digital space to thousands of kids in their most formative years between 5 and 15 to discover and learn a wide range of skills. Kids can explore over 150+ skills, 3500+ challenges & how-to videos, 50+ courses & TV shows, and 100+ live sessions on the platform. Each kid gets to create their personal profile with an avatar and bio, build their portfolio and earn experience points as they explore new skills. [1]

From music, painting, photography, science, cooking, art, and craft; kids can explore their interests and hobbies in a safe and enriching environment.[2] DIY is continually rolling out new courses, live workshops, and projects with mentors around the world to help kids learn, create and share within a safely moderated environment while rewarding them to explore and try more skills.[3] DIY currently has students from over 80+ countries and aims to build a community of 50 million students across the globe.[4]

DIY is also COPPA Certified and is a safety-first model that promotes community building and learning by experimenting in the real world.[5]

History[]

DIY was originally founded by Vimeo co-founder Zach Klein,[6] Isaiah Saxon, Andrew Sliwinski, and Daren Rabinovitch in May 2012.[7] [8]DIY was later acquired by Kyt Technologies Pte. Ltd. in February 2021, founded by Bhavik Rathod and Tripti Ahuja.

Description[]

DIY members can choose from an ever-growing list of exclusively designed courses, challenges, activities, workshops and earn experience points and skill badges[9] on their completion. DIY also features a child-friendly social community that lets its members explore and post their work, connect with like-minded peers around the world, and engage in fun activities together.[10]

Each kid on DIY gets a profile, an avatar, and a completely private and secure user name as well as a digital portfolio in which to collect, store and display all the badges they earn while completing the different challenges and projects throughout the platform.[11] This also helps them build a digital portfolio that can be academically and professionally referenced in terms of skill development.[12][13]

As of June 2021, DIY has had over 750,000 registered children.

DIY Experience Highlights[]

How-To Videos: Each set of activities has a video created by moderators explaining the end goals and a few examples of how those can be achieved.

Courses: The courses tackle concepts in a way that is easy for children to grasp, and the information is given in bite-sized video units so that the learning is simple, fun, and easy to retain.

Daily Challenges: Several challenges go out every day and are posed by moderators to the DIY community at large. DIY members then take on the ones that interest them and post their findings and creations in whichever format they choose back on the platform. Challenges can also be posed by DIY members to their peers.

Live Challenges: These challenges happen over a secure live stream where moderators take the DIY members through all the steps to complete the posed challenge or project.

Skills and Badges: On completion of challenges, DIY members earn Skill points or XPs. These points help the members to earn different Skill Badges on achieving pre-decided targets.

Mentors: Some of the smartest, most talented experts across fields of creativity are brought in, from around the world to create courses. These range from baking, sketching, cartooning, playing instruments, gaming, animation, and more.

Funding[]

Kyt Technologies Pte. Ltd raised $7.5 million in a Series A funding round. The investment is led by Alpha Wave Incubation (AWI), a venture fund managed by Falcon Edge Capital. Sequoia Capital India’s Surge, January Capital, Titan Capital and other angel investors also participated in the round.

References[]

  1. ^ "Inspire Your Kids To Make & Create With DIY.org". By Jennifer Allen 148 Apps. August 29th, 2012
  2. ^ "Get Skills. Be Awesome. Bring DIY.org to Your Students.". Getting Smart.
  3. ^ "With Growth Of 'Hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn To Tinker". December 23, 2012 NPR.
  4. ^ "DIY.org: A Community of Kids Who Make". Dadnabbit.
  5. ^ "DIY.org Turns Kids into Makers". Life Hackers. By Kattie Lam
  6. ^ "Vimeo Co-founder Starts DIY.org, An Online, Social Scrapbook For Kids". Fast Company.
  7. ^ Drew Olanoff. "DIY launches a community for creative kids who make things". The Next Web.
  8. ^ Klein, Zach (2020-01-10). "I bought @DIY back and I'm exploring how to convert it to a volunteer organization. Would you be interested to help make a place for kids to discover passion, learn skills and have a safe place online to share". @zachklein. Retrieved 2020-05-01.
  9. ^ "Skills – DIY". DIY. Retrieved 2016-04-17.
  10. ^ "A Peek inside DIY.org". Mission Local.
  11. ^ Ashlee Vance. "DIY.org: Be Prepared for 21st Century Scouting". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on 2013-09-10.
  12. ^ Nathan Barry. "Build, Make, Hack, Grow With DIY.org".
  13. ^ "DIY.org, Not Just for Kids!" Archived 2014-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Biophillic Cities.

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