School of Everything
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Type of site | Social enterprise, Education |
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| Available in | English |
| Headquarters | London |
| Founder(s) | Dougald Hine, et al. |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Launched | 2007 |
| Current status | Defunct |
School of Everything was a website via which learners and teachers were able to search for each other.
History
[edit]School of Everything was founded by Dougald Hine, Andy Gibson, Mary Harrington, Paul Miller, and Peter Brownell in 2006. The site was first funded by the Young Foundation.[1][2]
It launched an alpha site in September 2007.[3]
In April 2008, it received £350,000 in funding.[4]
In 2008, it won a UK Catalyst award for the social use of technology[5] and a New Statesman New Media Award.[6]
In 2010, it was chosen by Becta and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills as its new platform for adult informal learning in the UK.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Moules, Jonathan (October 21, 2008). "Two lessons in education". Financial Times.
- ^ Hine, Dougald (March 12, 2018). "The Long Journey HOME: On (Finally) Starting a School". Medium.
- ^ Butcher, Mike (September 28, 2007). "School of Everything quietly launches alpha site". TechCrunch.
- ^ Kiss, Jemima (28 April 2008). "Elevator Pitch: School of Everything scores £350K funding". The Guardian.
- ^ "Community network sites honoured". BBC News. 26 July 2008.
- ^ Morrow, Suzanne (17 July 2008). "New Statesman digital award winners". Chinwag.
- ^ "BECTA 2010 Annual Report" (PDF).