DIY.org

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DIY.org - The Learning Community For Kids
DIYorg-logo.png
Headquarters Singapore
Area served160+ countries
Key peopleBhavik Rathod
(CEO)
Tripti Ahuja
(COO)
URL diy.org
LaunchedMay 2012

DIY is an online skill-building platform designed specifically for children. Its website houses a variety of multi-media content designed to teach children various skills, in the context of a global interest-based community. On the COPPA certified platform, each user has their personal profile and is allowed to share creations and accomplishments with friends. [1] The skills learned on DIY are largely creative and maker-focused.

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History

DIY was originally founded by Vimeo co-founder Zach Klein, [2] Isaiah Saxon, Andrew Sliwinski, and Daren Rabinovitch in May 2012. [3] [4] The company launched a second online childrens educational platform in 2016 called JAM.com, [5] [6] which was subscription-based and more focused on a course structure for learning versus DIY's free and badge-based skill building structure. DIY was later acquired in 2019 by LittleBits, [7] after which JAM.com was merged into DIY.org, [8] and then in February 2021 by Kyt Technologies Pte. Ltd., which was founded by Bhavik Rathod and Tripti Ahuja.

On April 30th, 2024, the DIY app was removed from the App Store and those who still have the app will find it no longer works. When you visit the website, it works, however the app is still off the App Store and Google Play. It recently came back on web after a long break. Along with that, you cannot verify unless you are on the desktop website.

Description

DIY members can choose from a selection of courses, challenges, activities, workshops and earn experience points and skill badges [9] on their completion. While the website is generally creative and maker-focused, the skills covered are broad, including things like biology, botany, app development, art, mechanical engineering, camping, gaming, and more. [10] [11] DIY also features a child-friendly social community that lets its members post their work and explore other user content, among other social features. [12]

Each child user on DIY gets a profile, an avatar, and 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. [13] The goal of this digital portfolio is to help provide users with a shareable portfolio of skills that can be academically and professionally referenced. [14] [15]

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 are 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 by 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.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Vimeo Co-founder Starts DIY.org, An Online, Social Scrapbook For Kids". Fast Company.
  3. ↑ Drew Olanoff (27 April 2012). "DIY launches a community for creative kids who make things". The Next Web.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Kolodny, Lora (2016-07-08). "DIY Co. launches JAM to help kids learn what they don't in school, with a little help from Cartoon Network". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
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