type privately held company industry education e learning entertainment founded 2006 headquarters copenhagen denmark area served worldwide key people stephan stephensen ceo products english e learning internet application games members over 2.000.000 parent laessoee l ss e holding website savivo.com savivo is a danish e learning company based in copenhagen . the company was founded in 2006 and is known for their educational games which has millions of users around the world . savivo started out developing content for web browsers and has since embraced smartphones and tablets running on android and ios . contents 1 history 2 stephan stephensen 3 learning philosophy 4 products 4.1 mingoville english 4.2 mingoville fun clock 4.3 mingoville preschool 4.4 mingoville storytelling 4.5 skolemat 4.5.1 mondiso 4.5.2 hexaville 4.5.3 pitropolis 5 awards and conferences 6 notes and references 7 external links history edit savivo was founded in 2006 by company ceo stephan stephensen . the name itself reflects the philosophy of the company . savivo is a portmanteau of the words savvy and vivo the spanish word for life . the company s first project was the first educational game mingoville english which purpose is to help children learn english . mingoville english was designed and developed as part of a project initiated by denmark s it center for education and research under the auspices of the danish ministry of education . in 2008 savivo developed skolemat a series of math games . skolemat is designed to cover the entire danish folkeskole from pre school up to lower secondary education . in 2012 the first part of skolemat called mondiso which covers first to third grade was released in english . in 2009 the portuguese government appointed savivo to integrate mingoville english on half a million of intel s classmate pcs in portugal . 1.000 classmate pcs were also sent to botswana . 1 the same year savivo joined the chilean government s chile habla ingles campaign 2 to combat english illiteracy in chile . within two weeks of the campaign more than 200 000 chileans signed up for mingoville english . in 2011 savivo approached all major telephone companies in denmark e.g. tdc telenor 3 and telia to enable their math app for mobile phones to be streamed for free to all school children in denmark . in 2012 savivo entered a partnership with the danish publishing house gyldendal 3 a partnership where the two companies will develop new digital learning content and gain a larger presence abroad . in 2013 savivo saw international success . the ipad version of mingoville preschool was well received in china where it held the first place in the highly competitive chinese app market . in the beginning of september mingoville preschool started a similar rise to the top in latin america . the app occupied the top 3 positions in itunes education category in a number of countries e.g. argentina venezuela and colombia . stephan stephensen edit with a background in business stephan stephensen s first foray into e learning was a program designed to teach refugees danish . 4 he is responsible for the company s learning philosophy and proponent of e and m learning in all their incarnations . the potential of m learning in various areas of the world like africa is something he continues to explore . 5 learning philosophy edit savivo utilizes various teaching approaches in their apps . besides using gamification elements to increase the time children play the games savivo is a proponent for learning through play . savivo s approach is structured and uses both dialogue and visual elements to stimulate learning . according to a report created by a series of consultants and copenhagen municipality 6 students feel challenged by mingoville english and think they learn more english from playing the game . the strong focus on dialogue between child and game are used to explain topics and subjects in a dynamic way . products edit year title platform s win mac ios android 2006 mingoville english yes no no 2008 skolemat yes yes yes 2012 mingoville fun clock no yes yes 2012 mondiso yes yes yes 2013 mingoville preschool yes yes yes 2013 mingoville storytelling no yes yes mingoville english edit mingoville english is savivo s biggest program with over 2.000.000 users around the world . it combines a set of 10 missions totaling hundreds of english exercises and games with a virtual world where children can talk and play together . in the virtual world the safety of the children is guaranteed thanks to savivo s safe chat system 7 which only allows pre approved words to be used . mingoville english features voice acting with voice actors from both north america australia and the uk . native voice actors ensure that the children are exposed to as authentic an english experience as possible . mingoville english was developed with the assistance of english teachers and the program has a comprehensive system for handling lesson plans homework and grading . while mingoville english is the flagship of savivo the universe and activities have spun off several other games and apps . most notably the mingoville preschool app which shortly after release climbed the chinese app store and claimed the first place . 8 though mingoville english was developed for web browsers a new and enhanced version of mingoville english is being developed for both web ios and android . mingoville fun clock edit mingoville fun clock is an app designed to teach children how to tell time . mingoville fun clock features voice actors in english chinese french italian spanish german dutch danish swedish and norwegian . mingoville preschool edit mingoville preschool is designed to introduce children aged 4 8 to their first english words and phrases . the activities included in mingoville preschool range from variations of memory games to word puzzles . mingoville storytelling edit mingoville storytelling is a storytelling app in which children are encouraged to listen to stories set in the mingoville universe retell them and finally write their own stories using any of the unlocked pictures and their own voice . skolemat edit skolemat comprises three parts mondiso hexaville and pitropolis . each part has a unique theme to engage the children and which ties into the exercises . mondiso edit mondiso which is for students ages 6 8 years introduces children to basic math such as addition subtraction and multiplication . the game is set on the island of mondiso which is inhabited by strange and colorful monsters . mondiso is available in both danish and english . hexaville edit hexaville covers the curriculum for ages 10 13 and teach children about geometry equations and coordinates . hexaville takes place at a harry potter inspired school with witches ghosts and magic . hexaville is only available in danish . pitropolis edit pitropolis for the 13 to 16 year old expands of the two previous parts and teaches about economy pythagoras and fractions . in pitropolis the player follow the young people alex and monica and their everyday lives . pitropolis is only available in danish . awards and conferences edit 2007 stephan stephensen attended the new media days in copenhagen . 9 the topic of his talk was can internet advertising provide education to children . 2011 stephan stephensen attended the learning without frontiers sunday service 10 where the topic of his talk was learning english in a virtual world . 2011 savivo was awarded the danish mobile award 11 in recognition for making an extraordinary impact on mobile technology . 2013 savivo won the best mobiz and innovative enterprise award at the global mobile internet conference . 12 2013 savivo will attend the language show live in london . 13 the topic of their talk will be the impact of gamification on education . 2013 stephan stephensen wil speak at the media & learning conference in brussels . 14 notes and references edit mingoville is on half a million classmate pcs called magalh es chile habla ingl s. retrieved 2013 09 10 . gyldendal allurer sig med mingoville bogmarkedet august 16 2012 savivo media kit copenhagen 2013 p. 3 mingoville team is going to egypt to explore new partnership on the african continent mingoville.com analyse og vurdering af itif l remidler copenhagen 2010 p. 119 mingoville the safe virtual world from savivo s blog preschool triumphs in china from savivo s blog new media days 2007 learning without frontiers mobil.nu at the 2013 global mobile internet conference in beijing savivo was awarded the best mobiz and innovative enterprise award language show live exhibitor list media and learning contributors external links edit savivo s official website savivo s official blog retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title savivo & oldid 738943409 categories educational websitesenglish language educationsoftware companies based in copenhagensoftware companies of denmarkhidden categories pages using infobox company with 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