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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
- EduApp4Syria Prize
- Enabling Writers Prize
- Grant Competition 2011
- Grant Competition 2014
- Leaders for Literacy
- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
… results.
2016 Big Ideas Contest Winners Announced
Dost will give low-income moms a leg-up on their child’s primary school readiness and amplify the impact of existing early childhood education programs.Local Stories Fast: 10 Steps to Helping Communities Create Early Reading Materials with Bloom
IREX guides on how to develop and host a community-based Bloom Camp to collect, write, and publish local stories and early reading materials using the Bloom software package.How The Story Of A Greedy Dog Engages Children In Rural Zambia To Read
Adamson Thawete dropped out of school after the ninth grade to work as a miner. But he proudly boasts that all nine of his children have completed twelth grade, at his insistence.Mundo de Libros
A web-based platform that matches students with grade level-appropriate Spanish reading materials that align with their abilities and interests.Announcing the 2016 Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day Finalists!
The Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Contest offers students an opportunity to turn their ideas into action. This year saw the largest number of applications in the contest’s history.- Blog // February 12, 2016
Listen up! Radio and mobile phones used to improve children’s literacy in Zambia
Mother tongue stories authored by community members disseminated by SMS to parents’ phones so children can practice reading at home. OpenEMIS Logistics
Community Systems Foundation provides a brief overview of its OpenEMIS solution to track the delivery of textbooks and other materials to schools.MyReadingTablet
Monash University shares its ACR GCD-funded MyReadingTablet innovation that leverages technology to enable readers to adjust the reading level of e-books.Competition Seeks to Develop Education App for Syrian Children Fleeing Conflict
International partnership launches $1.7 million EduApp4Syria prize to help Syrian children learn to read.Digital Game-Based Learning for the Global South
DL4D examines the role of digital games in enhancing quality, equity and efficiency in Global South classrooms and other learning environments.Benetech’s president has a call to action for inclusion
At the Bay Area Makeathon last year, Google.org convened technologists and designers at TechShop in San Francisco, for 72 hours of writing code and designing prototypes for people with disabilities.Opening Literacy to All
There are an estimated 19 million children who are blind or have low vision on our planet, and 90 percent of them are in developing countries where resources are limited.Dost: A Mobile Platform to Promote Parent Engagement and Early Childhood Education
Dost Education shares its ACR GCD-funded innovation that empowers functionally illiterate moms to participate in their child's education using low-cost mobile technology.Advancing Literacy Outcomes for Children with Disabilities in India: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Benetech is proud to join the international community and our partners in observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote awareness and mobilize support for the inclusion of...Dost Education
A mobile platform helping low-income moms in developing countries engage in their child’s education.- Blog // December 2, 2015
Technology opens literacy opportunities for Moroccan children who are deaf/hard of hearing
A team of Moroccan and American deaf and hearing researchers create assistive software to easily create and publish Moroccan Sign Language-supported educational materials for students who are deaf. Bloom 6-minute Overview
Learn more about the impetus and mission of Bloom software, winner of ACR GCD's Enabling Writers prize.Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Sneha Sheth & Dost
Berkeley’s 2015 Hult Prize winner Sneha Sheth discussed her work with Dost, a mobile phone platform delivering early education content and activities to Moms.Big Ideas Pitch Day 2015 – Creating Decodable Readers in Haitian Creole
Watch as the College of William & Mary pitches its innovation to employ local teachers to create and teach reading materials in Haitian Creole during Big Ideas Pitch Day.
