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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 in Books in Underserved Languages.
EduApp4Syria Prize
Building out-of-school Syrian refugee children’s foundational literacy and psychosocial wellbeing through gaming apps
eKitabu
The creation of more than 250 books in Tumbuka and Malawian Sign Language for free use on the Global Digital Library.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
Accessible Books Consortium Announces Winners of 2019 ABC International Excellence Award
The 2019 winners of the ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing were announced at the awards ceremony held at the London Book Fair.
No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
Creation of 100 STEM-focused accessible story templates and illustrations to serve Arabic-speaking children, particularly those affected by the Syria crisis
Rochester Institute of Technology – National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The creation of 1,200 accessible books in the sign languages of Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, the Fiji Islands and Samoa.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
You Are Not Your Limitations
Chances are good that if you don’t deal with significant physical disability on a regular basis—whether your own or that of someone you care about.
SIL LEAD
The creation of 420 quality, accessible books in the Soninke and Sénoufo languages of Mali, as well as Malian Sign Language, using SIL's Bloom book creation software.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
Remote learning when it is really remote
Internet access is ubiquitous—except where it isn't. However, even in places where electricity or Internet connectivity are spotty, new e-learning innovations can help people get an education.
The Asia Foundation
Creation of 380 children’s books in six local spoken and signed languages of Laos, Nepal and Papua New Guinea.Competition
Begin With Books
Winner Status
Winner
The App That Changes Everything?
It seems like every few weeks we hear about some exciting new innovation in computer technology—a brand-new application that (at least according to the advertising hype) will upend life as we know i
eKitabu
Studio KSL helps the deaf community and local content creators in Kenya integrate sign language videos into literacy content.Competition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Big Ideas: Mobiles for Reading Challenge (2014-15)
Mobile-based, scalable solutions for improving child literacy in developing countriesRochester Institute of Technology National Technical Institute for the Deaf
Documenting and collecting local sign languages and creating an open-content digital library of folktales offered in an interactive bilingual formatCompetition
Sign On For Literacy Prize
Amount Awarded
Up to $250,000
Winner Status
Finalist
Blog // February 5, 2019Three innovators to field test solutions to improve literacy outcomes for deaf children in developing countries
Three innovations rose to the top of our Sign On For Literacy competition to source technology solutions that increase access to local sign languages.
Enabling Writers Prize
Providing authors with easy-to-use software to create and export reading materials in underserved languages
Now THAT’S a library!
The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. is easily the largest library in the entire world. It has over 167 million items on approximately 838 miles of bookshelves.
Grant Competition (2014)
Addressing problems that keep children from learning with effective, low-cost, technology-based innovations
Blog // November 28, 2018How a global community of innovators can embrace inclusive EdTech design for children with disabilities
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development urges global education audience at mEducation Alliance Symposium to incorporate accessibility features at the onset of EdTech development.
Grant Competition (2011)
Improving teaching and learning materials and education data
6 Ways Education Technology Projects Can Improve Children’s Literacy
Families and communities have a tremendous role to play in improving educational and reading outcomes for children around the globe.
