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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 Family and Community Engagement.
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.Señas y Sonrisas (Signs and Smiles)
An app offering resources for hearing families with deaf children, including a dictionary of Nicaraguan Sign Language.Pop Quiz: What Does It Really Cost to Run an ICT for Education Program?
As part of USAID’s Education Strategy and its goal of improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades, USAID mission staff wanted to know what it might cost to take an evidence...Creative Associates International
Mobilizing community members to submit favorite local stories and folktales and distributing the stories, along with comprehension questions, to early grade students and their families via SMS.Competition
Grant Competition 2014
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Winner
Oeuvre Malienne d’aide à l’Enfance du Sahel
Providing families in Mali with immediate access to community developed print and digital reading resources through mobile technology and local librariesCompetition
Grant Competition 2014
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Qué Funciona para el Desarrollo A.C.
Fostering parental engagement through use of “Mundo de Libros,” a technology-based tool that matches students with grade level-appropriate Spanish reading materials that align with their abilitiesCompetition
Grant Competition 2014
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Winner
- Blog // May 30, 2018
Policy Makers, Donors, and Innovators Convened in Africa: Here’s what they want to share about leveraging EdTech to improve reading
“We’re here to acknowledge the marriage of technology and the power of reading,” said Ms. Kulula Manona from South Africa’s Department of Basic Education, kicking off a three-day workshop in P - Blog // May 21, 2018
Cambodia Project Unveils Challenges and Opportunities for Scaling EdTech for Early Grade Literacy
TRAC+ is World Vision International-Cambodia scaling of the TRAC project implemented in eight schools in Cambodia by World Education Inc. Here they share the challenges and opportunities of scaling. Sesame Workshop India Trust
Providing families with a smartphone based mobile app, based on the Marathi dubbed version of Sesame Street, (Galli Galli Sim Sim), to promote mother-tongue literacy skillsCompetition
Grant Competition 2014
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Winner
EVOKE: A video game about global literacy
What is your superpower? Are you a deep collaborator, empathetic activist, creative visionary, or systems thinker?Education innovations are taking root around the world. What do they have in common?
When you think of education systems, what sorts of words come to mind? If you are anything like the many education practitioners, policymakers, and leaders who we meet every year throughout the...OpenEMIS
An open-source solution, available online and offline, that tracks the delivery of items to schools using a web interface, a mobile app and SMS technologies.Logistics Management Information System
A solution for tracking the delivery of books to schools using SMS and interactive voice recordings, smartphones for reading barcodes, and a web interface for data management.Dost Education
A mobile service that empowers mothers to be an integral part of their child's development—including learning to readCompetition
Big Ideas@Berkeley 2015/16 Prize
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$10,000
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Winner
- Blog // February 27, 2018
Creating a Culture of Accountability in Tracking Book Delivery
Innovations to track and trace books are being piloted in several countries to provide administrators a near-real time view of any delivery operation’s status through an online dashboard and map. Dost Education: Parenting, just a podcast away
Sindhuja Jeyabal and Sneha Sheth’s Dost Education empowers parents to take charge of their children’s education.The Asia Foundation
Improving parent-school and parent-child relationships through the development of relevant reading materials for students and teaching aids for parents and educatorsCompetition
Grant Competition 2011
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ACR Info Sheet
An information sheet outlining the mission and impact of the literacy-focused Grand Challenge that leverages science and technology to source, test, and disseminate scalable solutions.ECo-Development
Increasing the availability of culturally-responsive and context-relevant multilingual education materials in mother tongue languages for primary schools in Bandarban District, BangladeshCompetition
Grant Competition 2011
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Technology-Based Innovations to Improve Early Grade Reading Outcomes in Developing Countries
A summary report on the research design, Early Grade Reading Assessment results, and scalability assessments of 11 ACR GCD-funded projects from 2014-2017.
