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- Begin With Books
- Big Ideas@Berkeley 2014/15 Prize
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- Book Boost: Access for All Challenge
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- Enabling Writers Prize
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- No Lost Generation Summit Tech Prize
- Ready2Read Challenge
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
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Blog // October 12, 2016Clear vision remains for nine-year-old student who is blind
Alexa is one example of how All Children Reading is helping children who are blind/low vision learn to read with innovative technologies.- Blog // October 4, 2016
A World Teachers’ Day Tribute to Educators Piloting New EdTech
This World Teachers' Day we celebrate pioneering teachers working hand-in-hand with ACR GCD grantees to pilot innovations making breakthrough progress in child literacy. Here are their stories… 11 Tech Innovations Changing Global Education
A giant shipping container now provides computers to students in remote locations. The simplest cell phone records and distributes local stories to improve literacy rates.Radio & Phones Mobilize Communities For Local Language Literacy In Zambia
It is 7:15 p.m. on Saturday evening, and children and parents in rural Eastern Province, back from working in the fields and selling goods at the market, gather around their radios.- Blog // May 4, 2016
A Library for All
Indiana University hosted an event to make the community aware of ongoing efforts to combat illiteracy, explore the challenges of the creative process, and to learn how to create their own books. 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.- 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. MyReadingTablet
Monash University shares its ACR GCD-funded MyReadingTablet innovation that leverages technology to enable readers to adjust the reading level of e-books.- 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.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.- Blog // September 8, 2015
ACR GCD, Intel gather experts to ideate way to use tech, youth to advance child reading outcomes
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development (ACR GCD) and The Intel® Learn Program gathered global education experts on International Literacy Day 2015 for a workshop designed to. Hugh Jackman supports the All Children Reading Grand Challenge
On International Literacy Day, actor and World Vision spokesman Hugh Jackman voiced his support for efforts to improve literacy for children in developing countries through ACR GCD.Developing World EdTech
In many parts of the United States and other developed countries, technology is becoming embedded into classroom instruction.Creating Decodable Readers in Haitian Creole
ACR GCD-funded College of William & Mary shares its innovation to employ local teachers to create and teach reading materials that integrate Haiti's local languages and native culture.TEDxCERN: Reading for a billion, with Bollywood
PlanetRead President Brij Kothari asks from the TEDxCERN stage, "Imagine for a moment that you wake up and were unable to read, what would be the consequences in your life?"A Papal Education
In September, the UN and Pope Francis both called on the international community to fight poverty and preserve the environment. At the center of these efforts will be education.
