Using mobile reading game, GraphoGame™, to assist struggling students and certify Zambian teachers in local language literacy instruction
Project Name
GraphoGame™ Teacher Training Service (GG-TTS)
Location Implemented
Zambia
Technology Used
Hardware, Software/Apps
Competition Entered
Grant Competition 2014
Reading Skill Targeted
Pre-Reading
Status
Winner
Collaborators/Partners
The Challenge
Research has shown that teaching and reading in a child’s mother tongue language lays a strong foundation for learning to read and makes it easier for them to learn a national language later. In 2013, the Government of Zambia released the National Literacy Framework which requires early grade teachers to teach in local languages. Many teachers in Zambia were educated in English and therefore lack information and pedagogical training in literacy instruction in local languages.
The Big Idea
Through GraphoGame™ Teacher Training Service (GG-TTS), teachers are trained to use GraphoGame™, a literacy game for children researched in 20 countries, as a part of their literacy lessons. Through the TTS website, teachers access materials, via mobile phones, for the implementation of GraphoGame™ in their classrooms and practice correct literacy instruction pedagogy.
Results
Approximately 540 students in 30 schools
Featured Innovation
GraphoGame™ Demo
An evidence-based learning game that helps children learn basic letters and sounds.
Blogs and Media
Blog // December 12, 20199 lessons for designing EdTech innovations for early grade literacy
- Blog // October 4, 2016
A World Teachers’ Day Tribute to Educators Piloting New EdTech
Research and Resources
GraphoGame™
A learning app, game and methodology for teaching early literacy to kindergarten and primary school children in multiple languages, including English, Chinese and Dutch.Agora Center Evaluation Report
An evaluation report on the results of the ACR GCD-funded "GraphoGame Teacher Training Service" project in Zambia.GraphoGame™ Demo
An evidence-based learning game that helps children learn basic letters and sounds.Agora Center, the University of Jyväskylä / Emma Ojanen
ACR GCD-funded innovator Agora Center shares their innovation to use a mobile reading game to improve children's reading skills and certify Zambia teachers in local language literacy instruction.Agora Center Baseline Report
A baseline early grade reading assessment of students participating in the ACR GCD-funded "GraphoGame Teacher Training Service" project, implemented by Agora Center in Zambia.
Connect with the Innovator
Website
http://info.grapholearn.com/Organization Type
Research Institution
Headquarters
Jyväskylä, Finland
