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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
- Sign On For Literacy Prize
- Technology to Support Education in Crises & Conflict Prize
- Tracking & Tracing Books Prize
- UnrestrICTed Challenge
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Refugee Children Empowered by Technology to Learn
June 20 marks World Refugee Day, a day when we recognize the tragic impact that war, persecution, conflicts, and natural disasters have had on millions – causing them to flee their homes.
Launch of Learning Games for Children Affected by War and Crisis
Earlier this week, the Embassy of Norway launched the EduApp4Syria in Beirut. Around 2.3 million Syrian children and youth are out of school, and the innovative learning games included in...
App to reach out-of-school Syrians
The Norwegian Embassy, under the auspices of Lebanon’s Education Ministry, officially launched this week the first educational application designed specifically to target over 2.3 million Syrian...
Cult/Tech Podcast with Benetech and All Children Reading
All Children Reading and Benetech talk about helping children with disabilities appreciate books and reading with a book distribution program that places books in Braille, audio, and mixed formats.
Developers create Pokemon Go-like education apps for Syrian refugee children
What happens when you combine Pokémon-Go with game-based learning? One Norwegian government-funded initiative launched two smartphone app games in Paris last week.
These new educational apps will help Syrian refugee kids learn and play
An international consortium of humanitarian aid groups has announced the winners of a competition to develop educational apps for Syrian children displaced by that country’s brutal civil war.Apps que ayudan a que los niños refugiados sigan aprendiendo (Apps that help refugee children keep learning)
Desde que empezara en 2011, el conflicto sirio ha provocado enormes estragos en las rutinas de más de dos millones y medio de niños.
New educational apps that can help traumatised refugee children: Free download available
With an aim to help millions of traumatised Syrian refugee children deal with the ordeal they go through due to the conflict in the country, the EduApp4Syria competition was initiated.
Feed the Monster is the Easiest Way for Kids to Learn Arabic
Feed the Monster is a fun and effective interactive educational app that teaches young children how to read and write Arabic.
EduApp4Syria: Leveraging technology to save a generation of war-affected children
After six years of civil war, an estimated two-thirds of Syrian children have either lost a loved one, had their house or school bombed, or been injured as a result of the conflict.
Play & Learn Arabic With Antura & The Letters
Antura & the Letters is a fantastic language learning game app for teaching children Arabic. Developed by Video Games Without Borders, Antura & the Letters teaches its users...
Innovation competition produces new educational apps to help Syrian refugee children
An international consortium of humanitarian aid groups has announced the winners of a competition to develop educational apps for Syrian children displaced by that country’s brutal civil war.EduApp4Syria – 2 awesome, free apps to teach Arabic to kids
Antura and the Letters and Feed the Monster were funded by Norad, the Norwegian Development Agency as part of a competition to encourage innovative mobile learning solutions to support Syrian kids.
Becoming Familiar in Arabic with Feed the Monster
The gamification of education has made the learning process substantially more entertaining and optimized as opposed to traditional means.Gamifying Learning Arabic with Antura and the Letters
While the process of reading is not often regarded as a fun pastime for many, it holds the key for a strong foundation in education and the ability to effectively communicate.Antura and the Letters review
Antura & the Letters offers an immersive Arabic language experience. The app is entirely in Arabic, both written and spoken (no English help).Feed the Monster review
Feed the Monster is a well made, cute adventure that teaches basic Arabic along the way.
Leveraging Technology to Build Literacy Among Millions of Displaced Children and Those with Disabilities
There are about a quarter of a billion children around the world who cannot read, often due to lack of resources in their language, conflicts that have displaced them from their homes and communities.
Mother Tongue An Essential
A Marathi speaking 4 year old girl named Rashi starts kindergarten. Her mother, trying to choose the program that will best support Rashi’s learning of English, puts her in an all-English classroom.How EdTech Innovation from Tech Giants Could Make a Real Change in the European Refugee Crisis
To better help the migrant crisis major tech companies should provide more EdTech solutions, so they can improve education and integration for millions of refugees.
