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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.What caused Maharashtra’s leap in reading?
Something very encouraging just happened in the Early Grade Reading (EGR) landscape of Maharashtra, India’s second largest state with a population of 120 million people.Innovative Digital Storytelling Pilot Project Boasts Positive Results
Parents in rural Zambia are using their mobile phones in a novel way—to bring local folktales to the youngest members of the household.The Right to Read
Two-hundred-and-fifty million children across the globe are not learning basic literacy and numeracy skills. Of these, 57 million children—a disproportionate number of whom are from disadvantaged...Kukua selected as a finalist in the EduApp4Syria Competition
Being amongst the top three selected teams of the EduApp4Syria Competition promoted by the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) enables Kukua to receive additional funding.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.New App Could Provide Literacy and Psychosocial Support To Syrian Children
Creative’s submission to the Norwegian Development Agency’s EduApp4Syria competition, Katkooti, (meaning ‘My Chick’ in Arabic), will provide literacy education and psychosocial support.Statewide services to offer 425,000 e-books
Beginning July 1, the Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services network will make more than 425,000 accessible e-books available for free to patrons who cannot read traditional print books.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.2016 Big Ideas Contest Winners Announced
Dost will give low-income moms a leg-up on their child’s primary school readiness and amplify the impact of existing early childhood education programs.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.Announcing the 2016 Big Ideas Grand Prize Pitch Day Finalists!
The Rudd Family Foundation Big Ideas Contest offers students an opportunity to turn their ideas into action. This year saw the largest number of applications in the contest’s history.Benetech’s president has a call to action for inclusion
At the Bay Area Makeathon last year, Google.org convened technologists and designers at TechShop in San Francisco, for 72 hours of writing code and designing prototypes for people with disabilities.Opening Literacy to All
There are an estimated 19 million children who are blind or have low vision on our planet, and 90 percent of them are in developing countries where resources are limited.Advancing Literacy Outcomes for Children with Disabilities in India: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Benetech is proud to join the international community and our partners in observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities to promote awareness and mobilize support for the inclusion of...Student Entrepreneur Spotlight: Sneha Sheth & Dost
Berkeley’s 2015 Hult Prize winner Sneha Sheth discussed her work with Dost, a mobile phone platform delivering early education content and activities to Moms.
