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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
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Expired: mEducation Alliance Symposium 2022: Wonderous learning is…!
Join ACR GCD for our presentations and activities at the 12th annual mEducation Alliance Symposium being held at the U.S. Peace Institute in Washington, D.C. - Blog // May 29, 2019
ACR GCD innovator Benetech advances as finalist for $10 million award to scale accessible reading platform
ACR GCD funding of Bookshare India project helps position edtech company for Macquarie Group award. - Past webinar //
How Technology Can Improve Literacy for Children with Visual Disabilities
In recognition of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ACR GCD presents the findings and lessons learned from three ACR GCD-funded pilot projects for children who are blind/low vision. - Past webinar //
Guidelines for Creating Accessible eBooks
An online training hosted by ACR GCD that provides an overview of guidelines for creating accessible ebooks. - Blog // November 28, 2018
How a global community of innovators can embrace inclusive EdTech design for children with disabilities
All Children Reading: A Grand Challenge for Development urges global education audience at mEducation Alliance Symposium to incorporate accessibility features at the onset of EdTech development. - Past webinar //
Guidelines for Creating Accessible Images
An online training hosted by ACR GCD, providing an overview of guidelines for creating accessible images. Bookshare
Benetech is an online library of accessible content for people with print disabilities.- Blog // September 11, 2017
The Amazing Potential of Technology to Level the Playing Field in Global Education
ACR GCD also believes that utilizing technology to increase childhood literacy can offer new solutions to reach the greatest number of children who are not learning to read. Supporting Technology-Based Innovations to Improve Early Grade Reading Outcomes for Students Who Have Low Vision or are Blind
A summary report on the impact and potential for scale of three ACR GCD-funded projects focused on improving reading outcomes of students who have low vision or are blind.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.Benetech Evaluation Report
An evaluation report on the results of the ACR GCD-funded "Bookshare India" project, implemented by Beneficent Technologies (Benetech) in India.Guidelines For Accessible eBooks: EPUB Accessibility
Learn from Benetech about key accessibility guidelines and tools for creating born-accessible ebooks and content for children with disabilities.- Blog // December 22, 2016
All Children Have the Right to Read Books: Furthering the legacy of Louis Braille
ACR GCD’s work furthers Louis Braille's legacy by spurring the development of innovations that help children who are blind/low vision learn to read. - Blog // December 2, 2016
Count Me In! Ground-breaking Early Grade Reading Assessment developed for children with sensory disabilities
ACR GCD and our innovators are tackling the challenge of assessing reading skills among children who are blind/low vision or deaf/hard of hearing. 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.Benetech: Creating Accessible Images
Learn from Benetech about key guidelines for creating accessible images through alt-text and image descriptions to support children with disabilities.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.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...Breaking down silos at the intersection of meaning and money
Kevin Jones convened impact investors and social entrepreneurs at the first Social Capital Markets conference in 2008. Now he says the value of SOCAP is the way it encourages attendees to find...USAID Grant Helps Create Marathi Books for Blind Kids
Palo Alto, Calif.,-based Benetech received a grant Feb. 5 by USAID to create “human-narrated audio” Marathi language books for blind children in Pune, India.