World Reader
Instead of responding to the discussion on the articles given in the Newsstand, I wanted to provide another link to a video about an amazing organization I recently learned about, World Reader. Since they began they have sent more than 200,000 e-readers to children (and schools) in Ghana, Kenya and Uganda, and their mission is to continue doing that throughout the developing world. Below is a link for a video I really liked about it, and for those who are interested in learning more about it, the website (which contains many other great videos and articles) is http://www.worldreader.org/.
Video: http://vimeo.com/worldreader/reading-better
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Peggy Lawson 8:10 am on November 5, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Thanks Jkotler. That’s a nice story. If I watch from a more unbiased view, I might wonder how much the eReader itself played in increasing reading fluency – maybe it was just good teaching? Are the students more likely to carry around an eReader more than a regular book? Is the eReader more economical than physical books, and how do they keep them powered? I like hearing good stories, but would be interested in some of these underlying questions, too. So I further explored the site and found some answers.
We’ve had discussions along these lines in some of my other classes. As MET students we obviously all have strong feelings about the power of technology in the classroom. But in some specific cases there are other factors that need to be addressed. I think the eReader project shown in your video is a great project – I don’t know if the video did full justice to the program.
Peggy
pcollins 8:24 am on November 6, 2012 Permalink | Log in to Reply
I appreciate the link. The idea behind this is fabulous. It really makes the impact from open-source learning visible. I agree with Peggy that the program seems much more influential then what the clip shows.
PC