Amazon.com Sending Kindles to Africa For Classroom Trials

Posted by Celia Walter | 22 Apr, 2010
...A charity called Worldreader.org, which is attempting to boost literacy rates in the third world using technology, has persuaded Amazon to send a big pile of Kindle e-readers over to Africa.

Ghana’s Ministry of Education is running a trial to find out two things – firstly if the e-readers can pump up the percentage of Ghanian kids who who read, and secondly whether opting for ebooks can reduce some of the spending on textbooks that its schools are forced into. It’s being initially tested among 11-12-year-olds.

Testing will also take place in Rwanda and Kenya.

…early findings suggest that ebook readers would need to be reduced to a price of around $75 for the technology to become truly beneficial in third world classrooms.

Source: Pocket-lint via Resourceshelf

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World Cup 2010 toolkit. National Literacy Trust (UK)

Posted by Celia Walter | 13 Apr, 2010

National Literacy Trust (UK) has produced a new toolkit on how to use the World Cup to inspire readers. Author and reading specialist Tom Palmer has produced a full and easy to use guide on what to do and how to do it;

The World Cup Toolkit
It's here! And it's free. Written by author Tom Palmer, download your toolkit telling you how to use the World Cup to inspire readers. Word Cup 2010 toolkit

 

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