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Wireless Technology for Social Change

Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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Mobile and Immersive Learning for Literacy in Emerging Economies (MILLEE)

file under:
Education and Academia, english, ESL, literacy, mobile games

operates in:
India

contact:
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~mattkam/millee/index.html

From the MILLEE website:

The MILLEE research project aims to enhance access to literacy among children of school-going age in the developing world. More specifically, we aim to complement the formal schooling system by applying mobile learning technology to augment educational opportunities in out-of-school settings.

References / Past Projects

Read more about MILLEE on the MobileActive blog.

MILLEE: English Literacy through Games on the Third Screen

March 18, 2008 | CorinneRamey

file under:
education, ESL, games, india, literacy, millee

When Matthew Kam first went to India, he noticed the lack of English literacy of children that had studied English for three or four years. Most couldn't read, didn't know simple words, and sometimes couldn't spell their own names. "We realized that those students who had taken English for three years couldn't read every letter in the alphabet," Matt said. "Teachers who were teaching English couldn't speak English themselves." However, the English literacy of these same children improved dramatically when presented with a unique learning tool: a mobile phone.