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How To Keep Children Safe When School Goes Online

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Establishing safe spaces where children can use online learning tools is key to quality learning in a crisis. During this pandemic, organizations need to think about facilitating content delivery and teaching digital literacy skills, while also promoting child safety online. Here we take a look at how.

How to use Booksmart (in English)

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BookSmart gives parents and caregivers access to a library from their mobile phones so they can support their children’s learning while physical schools are out of session. In this video, you will get tips on how to read with your children, learn how to access the app, create an account, browse the library, save books for offline reading, customize your font and color preferences, and more! Start reading today at https://booksmart.world/youtube.

Answering Kids’ Questions about Coronavirus, in Free Picture Books

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In response to the pandemic, Worldreader accelerated the release of its new app for school-age children, BookSmart, which features more than a thousand free children’s books curated by age group. Worldreader’s growing collection of coronavirus-themed titles includes picture books about the importance of hand washing, illustrated stories and a graphic novel about children trying to cope during the pandemic, as well as straightforward reference materials about Covid-19.

Worldreader Helps Educate Vulnerable Youth about Coronavirus

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Worldreader, the charitable organization that delivers e-books to disadvantaged communities in Africa, the Middle East, India, and South America, has released several e-books focused on educating people about the threat of the new coronavirus. "There are 1.37 billion students out of school, according to UNESCO, and kids all over the world are going to be under massive, massive stress — as are parents — so what we have done is really step up our game dramatically," said David Risher, president of Worldreader. "We are offering Q&A's about the coronavirus, along with information from the CDC, through our apps." Its...

EdTech: A technical approach to flexible and cost-effective education

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Digital forms of education offer tremendous possibilities, both in terms of access and quality. As the internet and smartphone penetration is constantly increasing, online learning methods are also becoming more accessible. The global education technology aka EdTech market is expected to grow to USD 40.9 billion by 2022, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18.3 percent, led by seismic shifts in technological demands and innovation, according to a forecast by research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

Read to Kids Program in Delhi: An Aanganwadi Teacher’s Story

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Read to Kids is an early childhood program that seeks to promote pre-literacy skills by encouraging parents, caregivers and teachers to read to and with their young children (age 0-8). The program empowers them to do so by giving them access and providing training to use Worldreader Kids mobile app, a free digital library of high quality, locally relevant books and educational materials. More at https://www.worldreader.org/our-solution/programs/pre-reading/.

Reading Brings Shadya Closer to Her Four Children

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Shadya is a mother of four. She loves reading and encourages her children to do the same. She reads to her children regularly using Worldreader's digital library on her mobile phone and says that it has strengthened the bond between her and her children.