by EdTech Center Staff | Apr 5, 2019 | Announcements, Opportunities and Resources, Updates from the Field, XPRIZE
World Education is honored to be a milestone award recipient in the national Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition. Team World Ed is improving access to learning for adults with low literacy skills through their smartphones. In this competition, friends,...
by Lindsay Messoline | Nov 16, 2018 | Tech Tools, Updates from the Field
By Lindsay Messoline Maria Velarde is the head teacher and Anissa Reddick is the assistant teacher at Make the Road New York, the state’s largest immigrant organization that works with Cell-Ed through a partnership with the New York State Office for New Americans....
by Alison Ascher Webber | Sep 25, 2018 | Tech Tools
By Laura Medina, Southern California Director, Building Skills Partnership and Alison Ascher Webber, Board Member, Building Skills Partnership “Not being literate has brought me much humiliation and ridicule. Now thanks to the Leamos program, I know how to write my...
by Guest | Sep 20, 2018 | Tech Tools
AmritaCREATE’s Approach to Learner Usage and Engagement in the Xprize Adult Literacy Competition By Rita Sutcliffe, English Language Content Manager, AmritaCREATE Clear instruction at the appropriate level and engagement of the learner are basic educational...
by Alison Ascher Webber | Aug 16, 2018 | Opportunities and Resources
Skillsmart’s white paper, Skills-based hiring expands across Western Massachusetts provides a compelling example of technology ‘screening in’ candidates for work they might not qualify for through a traditional resume. A hospitality company realized...