Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE
Meet
the semifinalist teams competing for the $7M Adult
Literacy XPRIZE.
The
Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE
presented by Dollar General Literacy Foundation is a
global competition challenging teams to develop mobile applications for
existing smart devices that result in the greatest increase in literacy skills
among participating adult learners in just 12 months.
In
selecting the semifinalist teams we are one step closer to eliminating the
barriers to literacy learning for the over 36 million low literate adults
living in the United States. Their technology will disrupt the cycle of
isolation, lack of opportunity and poverty for these individuals and their
families. We are one step closer to the radical new approach to adult literacy
learning.
The
applications developed by our semifinalists will offer low literate adults the
needed skills to improve their literacy affording them multitudes of
opportunities. We look forward to their groundbreaking solutions and the
journey ahead.
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Literacy was
founded by Trudy Obi and Xian Ke when
they decided to collaborate on a team for the Adult Literacy XPRIZE competition.
Trudy and Xian met during their teen years at the Thomas Jefferson High School
for Science and Technology.
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Literacy is an app that allows users to explore multimedia content for
improving their literacy skills. Users can interact with articles, songs,
videos, and more within the app.
AmritaCREATE,
Amrita University has pioneered technology enhanced learning for K12 Schools
& Higher Education in both formal and informal settings and in Health Awareness
and Monitoring Systems
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Inspired
by Amrita University's Chancellor AMMA, Dr. Prema Nedungadi and a team of
educators and developers have created Amrita Learning, a personalized learning
app along with engaging, culturally appropriate e-content linked to life
skills.
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AutoCognita got its start when founder
Frank Ho, inspired by the challenge, signed up for the Adult Literacy
and Global Learning XPRIZEs and looked around for other like-minded people
also based in Hong Kong.
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AutoCognita
applies the constructivist learning approach to engage learners through
action. Low-literacy adults effectively acquire basic literacy, numeracy
and life skills through a comprehensive curriculum and sound pedagogy.
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Cell-Ed was born out of a staggering need.
A need for nearly one billion adults – two out of three who are women – to read
and write. From Miami to Mombasa, the team witnessed these adults scramble to
access the classrooms, teachers and books necessary to learn. There were never
enough, if any. But what the founders noticed these adults did have were basic
cell phones. So they asked, “What if a cell phone can teach forgotten adults to
read?”
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Cell-Ed
has 20+ years of ed tech experience with low income, low literate adults in the
US and worldwide that’s filling a major market need by offering Cell-Ed: Learn
on the Go! ,an on demand essential skills micro-lessons and personalized
coaching on any mobile device - no internet required.
Learning Games Studios (LGS) comes out of a top shelf
research network led by MIT’s Education Arcade and University of Wisconsin’s Games+Learning+Society
Center.
LGS’
portfolio of games addresses the critical needs of adult learners, immigrants
and employees, including English language learning and 21st Century skills,
such as critical thinking, communications, and decision-making.
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Xenos
Isle is an evidence-based mobile learning game that combines a virtual world,
scaffolded missions, and single and multi-player gameplay to rapidly increase
adult learners’ English language and literacy skills for increased civic
engagement and enhancing career pathways.
Founded
in 1998 by educators, musicians, artists and programmers in San Diego, Learning Upgrade designs innovative,
engaging lessons to support struggling students in reading and math. Through
the incorporation of songs, video, games and educational research, Learning
Upgrade has helped over 1 million students make learning breakthroughs.
In
Adult Literacy, we have partnered with Los Angeles
Public Library Adult Literacy to deploy our lessons with
hundreds of learners at branch libraries, using web-based online courses. We
have also worked with San Diego Public Library, Job Corps, and
Community Colleges to provide literacy and math instruction for low-literate
adults.
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The Learning
Upgrade app is designed to provide millions of adults with an enjoyable and
effective path to reading success. Available now in app stores, Learning
Upgrade is ready to help people around the world learn to read!
Lyriko Learning a new language is one of
the most important challenges many of us face. Lots of countries have
immigrants who are trying to learn the local language and fit in. Progress
through traditional educational challenges can open up with improved language
skills. Business is becoming increasingly global, and knowing another language
can unlock new opportunities. And studying another language and culture is one
of the best ways the break down prejudice and build appreciation in its place.
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Lyriko
is a music game designed to build language skills while exploring song lyrics.
Southern Methodist University (SMU) and Literacy
Instruction for Texas (LIFT) serve a city that faces adult
illiteracy rates that will reach 33% by 2030, impacting everything from poverty
rates, to public safety and health. As populations grow, we see burgeoning
areas struggling to build an infrastructure that can provide basic education to
all residents.
With
combined experience of 155 years in adult education, LIFT and SMU are joining
forces to bend the trend of rising adult illiteracy rates. Our institutions
educate a diverse population in a city of contrasts. The gap between the poor
and the wealthy is glaring. Our natural partnership was formed from a shared
belief that reading is a human right. As a result, we envision making a
world-class, basic education accessible to millions.
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Codex:
Lost Words of Atlantis, a mobile adventure game for Android devices, helps
low-literate adults improve their English reading skills. Based on an
archeological adventure storyline, the initial gameplay revolves around
crafting phonemes, onset-rime patterns, and sight words to “decode” a mysterious
language from a lost civilization. READ
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