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$7 Million XPrize - Transforming the live of low-literate adults

Adult Literacy XPrize  is a global competition challenging teams to develop mobile applications that result in the greatest increase in literacy skills among participating adult learners in just 12 months. There are five participants who are selected & winner will be announced on 1st Jan 2019. AMRITA LEARNING, India :  AUTOCOGNITA, Hong Kong S.A.R., China : CELL-ED, United States : LEARNING UPGRADE, United States : PEOPLE FORWORDS, United States :

Learning isn't a competition...Learn for life...

Learning shouldn't ever be a competition! Singapore has taken a crucial step for the greater good of the students. From next year, primary and secondary students can expect to see meaningful changes in how they will be assessed in school. More details here: https://t.co/8xwCzXvSOw pic.twitter.com/ahYUgSktdS — MOE Singapore (@MOEsg) September 28, 2018 Great posters created as well: 1. Pay attention to what they say. 2. Set goals together. 3. Don't compare. 4. Tell them it's ok to do mistakes. 5. Don't focus only on results.

Exploding dots

A sample attempt made by us can be found below: Really impressive & simple for kids to visualize and correlate! Checkout teaching guide for conducting Exploding Dots with students . Refer  FAQ  for more questions.

A Joyous approach to Maths facts!

Was listening to Jo Boaler's talk given at The Global Math Project event. It is really creative to build those worksheets! What are students thinking about maths in the 2 activities in this film? Please share with any teachers still using timed tests. They are the beginning of maths anxiety for so many. The cool activity that is featured in the 2nd part of the film is in here: https://t.co/lwJOTKPeWB pic.twitter.com/y0SGWz5Kek — Jo Boaler (@joboaler) October 6, 2018 The worksheet can be found here . See a sample output by a student. Start at 1hour 16mins to find Jo Boaler's talk.

Teach: Importance of understanding things as a whole

We could take a piece of paper & cut it into a number of pieces. We might count the pieces - let's say there are twenty-four & say to the child, Look, I cut up these papers by what I wrote here: 24 pieces of paper. Now watch carefully. I take some pieces of paper away & make another little pile. Then I make a 3rd and 4th pile. I have made 4 little piles from the 24 pieces of paper. Now I will count the pieces. The piece in the 1st pile I will call '9', those in second '5', those in third '7', and those in the fourth '3'. You see, at first, I had only one pile of 24 pieces of paper. Now I have four piles of nine, five, seven, and three pieces. It is, all the same, paper. If I gather it all together, I call it 'twenty-four'. Now twenty-four pieces of paper are nine, five, seven, and three pieces together. It's important to start with the whole and proceed to its parts!