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  Technology Tuesday     April 24, 2012

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We Give Books
 
We Give Books
Combining the joy of reading with the power of helping others

 

We Give Books is a new digital initiative that enables anyone with access to the Internet to put books in the hands of children who don't have them, simply by reading online. For each book read online,We Give Books will donate a book to a leading literacy group. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3

 

  1. Read a Book
  2. Choose a Campaign
  3. We Give Books Shares

 

The organization, a Pearson Foundation Initiative, combines the joy of reading with the power of helping others, providing a platform for caregivers and educators to inspire children to become lifelong readers and lifelong givers. We Give Books also helps some of the world's best, most inspiring, literacy organizations by spreading the word about their great work and by providing books to the young people these organizations support.

 

The Asia Foundation's Books for Asia program - for each book read We Give Books will donate one new book to support its projects in Indonesia

 

Todos a Leer donates new storybooks to thousands of children throughout the state of Jalisco in Mexico

 

Room to Read fills libraries in Asia with colorful books that will help children from disadvantaged communities learn to read. We Give Books will donate children's books to Room to Read libraries in Laos. 

 

Out of the Blocks helps bring the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games to classrooms across the United Kingdom. Cisco and the Pearson Foundation have teamed up to develop Out of the Blocks, an exciting math and science workbook series that aims to help students build their skills in these subject areas while exploring the events and venues of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.


 

11+ Free Apps Every Parent Must Have for Their Child

By Lisa Johnson

 

Coming home from the Mobile 2012 conference in Phoenix, I met a father of two girls in line for the San Antonio flight. Both girls were passing the time with mobile devices. The elder one was voraciously reading Archie comics on an iPhone and the youngest was thumbing through photos from the photo gallery on the iPad. Being a bit of a chatty Kathy, I struck up a conversation about mobile devices and apps. The father had mentioned that it was quite difficult to locate good apps for his girls... and that he exclusively used the app store for his searches.

 

I quickly started rattling off a few apps such as Puppet Pals, Sock Puppets, Toca Boca, and Lil Kitten Shopping Cart. By his surprised and intrigued expression, I quickly deduced that he had never heard of any of these gems. Short of jotting a list down on the corner of a boarding pass, I realized it might just be quicker and more useful to email him a list. Read More

 
Lil' Kitten Shopping Cart ipad game demo
Lil' Kitten Shopping Cart ipad game demo

 

  

 

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