{"id":2074,"date":"2011-10-03T09:23:06","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T13:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2012-09-27T10:39:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-27T14:39:02","slug":"what-ict-can-improve-reading-skills-of-learners-in-primary-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/reading-skills-in-primary-schools\/what-ict-can-improve-reading-skills-of-learners-in-primary-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"What ICT can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For October, the Educational Technology Debate will be focusing on ICT that can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n<div class=\"addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style\"><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_1\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_2\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_3\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_preferred_4\"><\/a><a class=\"addthis_button_compact\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var addthis_config = {\"data_track_clickback\":true};<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/250\/addthis_widget.js#username=wayan\"><\/script><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/our_work\/education...\/USAID_ED_Strategy_feb2011.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/edutechdebate.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/usiad-reading-goals.jpg\" alt=\"USAID Global Strategy \" title=\"usiad global education reading goals\" width=\"205\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Our topic is influenced by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/our_work\/education...\/USAID_ED_Strategy_feb2011.pdf\">USAID Global Education Strategy<\/a>, which has as it&#8217;s Goal One the improved reading skills for 100 million children in primary grades by 2015, via improved reading instruction, improved reading delivery systems, and greater engagement, accountability, and transparency by communities and the public.  <\/p>\n<p>To quote the USAID Global Education Strategy:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w14633\">Studies have also shown<\/a> that learning outcomes have a direct correlation to a country\u2019s economic growth. A 10% increase in the share of students reaching basic literacy translates into a 0.3 percentage point higher annual growth rate for that country. <a href=\"http:\/\/go.worldbank.org\/5DI4K7USA0\">Other research<\/a> has shown that early grade reading competency is critical for continued retention and success in future grades. <\/p>\n<p>This link is especially relevant for low\u00ad-income children, because they tend to have home and school environments that are less conducive to early reading development relative to those of higher income children. Children who do not attain reading skills at the primary level are on a lifetime trajectory of limited educational progress and therefore limited economic and developmental opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Given limited resources, USAID believes the most strategic impact it can make in basic education is to address early grade reading as an outcome that is critical to sustain and ensure learning for children.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>While the conversation will not be bound to this specific organization or these explicit goals, we will have thought leaders sharing their learned opinion on what information and communication technology could best be used to reach a goal like this &#8211; improve reading skills of learners in primary schools.<\/p>\n<p>For those that are in the USAID sphere, this topic is very timely. USAID\/Ethiopia will be issuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fbo.gov\/index?s=opportunity&#038;mode=form&#038;id=6141842a5847aa7dd117ca59e4f2a82b&#038;tab=core&#038;_cview=1\">Reading for Ethiopia\u2019s Achievement Developed (READ) Technical Assistance RFP<\/a> this fall and technology  interventions to improve reading figure very prominently in the draft RFP. <\/p>\n<div class=\"embednewsletter\">\n<h2>Improve your proposal preparation<\/h2>\n<p>Subscribe now and get Educational Technology Debate sent directly to your inbox.<\/p>\n<form action=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify\" method=\"post\" target=\"popupwindow\" onsubmit=\"window.open('http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=EducationalTechnologyDebate', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true\"><input class=\"text\" id=\"email\" name=\"email\" type=\"text\"><input value=\"EducationalTechnologyDebate\" name=\"uri\" type=\"hidden\"><input name=\"loc\" value=\"en_US\" type=\"hidden\"><input value=\"Sign Up\" class=\"img\" type=\"Submit\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/EducationalTechnologyDebate\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~fc\/EducationalTechnologyDebate?bg=003366&amp;fg=FFFFFF&amp;anim=0\" height=\"26\" width=\"88\" style=\"border:0\" class=\"fburner\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br style=\"clear:left;\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For October, the Educational Technology Debate will be focusing on ICT that can improve reading skills of learners in primary schools. 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