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Eurotalk is a company located in London that makes language-learning software. Recently, they have developed a learning app One billion, which was made to learn math apps for children.
Jamie Stuart, Chief Technology Officer of One billion, explains that ‘children are put in groups of 30 or even 60 and taken to a special classroom to spend 30 minutes every other day with the device.’ One tablet device is used by ten or twelve children per day. Each Oneclass is led by an international volunteer, who is a virtual teacher guiding the student through the app. ‘Every child is going at their own speed.’ is what Onebillion Chief says.
The apps are designed to be as culturally friendly as possible, and they promote a positive image of girls. The project works closely with the education ministry in Malawi to make sure there are no cultural misunderstandings. As Andrew Ashe points out, the success of the project depends on the project working with existing structures. One of the things we are most happy about is that they do see it as their project.’
The project is funded by people in wealthier countries who buy their own language version of the app. ‘Every single penny that we earn from selling those apps goes towards developing our literacy material in Malawi,’ says Stuart. The key to the success of the app is how it takes advantage of the enthusiasm of young children to learn. ‘The children are so engaged and able to progress at their own pace,’ says Ashe. ‘They are like sponges, they absorb so much information at this age and we think this is why we are getting such a good learning result.’
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Eurotalk is a company located in London that makes language-learning software. Recently, they have developed a learning app One billion, which was made to learn math apps for children.
Jamie Stuart, Chief Technology Officer of One billion, explains that ‘children are put in groups of 30 or even 60 and taken to a special classroom to spend 30 minutes every other day with the device.’ One tablet device is used by ten or twelve children per day. Each Oneclass is led by an international volunteer, who is a virtual teacher guiding the student through the app. ‘Every child is going at their own speed.’ is what Onebillion Chief says.
The apps are designed to be as culturally friendly as possible, and they promote a positive image of girls. The project works closely with the education ministry in Malawi to make sure there are no cultural misunderstandings. As Andrew Ashe points out, the success of the project depends on the project working with existing structures. One of the things we are most happy about is that they do see it as their project.’
The project is funded by people in wealthier countries who buy their own language version of the app. ‘Every single penny that we earn from selling those apps goes towards developing our literacy material in Malawi,’ says Stuart. The key to the success of the app is how it takes advantage of the enthusiasm of young children to learn. ‘The children are so engaged and able to progress at their own pace,’ says Ashe. ‘They are like sponges, they absorb so much information at this age and we think this is why we are getting such a good learning result.’