The Literacy LedgerReflections, findings, stories and the lowdown

Stories by Susan Moody

Having Books Changes Everything

September 29, 2011 By

Take a peek at our latest video.   You’ll see two teachers in Ghana, one who teaches with e-readers in the classroom and another who teaches without, talk about what it is like to teach in places where there are no books. Over the next couple of days, this blog will be looking at how … Continue Reading →

E-readers inspire future writers

July 20, 2011 By

Since Worldreader launched the iRead pilot in November, we’re seeing astonishing improvements in primary students’ reading comprehension– their sub-scores improved an average of 13% in just 6 months! This week the primary students at Adeiso, Ghana wrote poems and rhymes which show how having e-readers and, importantly, reading a lot (they are spending up to 50% … Continue Reading →

Predictions for e-readers

July 16, 2011 By

Today I spent some time reviewing our blog posts over the past year and reflecting on what I’ve experienced with Worldreader.  Now, I am going to make a prediction:  E-readers will change the way the developing world reads.   Most predictions take a lot of nerve and guts, but this really isn’t the case here.  … Continue Reading →

Letters to Meshack

May 30, 2011 By

In 2002, A jury at The Zimbabwe International Book Fair published “Africa’s 100 Best Books”  and one of our Writers Changing Lives authors, Meshack Asare, topped the Children’s category.  You might remember that Meshack told Jennifer that when he was young growing up in Ghana, books were scarce.  He grew up reading his father’s collection of … Continue Reading →

Enlightened

May 16, 2011 By

What is a frequent request from our kids in the iRead pilot in Ghana?  A light.  Our students are already spending 50% more of their time reading now that they have an e-reader… now imagine!  They can read stories like Meshack Asare’s The Canoe’s Story when the sun sets.  A huge thank you to our … Continue Reading →

Sara’s Trip to Kenya- Part 2

May 15, 2011 By

This past Thursday we pushed 1,365 e-books onto e-readers.  Friday was a spectacular day of cultural awareness and sharing in Nairobi. We toured a grocery store, visited with a local publisher, lugged a 16 kg kettle ball around the city, experienced Friday rush hour traffic, drove through the “friendly checkpoint” and enjoyed a restful supper. The highlight … Continue Reading →

@ZevLowe reports on Kenyan kick-off

May 12, 2011 By

Zev Lowe, our fearless Director of Research, is in Nairobi today, setting up 65 e-readers for our partnership with The Kilgoris Project.  We’ve been watching the excitement unfold in real-time, on twitter, and we want to share the energy and excitement with you. Remember Shadrack Lemiso, the educator who found a long lost book on Zev’s … Continue Reading →

Sara’s Trip to Kenya- Part 1

May 10, 2011 By

There’s just five hours to go for a dream five years in the making! I was checking my bags one more time before leaving the US headed towards Kilgoris, Kenya to work with Worldreader, when I was struck by the realization that this is a dream which really started five years ago and what a … Continue Reading →

Sharing Book Love

April 23, 2011 By

Today, April 23, is a special day for book lovers, aspiring readers, and just about anyone else who has ever felt a jolt of excitement after running their fingers down a hard-covered spine or flipping through e-reader pages of their favorite tome. It’s World Book and Copyright Day, as coined by UNESCO and the United … Continue Reading →

A little help from our friends

April 22, 2011 By

Judging by recent news that e-book sales surpassed paperback books and the price of e-reader technology keeps dropping, it’s safe to say we’re witnessing a massive shift in the publishing world.  Worldeader wants to bring the developing world in on that change so that students (like Deborah and Gideon seen here in our latest video) have … Continue Reading →