Healthy Brain Network EDUCATE Program Looking for participants Dear Friends,...
Read More
Literacy Tools for Children and K-12 Teachers Finalists for “Oscars of Education”
NEW HAVEN, CT (December 9, 2020) – Two partners in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, have literacy tools grounded in the Science of Reading that are finalists at this year’s Reimagine Education Conference & Awards, which begins virtually today and runs through December 11.
This international event highlights innovative tools in education in a variety of categories, with a focus on tools in higher education, Haskins Global Literacy Hub is thrilled that innovations from hub partners were among the shortlisted candidates selected from 1200 applications to be highlighted at this event. GraphoGame, a research-based reading game for learning and training phonemic awareness, decoding, and word-level fluency for young children, was shortlisted in the Best Education App category and AIM Pathways, an online training platform focused on providing literacy professional development to K-12 teachers and education leaders, was shortlisted in the Science of Learning category.
The two tools, both grounded in the Science of Reading focus on improving literacy and reading skills for all children with technology that is accessible globally and provide important access to evidence-based lessons, activities and games to promote reading fluency.
“We are thrilled to be recognized with Reimagine Education’s Gold Award in the Science of Learning category and are honored to share the spotlight with GraphoGame as finalists for the Reimagine Education Awards,” said Dawn Brookhart, Associate Director of AIM Institute for Learning & Research. “Through AIM Pathways, teachers learn how to employ prescriptive and diagnostic instruction in literacy based on neuroscience. GraphoGame strengthens this prescriptive approach by providing parents and teachers with a student-facing tool to teach reading and spelling. As partners in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, the social impact of literacy research through our joint efforts serves as an equalizer for the great inequities that we currently face in education.”
“We are so proud to be affiliated with AIM Institute through our common partnership with the Haskins Global Literacy Hub,” said GraphoGame co-founder Jesper Ryynänen. “The work AIM does especially through AIM Pathways is crucial to the success of student-oriented educational apps like ours and we wholeheartedly congratulate AIM for their award at Reimagine Education”
Videos created for the Reimagine Education Awards exhibit hall can be found here for GraphoGame and here for AIM Pathways.
About the AIM Institute for Learning & Research®
About GraphoGame
The AIM Institute for Learning & Research® was created as a center for educational excellence and professional development disseminating to educators the latest research, technology, and best practices in the fields of literacy and language-based learning disabilities including dyslexia. AIM, a partner in the Haskins Global Literacy Hub, has created AIM Pathways, an online literacy professional development platform for teachers and education leaders, and empowers teachers with evidence-based knowledge and practice so that they can achieve the best outcomes for students. Learn more at institute.aimpa.org.
GraphoGame is an educational app on smartphones, desktops and tablets that supports kindergarten and primary school children in learning the fundamentals of reading and spelling in multiple different languages. GraphoGame has versions in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish and many more. GraphoGame was initially developed through the GraphoLearn initiative, a global academic initiative dedicated to creating evidence-based literacy acquisition solutions. GraphoGame partners with Haskins Global Literacy Hub to distribute and research these apps around the globe for the benefit of children.