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We democratize literacy through an autonomous learning app that empowers a billion illiterate people to teach themselves reading, writing and math in 18 months.

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AutoCognita has been invited to present at UNESCO's 5th Asia-Pacific Meeting on Education 2030 (APMED). We will share our new mobile literacy app Tap Tap Read with government officials and NGOs to showcase how we deliver scalable literacy to youth and adults.

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BBC News - Could XPrize tablets replace teachers in Tanzania?

Our response? Absolutely!

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AutoCognita | Global Learning XPRIZE https://t.co/I2V3TdDL6i

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@xprize This has been an exciting journey. Thanks #GlobalLearningXPRIZE for offering us the platform to deliver #ScalableLiteracy to the world.

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AutoCognita is one of 11 semi-finalists in the #GlobalLearningXPRIZE. We are very excited to help bring #ScalableLiteracy to the world.

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That's why we entered the XPRIZE:

Global Learning XPRIZE

Adult Literacy XPRIZE

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We'd like to think different. Create something new. Something that truly takes advantage of technology with strong pedagogy.

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Watch a video of a lecture. Answer some multiple choice quizzes. Click the forward button 200 times and you get an e-certificate.

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On the other hand, you have MOOCs. Great as a knowledge sharing platform. Not so great at using technology to improve pedagogy.

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Force-fitting a quiz into a game, these apps require jumping around in a scrolling platformer, along with stars, trophies, etc.

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Typical early learning apps focus too much on what appeals to the toddler, and not so much on its pedagogy. They are "gamified quizzes".

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Yes and no. EdTech1.0 products fall into one of two categories:

1. Jump-jump-jump-done

2. Click-click-click-done

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What about existing EdTech products? Aren't there already many apps teaching literacy?

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We'd like to change that

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$129 billion spent on schools and teachers worldwide that have no impact on
learning

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3.3 million teachers in shortage just to solve the children literacy crisis

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758 million adults around the world considered illiterate

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57 million children aged 5-12 worldwide do not attend school

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250 million children worldwide cannot read or write even though half have
attended school for 4 years