Bookbot Wins Global EdTech Competition
Bookbot received a top award today in the global Tools Competition. It was one of 50 winning teams that built or expanded learning tools to address pressing issues in education.
Bookbot will receive funding to enhance its reading interactive avatar. This tool will improve cognitive skills through real-time conversations, ask Socratic-style questions to develop critical thinking and deepen students’ understanding of any subject. It is estimated to impact 1 million learners by 2027.
“We’re thrilled to extend our reading program, which has already helped children improve their reading skills by 2X, to also develop critical thinking and social-emotional learning skills.”
Bookbot was selected from more than 1,900 submissions, and the winners hail from institutions and organisations in 18 countries and on all continents.
Awards were given in six tracks, targeting core opportunity areas for innovation. Bookbot received an award in the Preparing for the 21st Century World track. Other winning tools include AI-powered simulators for teachers-in-training, chatbots that help build self-directed learning skills and prevent student dropouts, and data sets for researchers studying what works in education.
Please visit here for more details on our winning proposal. A full list of winners and their projects can be found here.
Tools Competition Background
The Tools Competition is one of the largest edtech competitions in the world. It aims to spur edtech innovation by leveraging digital technology, big data, and learning science to meet the urgent needs of learners worldwide.
To date, the Tools Competition has awarded $17.5 million to 130 edtech innovators across four cycles.
The 2023-24 Tools Competition was run with support from: Renaissance Philanthropy, Griffin Catalyst, Walton Family Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Siegel Family Endowment, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Ballmer Group, Calbright College, Axim Collaborative, Jacobs Foundation, Endless Network, and OpenAI.
The competition is administered by The Learning Agency and Georgia State University.
The next cycle will launch in September 2024. To be updated on news and events, join the mailing list here.