One thousand participants from around the world visited Auckland, New Zealand for the World Congress on Reading from 12-15th July. The Sunshine and AWARD Reading booth was popular with many of the delegates from Asia, the Americas and Australia. The key features of the stand were the interactive resources delivered online for all levels of English language learning and the resources for struggling readers from 8 years upwards.

An innovative and successful technology program to improve literacy is to be used in 198 schools throughout New York City. During a recent research project, all students on the program, including English Language Learners, doubled their reading scores.

The results of a recent study at Nassau County, Long Island, New York, were outstanding in all areas but AWARD excelled for Kindergarten ELLs. It is exciting to confirm the belief that technology and print used for 30 minutes a day can make a difference in just 11 weeks. AWARD Reading again proved that technology and print do make a difference. In other recent five-week pilot studies in Virginia, Arizona, and North Carolina, using technology and print for 30 minutes a day also resulted in significant improvements in students’ reading levels.

These results validate the new guidelines that call for more technology in classrooms. AWARD Reading, with skills carefully scaffolded at K, 1 and 2 levels, is the answer to reading problems. There are no equipment issues either, with the software delivered online.

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