E-books make smart kids using Java ME mobile phones
- by hinkmond
Worldreader has been distributing e-books on Kindle devices to children in sub-Saharan Africa to teach the students how to read. But now, Worldreader has also created a Java ME app that helps even more students in developing countries to have access to free books.
See:
Reaching more students w/Java ME
Here's a quote:
In many African countries, 80
percent of the population owns
a cell phone. Up to now,
Worldreader has focused on
distributing Kindles to
classrooms (the organization’s
founder is former Amazon exec,
but by making e-books available
via cell phones the organization
can reach a much wider group of
readers.
Using technology to teach kids how to read in developing nations is a good way to use mobile devices like Java ME feature phones--a lot better than trying to slingshot cartoon angry birds at green pigs on those other platforms, doncha think?
Hinkmond
