Social:BookBox
 BookBox Logo (2016) | |
| Created by | Brij Kothari[1] |
|---|---|
| Website | bookbox |
| Current status | Online |
BookBox, a social enterprise located in Pondicherry, India has created ‘AniBooks’, animated stories for children with the narration appearing on-screen as Same Language Subtitles (SLS).[2] Every word is highlighted at the exact timing with the audio narration, thus strengthening reading skills, automatically and subconsciously.[3] BookBox has their videos on their YouTube channel,[4] with over 45 stories in 40 languages.[5] The business was born in 2004 from a student-driven competition, Social e-Challenge, at Stanford University.[6]
SLS is a pedagogically sound and proven technique and has won many international awards [7] alongside their partner non-profit, PlanetRead, created by Brij Kothari, which has also been widely implemented on film song based TV programs in India.[8]
Languages
BookBox offers books in the following languages:[9]
References
- ↑ "Team". http://www.bookbox.com/about-us/team.
- ↑ "Product Review: Animal Stories BookBox Series Video (Recommended age 3-7)". Momma's Bacon. 2012-03-02. http://mommasbacon.com/2012/03/02/product-review-animal-stories-bookbox-series-video-recommended-age-3-7/.
- ↑ "BookBox: Online Spanish Stories". Spanish Playground. 18 June 2015. http://spanishplayground.net/bookbox-online-spanish-stories/.
- ↑ "bookboxinc". https://www.youtube.com/bookboxinc. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "BookBox". bookbox.com. http://www.bookbox.com.
- ↑ Kothari, Brij (2016-03-10). "BookBox: Scaling children's reading" (in en). https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106.
- ↑ "Awards". bookbox.com. http://www.bookbox.com/awards.
- ↑ "About Us". PlanetRead. http://www.planetread.org/aboutus.
- ↑ "PlanetRead". http://www.bookbox.com/catalog.
External links
News coverage
- Kothari, Brij (March 3, 2016). "BookBox: Scaling children's reading". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bookbox-scaling-childrens_b_9424106.html.
- "Elon Musk Backs Youth Literacy Through The Global Learning Xprize". Blue Sky Publications Ltd.. January 13, 2016. http://www.thesouthafrican.com/elon-musk-backs-youth-literacy-through-the-global-learning-xprize.
- Philip, Annie (October 15, 2015). "Taking Kalam's Stories to Children Across India". http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/taking-kalams-stories-to-children-across-india/article7763596.ece.
- Kothari, Brij (July 30, 2015). "Dr. Kalam: Animated Stories from His Legendary Life". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brij-kothari/dr-kalam-animated-stories_b_7892196.html.
Reviews
- "Using Captions for Children's Literacy in Any Language". March 18, 2016. http://www.mediaaccess.org.au/latest_news/news/using-captions-for-children’s-literacy-in-any-language.
- "75 Free Resources for Learning Spanish Online". February 16, 2016. http://takelessons.com/blog/free-online-Spanish-help-z03.
- Suzy S. (December 8, 2015). "50+ Free Online Resources for Teaching Spanish to Kids". http://takelessons.com/blog/Spanish-worksheets-resources-z03.
- Balasubramanyam, Vidya (May 14, 2015). "10 free online read alouds for children in Indian languages". Sattva Media and Consulting Pvt Ltd.. http://www.thealternative.in/lifestyle/10-free-online-read-alouds-children-indian-languages/.
- Maya (May 12, 2015). "An Animated Version of Too Many Bananas". http://blog.prathambooks.org/2015/05/an-animated-version-of-too-many-bananas.html.
- Davey, Angelika (March 2, 2015). "Practise your German with Videos from BookBox". http://angelikasgerman.co.uk/practise-german-videos-bookbox/.
- Andrew (September 30, 2012). "List of Websites Where You Can Watch Spanish Videos with Spanish Subtitles or Transcripts Online". http://howlearnspanish.com/2012/09/spanish-videos-subtitles-free/.
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