Bridge-It - Empowering Teachers with Mobile Technology

What is BRIDGEit?

In 2011-12, NOKIA, Pearson Foundation and EZ Vidya partnered with government and CBSE schools in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh to address four key challenges:

“Lecture style” lessons were not equipping students with 21st Century thinking skills
Students needed help transitioning from local language to English medium
Teachers had few resources besides the textbook with which to enrich classroom instruction
Teachers struggled to incorporate technology such as PC labs into their daily teaching

Using open-source NOKIA Education Delivery (NED) technology and content from Pearson Foundation, schools have beautifully addressed these challenges in a single school year. With support by EZ Vidya, NED has:

Improved the quality of teaching by 31%
Lessons changed from “lecture style” to “student centred”
10% more marks at NED schools compared with controls
Teachers used an average of 158 digital media activities (7Gb content downloaded via 3G networks)
Dramatically improved listening and speaking skills of students.

“Motivational levels have raised. Pupil showed active interest in learning the language with reference to listening & speaking skills. Students started uttering words /sentences in English. It is wonderful.”

Quick Facts

	2011-12	2012-13
Schools	34 – 12 APREIS, 18 TN, 4 CBSE	100 – 43 APREIS, 43 TN, 14 CBSE
Teachers	53 – 24 APREIS, 18 TN, 11 CBSE	170 – 86 APREIS, 47 TN, 37 CBSE
Standards & Subjects	5th / 6th English & Science	5th / 6th English & Science
Content	231 Videos (4.2Gb) – 104 English & 127 Science	375 videos (6.5Gb) – 172 English & 203 Science, with new Indian accents
Training & Support	16 training days, 224 site visits (6.4 per school)	34 training days, 500+ site visits (5 planned per school)
Research & Evaluation	172 classroom observations (CRPs) & 2,832 student academic tests	400 CRPs & 5,650 student academic tests planned

Education & Learning through Mobile: Matt Wennersten, EZ Vidya
SKOCH Digital Inclusion Award 2012
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Testimonials

Students are involved in English class when I teach them using Bridgeit videos
Bridgeit is an excellent project. It makes the class like a 'Live Wire' by bringing out the creativity in my students. Even the student who is shy actively participates in the Bridgeit Class.
English classes have become enjoyable.There is an improvement in my students reading level after playing Av's and doing activities.They now look forward eagerly to the English class.
Students not only like rhymes and stories but they also love to work on exercises too.In fact they don't feel bored and learn the grammar more quickly.They easily understand the concept and come up with lot of examples on their own.
Motivational levels have raised. Pupil showed active interest in learning the language with reference to listening & speaking skills. Students started uttering words/sentences in English. It is wonderful. — Chennai Corporation School, Mylapore
I observed that my students are able to understand, speak and communicate in English
I can see an improvement in my students as compared to other children in the same group who are not using Bridgeit.
Bridgeit is really doing a good job. All the videos have been very useful for the students. — Teacher
We were able to understand the lessons easily and also learning the subject English has become easier — APRS Vikarabad Girls High School
If not for this program my students would have become very dull and sloppy.

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