Google Inc. unveiled on Wednesday a Web site dedicated to literacy, pulling together its books, video, mapping and blogging services to help teachers and educational organizations share reading resources.
Google has asked literacy groups around the world to upload video segments explaining and demonstrating their successful teaching programs. Among the first few hundred to be posted is a same-language subtitle project from India that uses Bollywood films to teach reading.
“When our students see the Web as something they can contribute to — rather than just browse through — they’re inspired to think bigger, write more and film more,” said Joan Kim, the group’s director of education.
The service also uses Google’s mapping technology to help literacy organizations find each other, and provides links to reading resources.
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