Matt Brown

Research shows that many children from underserved backgrounds experience a word deficit by age three, increasing the likelihood for these children to be academically and emotionally unprepared for kindergarten. New forms of technology have the potential to provide children the opportunity to access cost-efficient literacy interventions. This project team will fully develop the Kibeam Wand Reading System (KWRS), with a handheld wand for children ages 3 to 8 to independently scan and read boo...