CATEGORY: English

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ハーバード社会起業大会スタディーツアーのギャザリングでお話させていただきました!

LyrikoのプロデューサーのMasakoは、2012年に「ハーバード社会起業大会スタディーツアー」 に参加しました。先日東京で行われたギャザリングで、ボストン時間の朝5時からSkypeを通じて、Lyrikoについてお話をさせていただきました。ボストンの起業家について、また世界中の人とリモートで働くという新しい働き方への挑戦についてもお話させていただき、参加者の皆さんからは、自己投資という新しい形について質問をいただいたり、東京とボストンとで、働く環境の違いを感じたとのコメントをいただいたりしました。日本で社会起業に関わられているみなさんからアドバイスをいただいたりと大変貴重な経験となりました。

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We tested in Japan!

We went to several schools in Japan this summer and tested with over 100 kids and teachers learning English. They loved Lyriko! Japanese high school students are not used to such enjoyable ways of learning, so we were glad to show them something playful. We also talked with them about the process of making it and working in international teams. Thanks to all the schools who cooperated with us!

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Lyriko a winner of Apps for Class Challenge

We’re so excited to announce that Lyriko is a winner of the Apps for Class Challenge! The contest is a partnership between the Verizon Foundation and Innovate+Educate. We submitted Lyriko in collaboration with our non-profit partner Fill My Cup!, which shares our mission to help people reach their full potential through language and literacy education. With the financial support of the contest sponsors, we’ve been able to begin testing Lyriko with about 1,000 kids learning either English or Spanish in three middle schools in North and South Carolina: Ranson Middle School, Saluda Trail Middle School, and Sullivan Middle School. We’ve spent eight days with those kids so far and gotten some amazing feedback. Our favorite moment was when one Spanish teacher said her student who is always the least engaged absolutely loves Lyriko! We also loved hearing the kids singing the songs they were learning after they finished playing and before they started the next day. This whole program is an amazing opportunity for us, and we’re so grateful to be involved!

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