Beyond Words - March Episode Highlights (2023)

WHAT I'VE LEARNT

Beyond words, the Literacy Podcast aims to bring together experts and change-makers to discuss crucial issues in creating a literate world, such as access, equity, and the role of technology in learning.
Guests will offer valuable perspectives on how to ensure high-quality literacy education for all.
This episode features
Tom Richardson is Chief Executive Officer of Literacy Planet

Literacy Planet is a research and evidence-aligned literacy program, combining the science of reading, great storytelling and the psychology of game play to create a learning experience that educators and students love.
Tom is on a mission to transform the way people learn. He is humbled to be leading the Literacy Planet team who are inspiring a lifetime of learning. Tom is a proud dad of three kids and loves nature, the outdoors, adventure and travel.

Kyle Wallgren is the CEO of Edsoma
The world has experienced a shift since the pandemic broke out. Now, self-education has taken a stronger stand than ever, with remote learning and parents actively being school teachers’ assistants. This has, however, enabled poor quality learning and reading. To fix the situation, Kyle Wallgren got the idea to build a new communication and reading application called Edsoma.

Edsoma was designed to get children back in the reading culture and help them bond better with the authority figures in their lives. The app has been on the trajectory to become every family’s favorite reading application with its numerous features and functionalities that encourage bonding while learning.

Kishan Gopal Laddha is the Head of Literacy as a Service Corporate Social Responsibility at TATA Consultancy Services
Kishan Gopal Laddha started his professional career with Tata Consultancy Services serving as design engineer with one of the world’s largest medical manufacturing company. Finding passion in serving, he joined the pioneering batch of Teach for India and taught as a primary teacher in low income schools in India’s largest slums for two years. He joined back TCS being the bridge between corporate and society and lead Corporate Social Responsibility for central, north and western India for TCS CSR.
Over the period of years, he worked with lacs of non-neo literates and empowered them with self-respect, confidence and reliance. He heads TCS’ Literacy as a Service, that served 1.1 mn+ people (>80%) women across India and Burikna Faso. He is father of two daughters, Vipassana meditation practitioner and a volunteer at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram.

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