CBS: Learning to Read Late in Life

Article Link: Learning to Read Late in Life: There’s An App For That

“One of the things we wanted to do is remove that stigma around literacy,” says Corey Clark, deputy director of research at SMU’s Guildhall, assistant professor of computer science and leader of the team of faculty, students and volunteers who developed the game. “It has to be fun, first. We weren’t just trying to add game elements, we were trying to build a game that had educational outcomes from it.”

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