Launch DFW - SMU & LIFT Team Named One of Eight SemiFinalists For 7M Mobile App Competition

Article Link: SMU & LIFT Team Named One of Eight SemiFinalists For $7M Mobile App Competition

The SMU and Literacy Instruction for Texas (LIFT) team was named yesterday as one of eight semifinalists advancing in the $7 million Barbara Bush Foundation Adult Literacy XPRIZE presented by Dollar General Literacy Foundation. The XPRIZE is a global competition that challenges teams to develop mobile applications designed to increase literacy skills in adult learners.
SMU’s Simmons School of Education and Human Development and Guildhall graduate video game development program are working with LIFT to design an engaging, puzzle-solving smartphone game app to help adults develop literacy skills. The SMU and LIFT team, PeopleForWords, is one of 109 teams who entered the competition in 2016.