Author: Philip Kovacs of Vastly
Vastly is a resource in development that is being designed to help students search and find internet content that is appropriate for their needs and ability level. This project started after research into allowing “at risk” students to self-select reading material. At the end of the project, the self-selectors increased their reading scores by 59%, whereas the control, the textbook readers increased by 10%.
We created Vastly to help teachers reduce the amount of noise students have to sift through when looking for materials on topics that interest them that are also within the range of their reading ability. The Kickstarter campaign is to move our proof-of-concept platform into market ready condition. All of the funds will go to programmers who are building the platform out to include 50,000 rather than a mere 50 websites. Check out the campaign for more information.
We created Vastly to help teachers reduce the amount of noise students have to sift through when looking for materials on topics that interest them that are also within the range of their reading ability. The Kickstarter campaign is to move our proof-of-concept platform into market ready condition. All of the funds will go to programmers who are building the platform out to include 50,000 rather than a mere 50 websites. Check out the campaign for more information.
