Smart Communications launches the Batibot Mobile App together with the Community of Learners Foundation (COLF) and startup partner OrangeFix.
The Batibot app is an educational tool that promotes literacy by developing children’s love for storytelling. It can be downloaded for free for Android devices from the Google Play Store. This app was designed specifically for kids in kindergarten up to Grade 3. It is also considered as the first learning app in Filipino that follows the national kindergarten curriculum of the Department of Education.
Children can learn basic concepts such as matching, sorting, identifying shapes, colors, numbers and letter sounds. Early handwriting skills can also be practiced because the app offers tracing exercises.
It also offers classic games such as “Alin Ang Naiba,” that lets the children compare and contrast different group of objects. Along with the basic necessities for early child development, children can also enjoy and sing along to Batibot songs via the app’s videoke feature. Aside from that, the “Kuwentong Batibot” feature provides children with access to stories in Filipino, for early development of their vocabulary.
In line with this, Smart Communications also launch Smart TechnoCart, a mobile digital laboratory that aims to enhance learning among kindergartners through mobile devices and applications.
“Each Smart TechnoCart contains 20 tablets which come preloaded with the Batibot app. It also has a laptop and projector for use by the teacher; a Smart Bro pocket WiFi with prepaid load for connectivity; and the Smart One Campus, a learning management system that helps administrators and teachers track and measure their students’ academic performance.” Currently, Smart has deployed Smart TechnoCarts in 15 public kindergarten schools identified by the Department of Education as initial beneficiaries.
“Through our umbrella program for education called #LearnSmart, we’re trying to make learning fun, engaging, and interactive for students with the help of digital and mobile technologies,” said Smart public affairs head Mon Isberto.
“By digitizing Batibot, Smart is addressing the need of children for localized educational content. We also hope to make learning a shared experience between the parents and teachers, who grew up with the Batibot TV show, and their kids and students, who can now enjoy the Batibot experience on mobile devices,” he added.
To know more about Smart’s education initiatives, as well as how to sponsor Smart TechnoCarts for schools, please visit www.smart.com.ph/learnsmart <http://www.smart.com.ph/learnsmart>