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Isabelle McMahon

@IsabelleDuston

CEO and founder of Education Technology For Development entrepreneur|French native|interested in literacy in Mother Tongue

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Joined November 2010
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How Should We Measure Women’s Economic Empowerment? cgdev.org/event/how-should-w… via @cgdev
How Should We Measure Women’s Economic Empowerment?

How Should We Measure Women’s Economic Empowerment?

The terminology describing economic programs for women has changed: actions to ‘empower women economically’ have replaced efforts to ‘increase women’s productivity and incomes.’ But how can we...

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Why we should invest in getting more kids to read — and how to do it tinyurl.com/ycbexvsv via @wbg_education
Former Lynchburg Tech Innovator of the Year Award recipient @IsabelleDuston is a semi-finalist in the Global Learning XPRIZE competition.
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BBC News - Could @xprize tablets replace teachers in Tanzania? bbc.com/news/av/technology-4…
Could XPrize tablets replace teachers in Tanzania?

Could XPrize tablets replace teachers in Tanzania?

Teams around the world are competing to develop tablet software to replace a teacher in developing countries.

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Local entrepreneur named semi-finalist in global tech competition @xprize wset.com/story/local-entrepr…
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The Elon Musk Project You've Never Heard Of That Might Change The World via @IFLScience: iflscience.com/technology/th…
Throughout my career, I’ve seen the many ways technology has evolved to help children access an education they... businesswire.com/news/home/2…
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We'll be hosting the press conference for @IsabelleDuston 6/22 at 2:30 to announce next steps for her journey as an @xprize semi-finalist!
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"These are the people making it happen" semi-finalists announced in Global Learning @xprize to enable children become literate #EdTechx17 – at Islington, London
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Celebrating a milestone with the top 11 GLeXP Teams @xprize
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XPRIZE Announces Teams Advancing in $15M Global Learning XPRIZE at EdTechXEurope dlvr.it/PNxQ6w
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EdTechX@EdTechEurope21 Jun 2017
We cant wait to hear the announcement soon of who the semi-finalist teams are competing for $15m for the Global Learning @xprize! #EdTechX17
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Join @OpenIDEO @dfat_iXc @AusMIKTA for #EducationInEmergencies Challenge w/ focus on access & delivery for girls: ideo.to/ngLuhV
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Come join the conversation on OpenIDEO's #EIEChallenge challenge: challenges.openideo.com/chal…
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Peg Dubeck@pegdubeck15 Sep 2016
These #literacy leaders represent 10 countries. Let's aim for 30! teapaw.org/ILAToday/status/776364…
ILA (@ILAToday) profile pictureILA@ILAToday15 Sep 2016
These young literacy leaders are improving lives through education around the globe #ILA30under30 ow.ly/2Mam303xPFM
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Examination of relationship between children's reading abilities & enabling environment for learning bit.ly/2rbmtz8 #LiteracyBoost
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“International Development’s ‘White Paper Industrial Complex’” by Tariq Fancy sosofancy.com/international-…
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Amber Gove, PhD@AmberGove17 May 2017
Reading saves lives too! #SDG4 @BasicEdtweets @USAIDEducation teapaw.org/GPforEducation/status/…
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@GPforEducation17 May 2017
A child whose mother can read is 50% more likely to live past 5, 50% more likely to be immunized, and 2x as likely to attend school.
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