Try out this KiBeam want at the library June 26! Register here:
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KiBEAM WAND, A NEW AI READING DEVICE, BEING INTRODUCED TO TIFTON
By BONNIE SAYLES
Tifton Grapevine
Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County, the Tifton Rotary Club, and Alliance for Children are introducing to Tifton a new AI-powered device to aid children in building reading and literacy skills.
The KiBeam wand is a cutting-edge technology that reads selected books to children, igniting curiosity and building skills. It works with real paper books and transforms the reading experience into play, with games focused on each page of the story.
The games and activities are designed to strengthen phonics and vocabulary, stimulating more interest in reading. The device also collects data to give educators insights about what individual children need to work on to boost their skill levels.
Literacy Volunteers and Rotary Club members will introduce the KiBeam wand to participants in the "Books & Bites" program at 5:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the Tifton-Tift County Public Library.
Demonstrations will continue at subsequent "Books & Bites" events July 3, 10, and 17 at the library as part of its Summer Reading Program. Families, teachers, and other interested volunteers may attend. Registration is requested here.
The wand is a screen-free, AI-powered speaking device that reads selected books to children. The KiBeam device was introduced to Georgia Rotarians during a statewide Rotary conference in Jekyll Island in March.
Six members of the Tifton Rotary Club attended, including Tifton Rotary Club President Cindy Evers-Peake, whose agency Alliance for Children has purchased the initial five KiBeam wands being used at the Tifton library this summer.
Also, Bonnie Sayles, president of Literacy Volunteers of Tifton-Tift County and a Rotary area governor, attended the conference and worked with David Cochran of the Alpharetta Rotary Club, the KiBeam contact for the state, to obtain the wands for Tifton.
Classroom versions of the KiBeam system, which is not yet commercially available to the public, have been distributed in the Fulton County school system. Regional Rotary District Grants for literacy will be available for applications during the new Rotary year beginning July 1.
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