Chekhov e-book search now available on the web!

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We have updated the Chekhov website to include the ability to search for e-books!

Search results can be filtered by language and rating and sorted by name, date and rating.

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*The language filter identifies the e-book controls, not necessarily the language in which story is authored.

You can also see more details about each e-book, including direct links to the Windows and Windows Phone versions of the e-book as well as to a PPTX version which has embedded audio and is print-ready

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Newly published stories are available in search results within a day of it being available in the store.

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Chekhov Authoring Platform – The Importance of Being Language Agnostic

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The Chekhov Authoring Platform was designed from the onset to allow for the breadth of the world to be able to learn to read regardless of language.

The primary goal is to increase the number of readers by 100 million by 2020, through the growth of literate communities and local partner ecosystems in multiple languages.

With the primary notion of educating  and developing individuals literacy skills, regardless of language, another goal came to mind.

The secondary, but very important goal, is to assist in the preserving and evangelizing of minority languages. From an estimated 7013 languages spoken on the planet, 95% of these are spoken by less than 100,000 people.

Preserving these languages and having access to literacy resources in their own language, which are representative of their own cultures, is an urgent need for these communities.

The Chekhov team is proud to be able to assist in both of these goals!

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Literacy for Life – Digital Solutions for a Sustainable Future | EU Policy Blog

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Literacy for Life – Digital Solutions for a Sustainable Future
September 8, 2015 – Adina Braha-Honciuc – Government Affairs Manager – Accessibility, Sustainability and Environment Policy

Chekhov was mentioned in the Microsoft EU Policy Blog for being part of an initiative focuses on developing sustainable, relevant, culturally-appropriate and scalable solutions to addressing illiteracy.

Chekhov, a free tool which allows anyone, anywhere to write, publish and distribute a dynamic eBook which can be used by learners across the globe to develop their literacy skills.

http://blogs.microsoft.com/eupolicy/2015/09/08/literacy-for-life-digital-solutions-for-a-sustainable-future-2/

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Office 365 and Chekhov integration!

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Here is a walk-through of adding Chekhov Story Author to your Office 365 online app menu!

Follow the instructions here to add Chekhov Story Author as a custom tile for your organization’s Office 365 account.

Update the tile information as follows:

  • Name: Chekhov
  • URL: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/chekhov-story-author/9wzdncrdkzv5 (alternate url)
  • Description: Chekhov Story Author
  • Image URL: https://www.lit4life.net/Images/logo/chekhov.png

To see the Office Mix go to https://mix.office.com/watch/q4geeiiatbjh

 

 

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Office 365 account authentication now available for Chekhov!

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Chekhov Story Author now offers the ability to sign in with either your Live ID or an Office 365 ID!

This offers the convenience to those who may have school accounts on Office 365 and can allow for Office 365 menu integration too!

Click the dark blue  “Sign in with a work or school account” tile to login with you Office 365 account.

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Lit4Life website update!

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We have completed an update to the website to include the latest educational offerings!

Digital Education Services

The Website now has a section devoted to the new Digital Education Services!

DES is an easy way to get to fun educational applications that allow teachers and students to excel. DES can be used to access all of the best from the Microsoft Learning Community. Making learning fun and easy means better learning results!

With access to 9 services including Chekhov Story Author, Microsoft Math, World Reader and more, DES delivers great educational apps available in a convenient location. This allows for simple access and consistency for students, while providing an easy to manage way to make quality applications available to teachers.

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The First Mile

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Microsoft won the Gold Award for best Corporate Documentary in the category “Innovations and Sustainable Technologies”, for “The First Mile” at the Deauville Green Film Festival which took place in Deauville, France, on 9th – 11th of June. The judging panel included filmmakers from the BBC, Discovery Channel and The National Geographic. The film was written and presented by Steven Duggan, Director, Worldwide Education Strategy for Microsoft Corporation, and directed by Ian Campbell from RGI Films.

The short film, “The First Mile”, which evangelizes the genesis and evolution of the Literacy for Life program was produced to help increase global awareness of the Illiteracy challenge. Check out the video at  https://vimeo.com/130187203. Congratulations to Steven and Ian on the achievement.

The services accessible at www.lit4life.net, created by Terawe, have now been used by teachers, students and educational organizations across the world to create and publish e-books in multiple languages. The Chekhov Story Author App, which has been available at no cost through the Literacy For Life partnership, was developed to help anyone create and share an original e-book with the world. Anyone can create their own Chekhov story by using the app, available here.

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How to Use Localized Languages Within Chekhov Story Author

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A short tutorial is now available to guide users through Using Localized Languages within Chekhov Story Author App. Support for more languages is being added on an ongoing basis.

 

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Innovating Teachers Using Chekhov and Surface 3

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Chekhov Story Author is called out as an innovative tool for teaching! Barry Corrigan’s (Innovative Educator and global education fellow)
latest blog post talks about a number of technologies being used in the classroom including our very own Chekhov Story Author!

“The impending launch of the Surface 3 make this tablet device even more appealing and I look forward to seeing it in action and reporting on how it is used in the classroom. I was a great fan of the original Surface RT and still feel that it can be a major asset to the classroom. Many of the apps are well suited to the daily use of pupils and teachers, alike. I look forward to seeing, for example, the excellent work that Kate Murray (@kateingalway) from Clontuskert School in Galway will do with hers and the use of Chekhov Story Maker. Innovators such as Kate show that the right tools in the right hands can transform lives and expectations.”

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Skype Lesson: The Chekhov Story Author

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The Chekhov story author tool for creating dynamic e-books is being made available through Skype in the classroom, reaching classrooms around the globe to help students write their own stories, share it with friends and family around the world and most importantly allow others the opportunity to learn how to read.

Chekhov team members will teach a Skype class through the process of creating a book – from inputting text and images, to voice recording, as well as what to do once the book is finished.

Find out more and sign-up at:

https://education.skype.com/projects/11084-microsoft-chekhov-story-author-create-and-record-a-dynamic-e-book

@SkypeClassroom #ChekhoveBook

https://education.skype.com/

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