Tech entrepreneur Brendan Morrissey has developed a free, virtual, web-based classroom to assist Ukrainian children who are entering Irish schools.
he Kilkenny-based investor has previously developed a similar app and network for children with dyslexia and ADHD that is used by thousands of users around the world through the eSchools app.
He is now urging major tech firms to come on board to help drive the Ukraine School project, which in recent days began to sign up its first users.
We dont require funding, said Morrissey. Were giving the platforms away for free to students, schools, teachers and parents. What we do require is hardware or corporate sponsors to supply hardware.
If Microsoft, Google, Samsung are reading this, laptops, tablets, smartphones would be very helpful to preload Ukraine School software on, so we can hand them out to students and parents. I hope we can help in our own small way through education.
Ukraine School, which can be accessedvia the free eSchools app,is available in 50 languages so children can learn through Ukrainian and switch it over to English or Irish to connect with the school and classmates.
The students are assigned their own secure class on the network alongside their teachers, who are then able to share project resources with the children and also assign homework or class-based assignments. Children also have access to class discussion and chat features through the app.
"Language seems to be the biggest barrier. Here in Ireland children are entering schools with no English. Ukraine School means a child can work in their own language.
"We then assist by managing their homework, activities, calendar, blogs, projects and class discussions. It allows them to connect with other Ukrainian students to start building their own safe community, said Morrissey.
Its wonderful to see Ukrainian people on the platform and using it daily. he said. Its hard to comprehend whats happened to them in the past few weeks.
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