USING SIMBI

Simbi is online reading platform which has many advantages both for learners and teachers.

Benefit for students:

 Engaging audiovisual books

 Read out loud
 Have fun reading with friends capture
 Volunteer hours (Volunteer certificate)
 Narrate books for learners
 Enjoy reading while listening
 Students are motivated to read-out-loud by turning their voice into audiovisual books that
teach the global community.

Benefit for educators:

 Reading competency assessments to help benchmark your students (reading assessment

identifies seven reading competencies: pace, phrasing, punctuation, intonation, self-
correcting, sound out strategies and literal retell)
 Dashboards to help you organize your reading groups
 Audio playback features so you can listen to your students read & track their progress on your
own time Independent
 Reading Journey for your students to practice “read along” and “read aloud” skills
Informative “pop-up” videos by literacy expert Adrienne Gear, designed to help your students
improve fluency and comprehension skills
 Lesson Ideas and book lists on Global Citizenship

Useful links:

1. https://simbi.io/for-educators/ - you can sign up as an educator by following the steps in the

link and create classroom and assign your students.
2. https://simbi.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Simbi-Educator-Quick-Start-Guide.pdf - see this
guide to get glimpse how to use Simbi with your students.
3. https://simbi.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Simbi-Global-Stewardship-for-Classrooms.pdf -
it is also interesting idea to introduce Simbi to your students
4. https://simbi.io/features/ - these are the features of Simbi
5. https://simbi.io/for-educators/ - “Set up your class – It is free” (30 minute instruction with
Simbi expert)