News The Read Read Helping blind and visually impaired children to learn to read independently Posted July 18, 2017 By Jill Anderson Former teacher Alex Tavares, Ed.M.’17, spent much of his year in the Technology, Innovation, and Education Program working on his invention, The Read Read, a device which allows blind and visually impaired children to independently learn how to read using the same techniques as teachers would use. This summer Tavares is continuing this work as he focuses on building an organization and scaling the device at the Harvard iLab. News The latest research, perspectives, and highlights from the Harvard Graduate School of Education Explore All Articles Related Articles News Every Child Has a Voice Building social-emotional learning skills through the arts News Up Next: LessonPick The platform allows instructors to easily find and share ELL content through a database of resources Ed. Magazine Spare Phone? Farhan Quasem, Ed.M.'15, and Cindy Yang, Ed.M.'15, started Mobilizr to digitally empower the homeless by giving them smartphones, data plans, and ongoing tech support.