The World Bank at a Glance mobile application makes this complex institution accessible. Succinct explanations are supplemented with hyperlinks for deeper information on what interests you. The app provides a comprehensive overview of: All the institutions within the World Bank Group and how they operate Initiatives such as Results and […]
transparency • World BankCyberTracker
CyberTracker Conservation is a South African non-profit company that develops handheld data capture solutions. Their flagship product is called CyberTracker 3 and can be downloaded free from the CyberTracker website. The software itself was first developed as a way to allow non-literate animal trackers to communicate their environmental observations. It […]
CyberTracker • data collection • GPS • smart phone • software • visualizationFrontlineSMS
FrontlineSMS is free open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. Once installed, the program enables users to send and receive text messages with large groups of people through mobile phones. What you communicate is up to you, making FrontlineSMS useful in […]
communication • mobile • open access • textingLexique Pro
You’ve spent years working on your dictionary, but how easy is it for others to make the most of it? Are the speakers of the language getting any benefit from it? Is it user-friendly enough for a non-linguist to look at? Are translators making the best use of it? Are […]
dictionary • lexiconMapBox
MapBox lets you design fast and beautiful interactive maps and share them on the web and mobile devices. MapBox is the whole package for making maps, from the worldwide street-level basemap MapBox Streets – powered by OpenStreetMap – to the open source map design studio TileMill for making custom maps […]
mapping • open source • visualizationKoBoToolbox
KoBoToolbox was co-founded by Phuong Pham and Patrick Vinck now based at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative who were confronted by the challenges of collecting data in a secure fashion, increasing the quality of survey data, and making results available rapidly after data collection. We first piloted handheld digital data collection […]
data collection • digital tools • toolkitMetaMouse
MetaMouse is a freely available, University of California developed software tool that easily allows schools to increase the utility of their computers up to five times. MetaMouse allows existing single-player educational games and other software to be shared by multiple users in a collaborative manner. With MetaMouse, students can plug […]
collaboration • education • software • youthThe Storytelling Station: an interactive museum kiosk
This museum kiosk, designed as a prototype for the Ndakinna Education Center, provides an interactive introduction to storytelling and the Native American oral traditions of the Northeast. Participants learn about storytelling by: experiencing video interviews and recorded performances with storytellers from the Abenaki, Mohawk, and other northeastern Nations, reading and […]
Abenaki • kiosk • Mohawk • Native American • Ndakinna Education Center • oral tradition • storytellingStory Weaver
Story Weaver is a custom web application created by a team made up of Wade Chambers and David Turnbull of the Native Eyes Project at IAIA and Virginia Murdoch and Joseph Pearson at Inventive Labs, a Web Design firm. The software is constructed on top of an Inventive Labs-built framework […]
asset management • database • digital storytelling • softwareNunaliit Atlas Framework
From the nunaliit.org website: The Nunaliit Atlas Framework The Nunaliit Atlas Framework aims to make it easy to tell stories and highlight relationships between many different forms of information from a variety of sources, using maps as a central way to connect and interact with the data. The Nunaliit Atlas […]
mapping • Nunaliit • storytellingLanguage app: Diné, Lakota, Mvskoke and Ponca
The Native Language App is a great way for children and adults to learn different Native words from across Indian Country. This app can be a fun and interactive approach for someone to learn about the Indigenous cultures of where they live or as an introduction to a language they […]
Diné • indigenous language • Lakota • language | preservation • language app • Mvskoke • PoncaLanguage app: Nazko-Dakelh
The Nazko-Dakelh app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Nazko-DakelhLanguage app: Xeni Gwet’in
The Xeni Gwet’in app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Xeni Gwet'inLanguage app: Secwépemc
The Secwépemc app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • SecwepemctsinLanguage app: FirstVoices Chat
FirstVoices Chat is a multilingual texting app with keypads serving over 100 Indigenous languages. The app was developed in response to First Nation youth who want to communicate via social media in their own languages. Most Indigenous writing systems use unique characters previously unavailable in mobile technologies. Interested in learning […]
aboriginal • chat • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • multilingual • textingLanguage app: Northern St̕’át̕’imcets
The Northern St̕’át̕’imcets app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Northern St̕'át̕'imcetsLanguage app: Ktunaxa
The Ktunaxa Language app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • Ktunaxa • language | preservation • language appLanguage app: Sliammon
The Sliammon app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • SliammonLanguage app: Nisga’a
The Nisg̱a’a app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Nisga'aLanguage app: Ehattesaht
The Ehattesaht app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • Ehattesaht • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language appLanguage app: Kwak’wala
The Kwak’wala app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • Kwak'wala • language | preservation • language appLanguage app: Hlgaagilda Xaayda Kil
The Skidegate Haida Language app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • Haida • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • Skidegate HaidaLanguage app: SENĆOŦEN
The SENĆOŦEN app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • indigenous language • language | preservation • language app • SENĆOŦENLanguage app: Halq’emeylem
The Halq’eméylem app is a media-rich bilingual dictionary and phrase collection comprised of words and phrases archived at the online Aboriginal language database FirstVoices.com. Word and phrase definitions are illustrated with audio recordings, images and videos. Editing features allow users to customize content by replacing default multimedia with personal pictures, […]
aboriginal • dictionary • FirstVoices • Halq'emeylem • indigenous language • language | preservation • language appLanguage app: Iwaidja
Ma! Iwaidja app on iTunes The Ma! Iwaidja app is an initiative of the Minjilang Endangered Languages Publication project (also known as Iwaidja Inyman), based on Croker Island in Northwestern Arnhem Land in Australia’s Northern Territory. This ‘touch and listen’ app includes: a 1,000 entry Iwaidja-English dictionary a 400-entry Iwaidja-English […]
Arnhem Land • Australia • endangered language • Iwaidja • language | preservation • language app