Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg partner on education initiative for disabled students

Tech magnates Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg announced about their recent partnership to develop technologies for kids with disabilities.

CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg have recently teamed up together to provide new technologies for kids who have trouble learning. This initiative is an effort which will incorporate dabbling into child brain science, reported Associated Press.

The ‘Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’ and the ‘Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’ is planned to explore a number of possible pilot projects. The main focus will be on math, writing and brain functions that are the primary classroom learning areas, which they have noted as essential for academic success.

Daily Mail wrote, the venture is now looking for ideas and information from various sectors ranging from business to medicine, academia and technology. Expectations of future investments based on that information are there, however, no dollar amount has yet been decided upon.

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The idea about disadvantaged children’s struggle to learn due to the poor brain function involving memory, behavioral issues related to autism, thinking flexibility and other attention disabilities has long been mourned over by social workers and health advocates. This collaboration by the two tech moguls informs potential ways to lessen such deficiencies.

Some of the ideas include the usage of games and technology simulations for supporting teachers and family, and also the tracking progress in some weak students such as those with disabilities or those who are learning English as a second language. As per the two leaders of the initiative, technology is not the main focus but, the role played by it is recognized.

Moreover, lately Gates also announced more support for disabled students with issues involving Alzheimer’s disease research and American poverty. Also, Microsoft even recently declared a $25 million initiative to use artificial intelligence for building better technology for disabled people.