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Hoot Reading Shown to Increase Children’s Reading Achievement Over Video Chat
Hoot Reading has released the results of a research study that evaluated the efficacy of the Hoot Reading program in improving children’s reading skills. The research was done by Dr. Susan B. Neuman, former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education, and her team at the Literacy, Technology & Culture Lab at NYU.
Hoot Reading Unveils Reading Enrichment Program
Hoot Reading, a rapidly growing literacy service that connects kids to real classroom teachers for personalized, online reading lessons, has announced the launch of a new program – Hoot Enrich.
Hoot Reading Celebrates World Read Aloud Day With Free One-on-One Reading Lessons With Teachers
Hoot Reading, an online literacy service that provides one-on-one reading lessons with experienced classroom teachers, today announced that they will be offering free reading lessons for the entire day on February 5th, 2020, in celebration of World Read Aloud Day.
Hoot Reading Makes 1:1 Reading Support Accessible to All
Partnering With Spin Master and Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada TORONTO—Hoot Reading, an online tutoring service that connects kids with real classroom teachers to practice reading over video chat, today announced Hoot Reading For All, a new program which…
Hoot Flex Helps to Combat the “Summer Reading Slide”
Hoot Reading plans to battle the effects of the “summer reading slide” with Hoot FLEX, a new offering that will enable parents to schedule a live video-chat session between their child and a classroom teacher on demand.
Hoot Reading Awarded Tillywig Brain Child Award
Online tutoring service, Hoot Reading, has been awarded a Tillywig Toy & Media Awards, 2019 Brain Child Award. The Brain Child Award recognizes exciting products or services that nurture the intellectual or emotional development of children.
Hoot Reading Selected as Winner of the 2018 Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award
Online tutoring service, Hoot Reading, has been selected as a winner of the 2018 Academics’ Choice Smart Book Award.
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Jewish Independent
Carly Shuler, CEO & Co-Founder of Hoot Reading, shares how Hoot Reading came to be in existence, her views on screen-time, and the importance of being a reading role model.
The Geoff Currier Show on 680 CJOB
Our CEO and Co-Founder, Carly Shuler, was a guest on The Geoff Currier Show on 680 CJOB, alongside Jason Myers from Bold Commerce and Garreth Rempel from TRAINFO, they chatted about #entrepreneurship, funding, running a business from #Winnipeg, and much, much more.
Start Podcast!
Start Podcast – Live Taping – Success on a Human Scale: Margaux Miller, Start Podcast Host, interviews founders of scaling businesses in the Canadian Prairies live at Disrupted (a Tech Manitoba conference) in Winnipeg Manitoba.
Neighbours of Tuxedo
Hoot Co-Founders and friends, Maya Kotecha and Carly Shuler share the history behind Hoot Reading and their backgrounds.
CJAD 800 Montreal
Hoot Reading Co-Founder and CEO, Carly Shuler was a guest on The Natasha Hall Show on CJAD 800 Montreal to chat more about the 4th grade reading slump and the launch of Hoot Reading For All.
The Globe and Mail
Carly Shuler, CEO & Co-Founder of Hoot Reading, shares her tips with The Globe and Mail on how to make the most of your child’s time in front of a screen to help improve their reading skills and future job prospects.
Global News Morning Winnipeg
Carly Shuler, chatted with Kahla Evans on Global Winnipeg, and shared tips to get your kids back on track with reading and writing for back for school.
City Parent
Learning loss can be a huge concern in the months between classroom learning and a lack of consistent reading practice is a contributing factor.
CTV Morning Live Winnipeg
Help prevent the summer learning slide with an app that gets kids reading with a live teacher. It’s called Hoot Reading and it was created right here in Winnipeg. Nicole Dube learns more about how it works.
Winnipeg Free Press
Online tutoring service for struggling readers is already a success story in only about a year. There’s lots of talk of the potential damage too much screen time can have on children, but Carly Shuler has figured out a way to use that screen time to encourage reluctant young readers to read more.
The New York Times
Not only could we see each one anothers’ faces, we could easily converse. The best part was that we could see a ghost image of the teacher’s hand when he was point at a picture or getting ready to turn a page.
