Smart launches Batibot app

MANILA, Philippines - Parents and teachers who grew up with Batibot can now let their children and students enjoy the popular children’s educational TV show through a mobile phone application.

The Batibot Android application, which was recently launched by mobile leader Smart Communications, was designed specifically for kids in kindergarten up to Grade 3.

Through fun-filled games on the app, children in their formative years can develop essential basic concepts like matching, sorting, and grouping. They are shown how to identify shapes, colors, numbers, the alphabet, and letter sounds.

The Batibot app, which can be downloaded for free, also supports early literacy by nurturing children’s love for storytelling.

 Developed in collaboration with the Community of Learners Foundation and startup partner OrangeFix, the Batibot app is the first learning app in Filipino that is aligned with the national kindergarten curriculum of the Department of Education.

The Batibot app is one of the key features of the Smart TechnoCart, a mobile digital laboratory launched last June to enhance learning among kindergarteners through mobile devices and applications.

Each Smart TechnoCart contains 20 tablets which come preloaded with the Batibot app. It also has a laptop and projector for use by the teacher; a Smart Bro pocket WiFi with prepaid load for connectivity; and the Smart One Campus, a learning management system that helps administrators and teachers track and measure their students’ academic performance.

Interested parties may also sponsor Smart TechnoCarts for school beneficiaries. For more information, visit www.smart.com.ph/learnsmart.