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To celebrate our recent 'Hungry Little Minds' quality mark award from the Department for Education in England, we have organised a series of weekly interactive online events for both parents and children. Drawing on the latest research on literacy and learning we will share our expertise in choosing quality primary education apps for reading and … Continue reading “Navigo at Home” events led by iRead game designers: sign-up form

By Kay Gerkling, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Karlsruhe/Baden-Württemberg (DHBW) and Seray Ibrahim, University College London (UCL) *Please note, this update was written prior to school closures. We hope we can continue to build on this great work in the coming months. One of the challenges of introducing new digitally-mediated teaching activities into school routines, is finding … Continue reading Expert children deliver the iRead project in German schools*

With schools closing in light of the worldwide COVID-19 developments, you may be looking for resources to support your child’s literacy learning at home in fun and motivating ways. Based on current research from the iRead project, Navigo is a game designed to support primary school children in developing their reading skills. Developed and built … Continue reading Navigo game for literacy learning FREE to download and play

By Adrian Florea, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu (ULBS) and Delilah Florea, National College Samuel von Brukenthal, Sibiu On the 28th February 2020, the ULBS team organized a dissemiantion event at Samuel von Brukenthal National College, hosted by Professor Florea Delilah. The goal of the event was to introduce the iRead project technologies to a … Continue reading Information sharing event at Samuel von Brukenthal National College, Sibiu, Romania

By Leona Bunting, University of Gothenburg As part of the ongoing evaluation of the apps and appropriation study we went out to Västergård School to observe how teachers were working with the iRead project technologies ‘in the wild’.  We visited Västergårdsskolan on 24th January. It was a chilly morning as we took the ferry out to the small island … Continue reading iRead project apps in action! Observing class sessions at Västergårdsskolan, Sweden

By Seray Ibrahim - UCL Knowledge Lab Earlier today, the UK Department for Education published a press release that listed the iRead Project's Navigo reading game app as one of six apps judged to be effective in supporting children's literacy and language skills in the home. In 2019, the DfE launched the Hungry Little Minds … Continue reading Navigo game awarded approval by DfE ‘Hungry Little Minds’ Campaign

In December the two e-reader studies on the Amigo Reader for Spanish and EFL were successfully finalised in Barcelona. The UoB team are delighted to see the system in action after three years of hard work from everyone involved in the iRead project! From the start of the e-reader studies, students and teachers have expressed … Continue reading E-reader studies on Amigo Reader finalised for Spanish and EFL students

By Leona Bunting, University of Gothenburg Leona from the University of Gothenburg team presented information about the iRead Project at two separate dialogue seminars held at the Framtidens lärande event. Framtidens lärande (Future Learning), is a national meeting ground for practitioners, researchers and trade, established ten years ago. This year, the organizers tried a more regional … Continue reading UGOT Researchers Participate in Dialogue Seminars at ‘Framtidens lärande väst’ – Future Learning Event

Pickatale, who are one of the iRead project partners, recently featured the iRead project in their weekly newspaper for children. It is available in English and Norwegian and features a six page news article on dyslexia and the iRead project. Access the Pickatale newsletter feature in English Access the Pickatale newsletter feature in Norwegian