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October 18, 2019October 11, 2019 Seray Ibrahim Ed-Tech, EFL, Events, Industry, Schools

iRead workshop at the Göteborg Book Fair

By Leona Bunting, University of Gothenburg The Göteborg Book Fair is probably Scandinavia’s most important literary event where the trade meets the public. During four days, 26-29 September, about 90,000 publishers, authors, librarians, teachers and book lovers mix on the 11,000 square meters provided. iRead was invited to hold a workshop in a part of … Continue reading iRead workshop at the Göteborg Book Fair

May 29, 2019May 29, 2019 laurabenton Academics, Ed-Tech, Events, Games, Industry, Schools

iRead @ CHI 2019

By Laura Benton (UCL Knowledge Lab) This month the UCL iRead team returned to the CHI conference (2019 Conference of Human Factors in Computing Systems) to present some follow-up research focused on the instructional design within existing reading games for children and also to demonstrate the latest version of the Navigo game. These submissions were … Continue reading iRead @ CHI 2019

December 11, 2018December 12, 2018 laurabenton Academics, Ed-Tech, Events, Industry, Practitioners

iRead Exhibits at EU Parliament “Tech for Good” Expo

By Eleni Mentheniti (DFKI) and Manolis Mavrikis (UCL) Last month iRead researchers Manolis Mavrikis (UCL) and Eleni Mentheniti (DFKI) attended the “Tech for Good” expo held in the European Parliament from Monday the 19th to Thursday the 22nd of November 2018. The expo brings together researchers from universities and institutions around the European Union and offers them … Continue reading iRead Exhibits at EU Parliament “Tech for Good” Expo

July 12, 2018September 17, 2018 laurabenton Academics, Events, Industry

iRead Consortium Meeting in Athens

By Laura Benton (UCL) Last month NTUA hosted a 2 day iRead Consortium meeting at their campus in Athens (28-29 June). It was a good opportunity to share our achievements in the different areas of the project over the past 6 months as well as discuss upcoming challenges and potential risks as we move into … Continue reading iRead Consortium Meeting in Athens

March 5, 2018March 7, 2018 laurabenton Design, Ed-Tech, Industry, Practitioners

FutureBook blog features iRead Project

The iRead Project has been featured as part of the FutureBook blog on The Bookseller website. The post details the background to the project, our ambitions, successes to date and advice for others in the industry. You can read the full post here: https://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/iread-recruits-super-team-european-experts-resdesign-how-kids-read-742886

November 27, 2017November 27, 2017 laurabenton Industry

iRead and Language Technologies: Introducing DFKI

Introducing German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), with sites in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen (with an associated branch in Osnabrück) and a project office in Berlin, is the leading German research institute in the field of innovative software technology. In the international scientific community, DFKI ranks among … Continue reading iRead and Language Technologies: Introducing DFKI

October 3, 2017October 4, 2017 laurabenton Games, Industry

iRead and Digital Games: Introducing fish in a bottle

iRead and Digital Games: Introducing fish in a bottle We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is … Continue reading iRead and Digital Games: Introducing fish in a bottle

August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 laurabenton Ed-Tech, Industry

iRead and Digital Reading Content: Introducing Pickatale

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is Pickatale (introduced by Head of Content Development Team, Aneta … Continue reading iRead and Digital Reading Content: Introducing Pickatale

June 20, 2017June 22, 2017 laurabenton Ed-Tech, Industry

iRead and Assistive Tech: Introducing Dolphin Computer Access Ltd.

We are fortunate to have a wide range of expertise and experience on the iRead project team. In a series of blog posts we will introduce each of our partners and find out what motivated them to get involved in the iRead project. Next up is Dolphin Computer Access (introduced by Markets and Products Analyst … Continue reading iRead and Assistive Tech: Introducing Dolphin Computer Access Ltd.