Supporting Learning at Home and in School In this term's newsletter we share how our team have all been finding different ways to continue our pilot studies despite the on-going disruptions in schools across Europe. We describe some exciting new developments in how our partner teachers will be able to interact with the Navigo game data. We also … Continue reading iRead Project News – Issue 12
iRead Newsletter – Issue 8
Our large-scale pilot study has started! The past few months have been very busy as we prepare for our large-scale pilot study across Europe. Researchers and practitioners have worked together to plan for how the Amigo Reader and Navigo game will be used in the classroom. Our consortium have been busy setting up tablets with the iRead apps in school, training staff … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 8
iRead Newsletter – Issue 7
Evaluation research underway! This term has been quite an exciting one as we have now begun our initial pilot studies in schools with both the game and reader apps. It has been great to see the children’s positive reactions and engagement with our apps, and we look forward to our large-scale pilot starting in September … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 7
iRead Newsletter – Issue 6
Preparing for the pilots! This term we have been working hard to finalise the apps ready for our first pilot studies in schools which will begin next term as well as designing our professional development program to support teachers to use the apps in the classroom. Below you can read more about the progress we have made … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 6
iRead Newsletter – Issue 5
Awards, exhibits and lots of testing! It has been a very busy term for us all as our app development will soon be coming to a close. We are currently ensuring the apps will work well for when we start trialling them in schools next term and alongside this starting to plan for the teacher training component. We have also been demonstrating our reading … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 5
iRead Newsletter – Issue 4
Spotlight on our partner collaborations This term we have focused on working closely with our partner schools to ensure our reader and game apps are both easy and fun to use. We have also been building collaborations with children's authors and publishers who have agreed to contribute some fantastic work to our reader digital library for use during … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 4
iRead Newsletter – Issue 3
iRead Apps are taking shape... The past few months have been very busy for our technical partners who are responsible for building the iRead apps as well as the infrastructure which will support them. The pedagogical partners have also been working hard on the learning designs for the apps which set out how the various … Continue reading iRead Newsletter – Issue 3