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As a teacher you are more likely to remember the kids that create ways to avoid doing work by acting out or becoming the class…
Year One Students Develop Skills Through TEL Project
“Early reading skills tend to come more easily to bilingual children. They score higher on average on tests involving creative thinking or problem-solving and develop…
WordSmart Delivers in Fiji
The Informer recently featured a story “Did I Read That Right?” 5 July 2022) on WordSmart, a local initiative designed to help dyslexic and other…
Delainamasi Govt School Selected For Tech Enhanced Learning Project
Delainamasi Government School in Nasinu is the first school in Fiji selected by the Ministry of Education, Heritage and Arts for a Technology Enhanced Learning…
New technology to address growing literacy gap in schools
A new piece of software for schools aims to address a growing literacy gap by identifying students – particularly in low socio-economic areas – who…
Lean to read through gamified storytelling
All parents understand the importance of their children learning to read. Becoming a confident reader from a young age is critical to your child’s ability…
The app that’s ‘gamifying’ reading to help improve kids’ literacy
Children learn best when they’re having fun. Ben Fahy spoke to the founder of an app that’s helping kids break through learning barriers. On Paul…
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Educational Neuroscience – Finding your personal learning sweet spot
Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences
How the brain learns to read
As complex a task as reading is, thanks to developments in neuroscience and technology we are now able to target key…
My Story
By Paul Blackman I was playing tennis and suddenly felt acute pain in my chest. This led to a two-hour delay…
The Brain’s Letterbox
To help dyslexic pupils, go to the root of how children learn
Dyslexia isn’t just about bad spelling – teachers need to try a variety of strategies to build confidence. I have this…