Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Potential Talent Lost to Society
According to the World Health Organization, approximately 10% to 15% of the world’s population has dyslexia, which is a common learning difficulty that can affect reading and spelling skills. This translates to roughly 700 million to 1 billion people globally who may struggle with reading and spelling to some degree. This figure does not include […]
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EU Arete Project – Pilot 1
INTRODUCING AUGMENTED REALITY TO WORDSWORTHLEARNING… Augmented Reality (AR) is at the cutting edge of disruptive education, and the use of these new technologies is anticipated to have a major impact on education as we know it today. The ARETE project aims to support the pan-European interactive technologies effort both in industry and academia, through interactions within AR […]
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Reading & Spelling Difficulties Resolved
Sarah was diagnosed with a Specific Learning Difficulty / Dyslexia by an Education Psychologist in March ‘22. We didn’t know where to turn for help. Luckily a neighbour recommended Rita and the Wordsworth Learning Programme. I was a bit dubious before we started as I didn’t really believe much improvement could be made – how […]
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Learn to read-read to Learn
Improving a child’s Reading and Spelling Skills More attention needs to be paid to the maxim “Learn to read – read to Learn”. Too many children are underachieving simply because of the way they are being taught – it just doesn’t work for them. The WordsWorthLearning programme uses a methodology that is proven to work […]
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Augmenting Education in Reality…
We are an SME that embarked on an Augmented Reality (AR) journey, from an educational perspective in 2017, believing that this emerging technology could provide a significant improvement in literacy attainment outcomes for all students that are underperforming because of their reading and spelling difficulties. Initially in 2011, we launched an online browser-based application (not […]
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Dyslexia Unravelled
DYSLEXIA UNRAVELLED (Author: Rita Treacy) was published on 8 May 2017 and has received positive reviews. The book, in very clear language, provides guidance and direction to any parent who has even the smallest concern that their child may not be performing to their potential. It also offers insight and direction to teachers who can […]
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Disruptive innovation in education !
CHANGE IS COMING: We are delighted to be involved with the EU funded Arete Project and “Pilot 1” which is to make the teaching and learning of English language literacy more accessible and successful for the teachers and primary school children engaged in the process. From previous experience and results from an earlier EU funded (AHA-ADHD) project, […]
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Will Augmented Reality improve learning outcomes for children with ADHD?
The AHA Project will involve 200 children in Ireland that have been diagnosed with ADHD. It will introduce new ‘Augmented Reality’ features into the new WordsWorthLearning programme, to make learning more fun and more interesting. We are looking for volunteers to try this exciting new way to teach reading and spelling – which we think […]
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“Human vs Machine Literacy”
The “Turing test” taken from Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia. Pearson commissioned a study – ‘2027: Human vs. Machine Literacy’ the global campaign Project Literacy and Professor Brendan O’Connor, University of Massachusetts Amherst , call for society to commit to upgrading its people at the same rate as upgrading its technology, so that by 2030 no child […]
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BACK TO SCHOOL – Concerned about your child’s reading & spelling skills?
“DYSLEXIA UNRAVELLED” gives clear guidance on how to go about dealing with the problem. It was published on 11 May 2017. It is primarily for all parents with children of primary or secondary school age and for school principals and teachers, as well as other associated professionals that are involved with the remediation of reading and […]
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