July 27, 2011 2:51 PM
Related The Daily Riff:Christian Boer's "Dyslexie" doesn't exactly make the letterforms look conventionally beautiful, but since when is that a prerequisite for well-designed? If it works, it works. And according to an independent study by the University of Twente in Boer's native Netherlands, it does work.
05.10.2012 | Can the U.S. and other countries learn from Finland? Or, as some argue, is this an "outlier" country (translate: a country that teaches others no real lessons to others)? We also find juxtaposing Finland's practices with Singapore and Japan, there are several key common themes shared by all, but not witnessed in the U.S., such as teacher autonomy, along with some key differences. You be the decider, and let us know what your riff is Watch Now | Comments
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Are Teachers & Parents Actually Making Kids "Shrink To Fit?"
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Hi,
I would like to draw attention to our new app, called iPicto, for iPhone, iPod Touch
and iPad.
This app is designed to guide people with a (mental) disability, with or without
dementia/alzheimer, asperger, autism and / or a disorder in communication.
This new app iPicto is also a very good tool in learning a way of communication,
for example speech difficulties.
I refer you for further information, visit the App Store.
See for it: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ipicto/id423225072?mt=8&ls=1
and
http://ipicto.applereports.com/iPicto/Welkom.html
Thank you for attention,
Sincerely,
Erwin van den Hout
The Netherlands