2024-05-30
1 小时 15 分钟Clay tablets! Printing presses! Old timey audio books! Speed reading strategies! Attention spans! Dyslexia history! Literacy campaigns! Dr. Adrian Johns is an historian, professor, and author of the book “The Science of Reading” and we have a nice mellow chat about when humans started to “read,” what that means, being Hooked on Phonics, Dick, Jane, character languages, audiobooks, e-readers, school segregation, literacy rates, and how long we can focus at a time. He literally wrote the book on it.
And one of our partners on the show is Ixl.
And listen, I don't have kids, but I have niece Pews and my youngest nephew uses IXl.
It's an online learning program for kids.
It covers math, language arts, science and social studies.
And I asked my sister about it.
She's like, yes, we use that.
We love it.
They have interactive practice problems for topics from pre k to 12th grade.
Everything is organized by grade and subject.
And as kids practice, they get good feedback and they get awards and explanations for wrong answers.
And it feels figures out what your.
Kids need more help with.
And then it recommends more topics to practice.
And there are videos and lessons and sample problems.
There's learning games.
They even have skill plans for specific textbooks.
And one subscription to IXL gets you all the subjects and all the grade levels.
And memberships start at just $9.95 a month.
So it's no wonder IXl is used in 95 of the top 100 school districts.
So make an impact on your child's learning.