It is fair to emphasize
that the Knowledge Master research and development group is the only
one in the world that carries out applied research in this sector,
translating the theoretical results of cognitive psychology into
tangible, enjoyable and useful computer applications: knowledge
management applied to learning. The result of this experimentation is
not only a success for a research team, for a company or for the Italian
Ministry of Education, but for the Italian and European learning
technologies as well, that in this case reveal themselves as the most useful and
effective.
We want to signal/distinguish the personal concern
and dedication of the group of teachers involved in this
experimentation (Paola Bodo, Antonella Di Giuseppe, Adriana Pirrò
e Fabrizia Liberati) that committed to enhance their professional
background and for using at best this opportunity to open up to
the use of cutting edge technology, an attitude that enabled a
particularly prolific experimentation.
Indeed,
this service and dedication spirit has lead to an original use of
technology, specifically with the students with intellective
deficit, (beside its use with dyslexics and ADDs) achieving
encouraging results.
We'd like to specially thank and recognize
the Dr. Letizia Melina and Prof.
Francesca Burgos of the MIUR Informative Systems General
Direction 5th Department, for their readiness and demonstrated
professionalism in helping us in the definition and organization of our
collaboration with schools.
The attained results, in
our opinion, evidence the positive role that Knowledge Master
can have,
be its as
special needs educational resource, be it as a
knowledge / multimedia technology to facilitate learning even from the
first grades of the primary school,
attaining a qualitative effective improvement since
the primary school.
*MIUR: Ministry of Education,
Universities and Research
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