Learn to speed read in 2 day course with the top Speed Reading experts in the UK. Speed Reading courses in London, UK. Speed Reading strategies to increase reading speed, comprehension and memory. In-house speed reading courses in the UK. http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts Double, triple, quadruple your reading speed Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:43:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 Do people read slower on Kindle and iPad? http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/do-people-read-slower-on-kindle-and-ipad http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/do-people-read-slower-on-kindle-and-ipad#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:58:23 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/?p=1542 Recent research by the Nielsen Norman Group found that it takes longer to read books on a Kindle or an iPad than in print. On average reading speeds declined by 6.2% on the iPad and 10.7 on the Kindle compared with print versions.  I personally think I’m reading much more in volume on my iPad and iPhone, simply because it’s more convenient and accessible way of processing information. I believe once we read more on portable devices such as iPad and iPhone we’ll develop our ability to read ebooks faster than print books.  The sales of ebooks on Amazon overtook the print sales for the first time last Christmas. Read more on this study

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/do-people-read-slower-on-kindle-and-ipad/feed The origins of literacy http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/the-origins-of-literacy http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/the-origins-of-literacy#comments Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:43:47 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/?p=1540 Read this interesting article on the origins of literacy and why reading may involve unlearning older skills. The Economist

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/the-origins-of-literacy/feed Smell and sound to help with concentration and memory http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/smell-and-sound-to-help-with-concentration-and-memory http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/smell-and-sound-to-help-with-concentration-and-memory#comments Sat, 24 Apr 2010 10:32:51 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/?p=1520 An English primary school is releasing peppermint aroma into its classrooms in an attempt to boost pupils’ concentration. All Saints Roman Catholic primary school in Anfield, Liverpool, is also playing sounds of running water and rustling leaves in lessons as part of a study into ways to improve the teaching environment. Full story

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/smell-and-sound-to-help-with-concentration-and-memory/feed World Book Day - 23 April 2010 http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/world-book-day-23-april-2010 http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/world-book-day-23-april-2010#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:18:02 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/?p=1515 Koichiro Matsuura, Director General of UNESCO speaks on World Book Day: “The future of books and copyright is a question that concerns us all. It concerns all those who dream of a world in which knowledge is shared and the values of tolerance, solidarity, and dialogue can flourish. Whatever form they may take, form the most traditional to the most innovative, books offer, now more than ever, an irreplaceable medium of information, reflection and education.” More on World Book Day

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/world-book-day-23-april-2010/feed How powerful is your subconscious mind? http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/how-powerful-is-your-subconscious-mind http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/how-powerful-is-your-subconscious-mind#comments Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:43:21 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1472 More powerful that you think. It’s now reading this text. It is an illusion that you - the conscious mind is reading this text. Your subconscious mind is doing all the work. Subconscious mind is the key in speed reading. The more you trust your subconscious mind to process the information you’re reading the more you can get out of any material. Read more about the power of subconscious mind…

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/how-powerful-is-your-subconscious-mind/feed Mac version of Amazon’s Kindle launched - get all your ebooks on your Mac and iPhone http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/mac-version-of-amazons-kindle-launched-get-all-your-ebooks-on-your-mac-and-iphone http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/mac-version-of-amazons-kindle-launched-get-all-your-ebooks-on-your-mac-and-iphone#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:18:34 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1463 Finally, Mac version of Amazon’s Kindle was launched - so you can read all your ebooks on your Mac and iPhone (without buying the Kindle device). It’s available as a free download Kindle for Mac (for PC click here) and iPhone. To read ebooks on iPhone you need to download Kindle App for iPhone. To buy ebooks for Kindle you’d need to have Amazon.com account - which you can set up with your UK address. And if you still love buying hard copies of books - you can do it with just one click with Kindle Mobile App UK - I love it. Be warned it’s very addictive and can be expensive. In spd rdng we recommend to preview the books before you buy them - this is not possible with most books bought online. More on Kindle on iPad

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/mac-version-of-amazons-kindle-launched-get-all-your-ebooks-on-your-mac-and-iphone/feed NLP article in Rapport: Speed Reading or Spd Rdng http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/nlp-article-in-rapport-speed-reading-or-spd-rdng http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/nlp-article-in-rapport-speed-reading-or-spd-rdng#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 11:31:16 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1446 Top 10 speed reading tips with an NLP angle – that’s the content of the article that’s just been published in the new edition of Rapport, the magazine for NLP practitioners.  Read more about NLP metaprograms and speed reading

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/nlp-article-in-rapport-speed-reading-or-spd-rdng/feed Great browser productivity enhancer, hugely powerful plug-in and FREE http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/great-browser-productivity-enhancer-hugely-powerful-plug-in-and-free http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/great-browser-productivity-enhancer-hugely-powerful-plug-in-and-free#comments Wed, 24 Mar 2010 19:10:21 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1432 Hyperwords browser plugin has a hugely powerful range of context-sensitive text tools. It can translate words and figures directly on the web page. It’s highly customisable. Hyperwords makes surfing the web better experience by performing common tasks with great ease than ever before. (No Safari version and it doesn’t automatically recognise currencies. Get it now.
Hyperwords - Browser productivity plug-in for  Google Chrome and Firefox

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/great-browser-productivity-enhancer-hugely-powerful-plug-in-and-free/feed Interactive reading - the future of reading http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/interactive-reading-the-future-of-reading http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/interactive-reading-the-future-of-reading#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:04:51 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1393 The release of iPad and iBooks Store next month signals the new area for reading - interactive reading. Although reading on screen is nothing new (Google has been digitalising the world’s libraries since 2004) the publishing industry is ready to reinvent the book. The new platforms will allow readers to interact with one another in a social networks, travel books will let users send e-postcards, and kids will digitally paint-in their colouring books via the iPad’s touchscreen, among other things. “What was once a liner activity is an interactive experience. The iPad - it’s where the future is” says Anna Rafferty, the managing director of Penguin Digital.
Watch this video about the amazing new possibilities of interactive books of ‘iMagineering’ by Britain’s Penguin Books

Read more about interactive 3D books

]]> http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/interactive-reading-the-future-of-reading/feed Sleep lessons - why sleep is such a winner http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/sleep-lessons-why-sleep-is-such-a-winner http://www.spdrdng.com/category/posts/posts/sleep-lessons-why-sleep-is-such-a-winner#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:01:01 +0000 admin http://www.spdrdng.com/?p=1387 A new study suggests that teenagers get only four hours of sleep a night and as a result of that their school performance is suffering. So pupils are offered sleep lessons. (Read more on the role of sleep in learning) Poor sleep impacts health in many ways from ill health to behavioural problems. Sleep is very important to maintain many normal skills such as speech, memory, innovative and flexible thinking. Lack of sleep is said to have contributed to a number of disasters such as Chernobyl and Exxon Valdez. Not enough of sleep has a huge impact on emotional and physical well being including stress, depression, blood pressure, weight problems, diabetes, and risk of heart disease. Also studies suggest that when you lack sleep you’re more likely to make bad decisions. Read more about the importance of napping.

Be smart - start school at 10am
For all sleepy teenagers it could be the perfect excuse. One school thought it’s taking this seriously. At Monkseaton school, a Tyneside comprehensive lessons will start now at 10am rather than 9am. This project is overseen by three scientists including an Oxfrord neuro-science professor. The results look promising: lateness has dropped 8%, long-term absence 27% and GCSE results i maths and English in January are significantly improved compared to the last year. So it looks that starting the school later is good for teenagers’ unusual body clocks with the good results to follow. Read the full story

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