Dr. Maarit Laurento

Presentation Title: Reading with a Granny

Education Division / City of Somero, Finland

Past Speaker

Dr. Maarit Laurento has conducted educational research at the Universities of Lapland and Helsinki in Finland. She currently serves as an educational specialist for the City of Somero, where she combines administrative duties with a strong focus on literacy development. Her ICTLE topic, Reading with a Granny, is a scalable and remote literacy-promotion method, co-developed with senior teachers. The approach has been implemented in Finland, Greece, and Cyprus.