School is one of the first places where the difficulties related to specific learning disorders (DSA) emerge. But too often the diagnosis comes late, when the inconveniences have already turned into frustration or late in learning. What if there was a tool capable of detecting early signals in a simple, accessible and concrete way?
Here comes Just in Time, an intelligent pen designed to analyze writing, reading and understanding in primary school children. An all -Italian idea, designed for parents, teachers and therapists who face the signs – often silent – of the DSA every day.
The pen allows you to record the child’s voice while reading, traces the signs of writing with a special ink and transfers the data to a screen for an immediate and precise evaluation. The name, Just in Timesays everything already: to arrive in time, before the discomfort becomes a structured difficulty.
How it works
Use is simple, almost natural. Just in Time looks like a common pen, but hides a technology that can observe the words and listen to the voice, to transform those data into precious information.
During school tests on paper (such as MT-3 or DDE-2 tests), the pen:
In addition, once the data has been collected, the pen suggests personalized reinforcement exercises, designed for the areas where the child needs the most.
The design is reduced to the essential:
The simplicity of the interface allows anyone – parents, teachers, educators – to use it without technical skills, transforming it into an ally in prevention and support.
Because Just in Time can make a difference
The pen was born from an idea by Beatrice Pagliarusco, student of the Iuav University of Venice, who united clinical study, teaching observation and design sensitivity. Ergonomics was designed to adapt to the natural posture of children’s fingers, reducing components to a minimum to guarantee usability and durability.
But it is not just design. Just in Time is an educational, diagnostic and compensatory tool:
In the future, Just in Time could become a widespread device in all schools, like computers and tablets, guaranteeing equal opportunities and access to early diagnosis to all children, regardless of the school or the city in which they live.
Inclusion and technology at the service of education
The project is among the Italian candidates for the 2025 edition of the James Dyson Award, an international competition that every year rewards the most innovative solutions to concrete problems. Promoted by the James Dyson Foundation, it is active in 28 countries and regions in the world and supports young engineers and designers engaged in change.
Just in Time represents a step forward in the vision of a really inclusive school, where technology is not an end in itself, but an instrument of fairness and awareness. And who knows, maybe in the not too far future, each child will have a Just in Time in his case.
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