by admin | Oct 4, 2016 | Dyslexia, SEN, Training
Dyslexia Awareness Week is definitely upon us and I’m going to try and do a blog every day about the activities that I’ve done and what is coming up the rest of the week. I’m always keen to spread awareness of dyslexia whether that is locally, nationally or to a small...
by admin | Oct 3, 2016 | Dyslexia, SEN, Training
Dyslexia Awareness Week is always an exciting time for me. I started spreading awareness about dyslexia when I was 14. I contacted the British Dyslexia Association and they supported me by sending me some information to display in my high school, I displayed it on a...
by admin | Jul 29, 2016 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, Intervention, New Tech, SEN, SEND, Technology
Back in January 2016 I attended the Bett show and I came across the Microsoft stand. If you’ve never been to the Bett show I would definitely recommend it, if you like technology and education then this is the place to be. On the Microsoft stand I was shown a product...
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | Assessment, Dyslexia, Intervention, New Tech, Reading, SEN, SEND, Technology, Training
[ssf id=121234344] When we think about training, assessment, and intervention traditionally we would probably associate all these activities with a human being. Going to a training course to see a person talk. A teacher assessing a child. A specialist intervention...
by admin | Jun 28, 2016 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, SEN, Technology
When we think of the word dyslexia we often think of difficulties, differences or disability. This is true as dyslexia does cause a difference in the brain that means that we have difficulties with specific tasks. A high proportion of people who are dyslexic will have...
by admin | Jun 6, 2016 | Assistive technology, Dyslexia, New Tech, Reading, Technology
As a severely dyslexic adult and a lover of technology I look at products for myself and then for the wider community of SEND. When I was younger I tried an original scanning pen and did not get on with it but now the development of technology over the past 10 years...
