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Jan 8, 2017

What's in this episode?

10% of the population are estimated to be dyslexic. That means that for every ten of your colleagues, or ten of your students, or ten of your relatives or friends, on average, 1 has dyslexia. In the work place, the law stipulates that you must make ‘reasonable adjustments’ to accommodate the needs of dyslexics. That might mean managing overloading environments such as open plan offices, adjusting intranets or screens so that they are less stimulating, allowing for longer time periods for organisation or kicking off a dyslexia mentoring scheme within your place of work. But what is being done before work, in schools, colleges, and Universities to move the national dialogue to one which celebrates neuro-diversity at the earliest moment and supports Dyslexic learners?

This takeover episode features Dr Kate Saunders, CEO, The British Dyslexia Association and Mike Tholfsen, Microsoft Education in conversation about: 

  • Tools and coping strategies for dyslexic learners
  • What resources, training and funding is available for teachers working with dyslexic learners
  • Microsoft’s Learning Tools, OneNote and Class Notebook features for Dyslexic learners and the story behind how this came to fruition
  • An efficacy pilot study between the BDA, Microsoft and Knowl Hill School in the UK on improving dyslexic learner outcomes
  • Dr Kate Saunders' own inspirations and tools as a dyslexic 

Don't forget to check out the solo interviews with Dr Saunders and Mike Tholfsen on The Edtech Podcast feed for extra insights. 

Quotes: 

‘If they can’t learn the way you teach, can you teach the way they learn’?  

'Everybody who teaches in the educational system teaches dyslexic people.'

- Dr Kate Saunders, CEO, The British Dyslexia Association

'In the US, on average you will see four levels of reading in one class.’  

'Learning tools hit the right note, we saw the right responses. It's not just about accessibility, but also about empowering everyone.'

- Mike Tholfsen, Microsoft Education

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References:

Mike Tholfsen, Principal Product Manager, OneNote at Microsoft

https://twitter.com/mtholfsen

https://twitter.com/onenoteedu

https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketholfsen

https://twitter.com/microsoft_edu 

Microsoft Hackathon:

https://news.microsoft.com/features/microsoft-hackathon-2015-winner-extends-onenote-to-improve-learning-outcomes-for-students/#sm.00019w17d92dpcxszfw12flf8329l 

OneNote/Learning Tools:

https://www.onenote.com/learningtools

ReadAloud app:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/p/readaloud/9wzdncrdn3ms

Bett: 

http://www.bettshow.com/ 

ISTE Conference, San Antonio

https://conference.iste.org/2017/

Alan November

https://twitter.com/globalearner 

Kate Saunders, Chief Executive Officer at British Dyslexia Association

https://twitter.com/drkatesaunders

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-saunders-90a3bb7b

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk

http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/services/quality-mark

Help with connecting young people to the BDA through tech:

https://bdatech.org

helpline@bdadyslexia.org.uk 

http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/page/access-work-0

Dr. Margaret Newton, Aston University, Birmingham

http://www.aston.ac.uk

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/57772807694246042/ 

AA Gill:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._A._Gill 

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EdTechXEurope is the leading thought leader summit bringing together executive level investors, innovators and industry influencers from European and international education companies. Now in its fourth year, EdTechXEurope hosted 800+ global attendees and invited over 150 speakers to showcase EdTech innovations and perspectives from around the world. http://edtechxeurope.com/ 

 

The EdTech Exchange is Europe's largest community of EdTech Founders and provides members with mentoring, support and a programme of events designed to share best practice through peer-to-peer learning. The Exchange brings together like-minded EdTech entrepreneurs, encouraging them to exchange ideas, swap war stories, and give and receive advice from their peers. It is solely for Founders of EdTech companies who have raised at least £100,000 of financing or revenue, with many members having raised significantly more.  http://edtech.exchange/ 

 

The Edtech Podcast supports the mission of WomenEd: #WomenEd is a grassroots movement which connects existing and aspiring leaders in education. Even though women dominate the workforce across all sectors of education there still remain gender inequalities, particularly at senior leadership level. The situation regarding BME leadership is even more dire considering the fact that the student population is becoming increasingly diverse. This situation is clearly unacceptable and rapid change is needed. #WomenEd will therefore campaign and use its collective power to make improvements, so that there is a more equitable balance in terms of gender and ethnicity at leadership level across all sectors of education. http://www.womened.org/ 

 
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