ICT supporting development of organisational and learning skills of dyslexic pupil

1. ICT supporting development of organisational and learningskills of dyslexic pupil Dr Abi James Assistive Technology Consultant Iansyst Ltd abi@dyslexic.com

2. Organisation & Learning skill development can be affected by: • Poor working memory. • Poor / slow handwriting skills. • Poor decoding skills. • Slow processing speeds. • Difficulties with sequencing and developing automaticity. • Co-morbidity with other SpLD such as dyspraxia, ADHD.

3. Can lead to difficulties with: • Making notes. • Organising thoughts. • Time management and day-to-day organisation. • Memory. • Directions.

4. Example of learning tasks affected: • Noting down homework/coursework requirements. • Making accurate notes from long text, websites and research materials. • Organising thoughts to structuring an essay or report. • Expressing ideas and knowledge verbally or in writing. • Accurately recalling information in exams.

5. Using ICT with children with dyslexia:

6. Some examples of technologies in action: • Mind / Concept Mapping software. • Time Management support. • Note-taking support. • Accessible reading formats.

7. Concept and mind maps can help higher student performance in: Why is Mind/Concept Mapping useful?

8. With concept mapping software: • No limit on size of map. • Many tools for improving the presentation of the map e.g. • banks of images. • spell checkers. • text-to-speech. • Import & export functions enable the map to be converted into different formats e.g. • export a text version to a word processor. • plan a presentation or web site by a map & then create it.

9. Examples of Concepts maps for organisation

10. Revision map

11. Revision map with audio examples

12. Explaining a maths concept

13. Framework for a science experiment

14. Group work

15. Group work

16. Note-taking Support: Tablet PCs

17. Using Audio to support note-taking and revision

18. Time Management support

20. Accessing Text Providing curriculum materials in an electronic, accessible format enables pupils to alter the display to suit their needs to hear them read aloud.

21. Harnessing Technology and the future • Increased availability of technology in the classroom. • Evidence that technology in the classroom can provide motivation and independence. Example: using mobile phones to support the curriculum.

22. Mobile Phone Uses in Class

23. Assistive Tools on Mobile Phones • Speech tools for reading aloud documents, web pages and text in photos (e.g. CapturaTalk). • Specialist spell checkers and dictionaries (e.g. SpellEx). • Mind mapping applications (e.g. Inspiration). • Access to accessible curriculum resources (e.g. Audio notes or podcasts, DAISY books) .

24. The Future Important that technology planning & use in education: • Considers the needs and requirements of pupils with S.E.N., e.g. Accessibility of virtual learning platforms. • Benefits such technology provides for pupils with S.E.N. • Additional training and strategies required to access these benefits. e.g. Lexdis project on e-learning in H.E.

25. Contact: Abi James iansyst Ltd,Fen House, Fen Road,CAMBRIDGE, CB4 1UN. 01223 42 01 01. abi@dyslexic.com ianl@dyslexic.com