Inspired Learning

14/04/2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65260342

And now a great example of speech to text technology to support difficulties with writing! Speech recognition or speech to text technology allows students to speak their responses to a microphone in a headset. The JCQ much prefers the use of technology in exams to encourage student independence, as opposed to having a TA scribe in lessons and exams, but it should ideally be used in lessons for a couple of years for the student to master and for it to become their normal way of working. Difficulties with the executive functions involved in writing, or with the physical aspects of writing, or with handwriting and spelling, should not stop students from gaining the marks they deserve. They should be allowed to express themselves and demonstrate their learning with all barriers removed.

The chef and author says writing a children's book helped him feel more positive about his dyslexia.

14/04/2023

Google has announced a reading mode for Chrome that's unlike any other. Many people with dyslexia need support with reading and writing, and this is great progress. Hopefully, we'll see more and more young people in school using technology to support their reading without feeling self-conscious and 'different'. Let's hope for more great tech ideas to support reading!

An official reading mode for the Chrome desktop browser and ChromeOS was one of several education-focused features Google previewed at BETT 2023. Rather than stripping a page...

14/01/2023

10/01/2023

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-64028082

Street artist Navinder has been making waves in fashion, but his journey has been far from easy.

15/06/2022

More awareness, training for school staff and screening for children can only be a good thing

22/02/2022

Happy Twosday!

It's 2-2-22. We have to talk about two, don't we?

Why the in two? That's what I wondered as a young student.

The marks an etymological relationship.

Each word in the graphic has a meaning connection to "two," and the spelling reveals that connection.

Two threads in twine and twill. Joining two into one with twist. Two tens in twenty. Two sixes in twelve. The "half light" between light and dark in twilight.

English makes sense!

10/11/2021

05/11/2021

https://www.idlsgroup.com/news/6-dyslexic-superpowers

6 Dyslexic Superpowers Published on 15/10/2021 Like any learning disability, dyslexia can present challenges to school pupils throughout their education and people with dyslexia might feel like they are different to other people. Yes, it is true that the dyslexic brain works differently but in fact,...

27/10/2021

01/10/2021

Such an inspiring young woman