Re: [school-discuss] Dyslexic children

[David Farning <dfarning@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It has been my dyslexia which has lead me to volunteer full time at
www.sugarlabs.org.  While the Sugar Learning Platform still has a long
way to go, it appears to be the best platform for developing
activities ( activities.sugarlabs.org ) which help meet the needs of
dyslexic learners.

FWIW, writing tools, such as gmail, which allow me to type rather than
write longhand and have automatic spell checking have changed my life.

david

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Vedran Vucic<vedran.vucic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> hello,
>
> I will screen thgem. I guess thre should not be jokes about someone
> who is dyslexic.
>
> Thanks,
>
> vedran
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Stephen Downes<stephen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hiya,
>>
>> Maybe you want to screen the feeds a bit better. I had a look at the
>> aggregator and one of the first feeds I found was "Funny Bar Room Jokes -
>> Dyslexic - Funny Jokes"
>>
>> -- Stephen
>>
>> Vedran Vucic wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I created three RSS feed aggregators that may be helpful for you:
>>
>> http://moj-blog.org/disab
>>
>> http://moj-blog.org/pediatrics
>>
>> http://moj-blog.org/education
>>
>>
>> They aggregated a thousnds of posts. Some of them have audio podcasts
>> too (disab and pediatrics....)
>> Please feel free to ask if you need more help.
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>> Vedran Vucic
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Raghu<raghunandanhegde@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Marilyn,
>>
>> Not sure if this will help, but here's a site which speaks about software
>> for dyslexics.. http://www.ghotit.com/home.shtml
>>
>> And here's a media comment about the site...
>> http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles^l2602&enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enVersion=0&enZone=Technology&;
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Raghu
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:05 AM, Mark Rogers <mrogers59@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi Marilyn,
>>
>> I don't have dyslexic children but I am dyslexic and work with dyslexic
>> adolescents. What is your project about?
>>
>> Take care,
>> Mark
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Marilyn Hagle
>> <marilyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Good morning!
>>
>> Do any of you have dyslexic children?  I am currently working on a
>> project
>> regarding useful technology for students with dyslexia.
>>
>> Both of my kids are dyslexic.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> :)
>>
>> Marilyn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Stephen Downes  ~  Research Officer  ~  National Research Council Canada
>>
>> http://www.downes.ca  ~  stephen@xxxxxxxxx         __\|/__ Free Learning
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