iansyst Newsletter March 2010 from dyslexic.com
Welcome
It appears that Spring has sprung upon us, with snowdrops, crocus and daffodils appearing in gardens, and for the last week I’ve not even had to de-ice the car before starting out for work each morning, so good news all round.
Speaking of good news, I was delighted to hear that the Nessy Learning Programme Deluxe won the Education Resources Award (ERA) in the category of “Special Educational Needs Resources or Equipment - Involving ICT”.
A huge amount of work was involved to produce such an excellent, intuitive and engaging resource for helping dyslexic pupils reach their full potential with reading, writing and spelling by using assessments, learning strategies, interactive games and more.
Incorporated in the programme is a fun, but informative ‘comic’ explaining the issues that children experience with dyslexia and how practical solutions can really make a difference to their confidence and ability to proactively learn.
Find out more: Nessy Learning Programme
Lenovo IdeaPad U350 Notebook
We are in a position to offer you this sleek little beauty at a discounted price; from £499+Vat to the new price of £299+Vat. The Lenovo IdeaPad is ideal for anyone who needs an ultra-light laptop as it is only 1 inch thick and weighs a mere 1.6kg. Providing a 13.3 inch LED screen, it has 1368 x 768 pixel resolution so you can watch movies and play games without wishing you had a larger screen and the Dolby Sound Room surround is the perfect complement to your entertainment experience.
And once your entertainment needs are fulfilled, you can also use this notebook for your office applications, web browsing, speech recognition software and text-to-speech software.
Buy the Lenovo at: www.its4students.co.uk
Clozepro – the latest version
Crick software have released version 2 of ClozePro. This is a resource for easily creating Cloze activities to help develop reading and comprehension skills for pupils from KeyStage 1 through to KeyStage 4.
At its simplest; letters, words or phrases are removed from a piece of text and automatically entered onto a grid so that the pupil can retrieve the missing sections and drop them back into place. Picture clues are available for early readers and activities can be edited for different ability styles.
You can find out more at: www.dyslexic.com/clozepro
TextHelp Student Competition
Are you, or do you know a student who is, currently using Read & Write? If so, TextHelp are running a competition with a chance to win £1000 – YES a £1000! All that is required is a YouTube video clip, explaining why you love Read & Write; how it has helped with your studies, what are your favourite features and more …
How to enter and what’s required please read: ‘TextHelp Student YouTube Competition’
And for everyone else, more information about TextHelp products is available at: www.dyslexic.com/texthelp
Speak and See
Speak and See is an accessibility software suite to support reading and writing. Containing four different tools, it will for help those learning a second language, provide support for someone with a learning difficulty, such as dyslexia and assistance for those with a mild visual impairment.
Featuring speech recognition, screen magnification, screen tinting using a colour overlay, converts text into speech and offers translation for a variety of languages.
Read more about Speak and See Suite at: www.dyslexic.com
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