Jan 26-29 2012 Macworld iWorld iPads Could be the missing link for dyslexics
Macworld Conference & Expo San Francisco CA Moscone Center iPads could be the missing link for a lot of dyslexics, or I like to say “Multi Dimensional FreeThinkers”. Designing material for an iPad makes you think about the multi media capabilities and how you can maximize the capabilities. A lot of people including myself didn’t like the idea...
Read MoreSF Macworld 2011 January 27-29 San Francisco Moscone Center.
This is the time of year I love; MacWorld “Expo” Stats: January 27-29 San Francisco Moscone Center. We will be searching for the latest and greatest in Apps technology and how it can apply to Dyslexia.TV and other applications. We already are working on an App, but this is a rare opportunity to rub elbows with the developers themselves since MacWorld is also focusing on Apps. The...
Read MoreTeachers, It Takes a Village of Readers Award, A Multisensory, Structured Language Training Program
Teachers; It Takes a Village of Readers Award – A multisensory, structured language training program Ultimately someday my goal is to have reading programs specific for dyslexic’s. Not me necessarily but have FreeThinkers University fund grants to help others have them. Today Forest Park Review reported “Garfield was recently named the winner of the “It Takes a Village of...
Read MoreDyslexic Teen, Jessica Watson is now the Youngest to Sail Around the World. She Lands in Front of the Sydney Opera House, Designed by a Dyslexic
After nearly seven months on her own, sailing around the world in the deep blue sea, days away from her finish line, Jessica Watson contemplates her “two more sleeps till the finish line!” (An Australian phrase). She’s thinking about a hot shower, fresh food and everything else! She’s more excited than if it were Christmas. “I think it’s going to...
Read MoreDyslexia is Running Around Dis logic Without A Reference Point Recent Brain Research
One thing that bothered me as a child AND as a adult is how you are constantly tested for dyslexia or really just a grade level. I found the test in school just made me feel more insecure and humiliated. You take them often, I think like every quarter? And it’s the same one from elementary school, to Jr. High, to High school and believe it or not… College! I felt they just wanted to...
Read More7 Ways to help dyslexic children succeed
Rob Langston, author of The Power of Dyslexic Thinking gives some excellent helpful tips to helping a dyslexic child read, bravo Ron! 1. Full discloser is the order of the day 2. Reinforce strengths 3. Reading is hard work– at least make it interesting 4. Provide current role models 5. Assistive technology 6. Multi-sensory approach to learning at school or home 7. Provide accommodations...
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