Dyslexia Awareness Month and Upcoming Workshops
This week’s Tuesday Tech Tip comes from Jane Rondow (Inclusion Teacher – Assistive Technology)-thank you, Jane! Also, please read on for information about the Minecraft Challenge, upcoming Minecraft workshops this Friday and a Mathletics workshop on Thursday.
October is Dyslexia awareness month, 1 in 5 people have dyslexia and many don’t even know.
Comox Valley Schools has made many Assistive Technology supports available on all district computers and devices to support Reading and Writing. These can also be used on personal devices and BYOD (Bring Your Own Devices) using your Microsoft login.
Microsoft Login
- Educators: district email and login password
- Learners: student#@learn71.ca and login password
A few supports are:
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- Immersive Reader in Office 365 and Edge Browser
- Read&Write
- OrbitNote
- Speak Selection and Speech Controller
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- Font options like Open Dyslexic Font
- Coloured backgrounds
- eText and eBook resources
- ARCBC alternate format materials (Textbooks, Novels, Books)
- Dictation (Speech to Text/ Voice to Text)
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- Dictate
- Windows Speech Recognition
- Enable Dictation
To find out more about these Assistive Technology supports and tools check out the resources on:
- Learn 71 – Assistive Technology
- Made by Dyslexia and Microsoft
Or contact Jane.Rondow@sd71.bc.ca (District Inclusion Teacher – Assistive Technology)