Professor John Munro, Learning to teach students who have reading and literacy learning difficulties

Associate Professor John Munro of Melbourne University, 11:45, will describe one approach to using educational technology to train teachers to teach students who have reading and literacy learning difficulties.

This seminar describes one approach to using educational technology to train teachers to teach students who have reading and literacy learning difficulties.
To successfully teach these students, teachers need to
• understand how readers read,
• identify the multiple causes of these difficulties
• assess and diagnose these difficulties
• use effective teaching procedures.

The approach uses educational technology procedures to teach these components. It simulate the processes involved in early word reading and shows how dyslexia is caused. Second, it shows various types of reading difficulty being diagnosed. Third it shows various teaching procedures being used in regular classrooms.

Chris Olley,King’s College, London and Education Interactive, Improving the Teaching and Learning of maths and science through the appropriate use of

The TI-Nspire platform represents a significant move forwards for maths educators. Typically a department may have the resources to invest the time and money in using one or maybe two of the dynamic software or graphics calculators available, leaving a wide range of the curriculum untouched. TI-Nspire integrates all of the very best dynamic software into one application which runs exactly the same on a desktop PC and a handheld device for easy classroom use. Multiple representations of mathematics are the natural outcome allowing teachers to support their students in developing mathematical ideas, rather than practicing methods. The session will act as an introduction to TI-Nspire together with an engagement with the possibilities it presents.