Dear Clare,
Pardon my ignorance, but wouldn't having a (human) reader mean that the
student needed a seperate invigilator/room anyway? That said, I've seen
students using Texthelp + headphones with no apparent noise within our
learning resources centrel; could the same occur during an exam?
Quoting Davies Clare <[log in to unmask]>:
> Penny
>
> This is an excellent idea to promote autonomy, but what do you do about
> rooms and invigilators? We currently provide an individual exam room
> with invigilator for students who use ICT such as TextHELP with speech
> because of the risk of disturbance to others, so I wouldn't expect a big
> saving in staff costs.
>
> Clare Davies
> Student Services
> The University of Northampton
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support staff.
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Penny Georgiou
> Sent: 13 August 2007 18:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Readers
>
> Dear Paul,
>
> We used to use human readers but now this function has been turned to
> technology-based assistance via TextHELP. This is a very good solution,
> with none of the drawbacks associated with the human reader.
>
> It is easy to set up, easy to use; most students would be familiar with
> the programme in any case. No problem with interpersonal or logistical
> problems, also the student is seen to be functioning with independence
> and autonomy. Also, not much cost after the initial licence purchase.
>
> Regards,
>
> Penny
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion list for disabled students and their support
> staff. on behalf of Loader, Paul
> Sent: Mon 13/08/2007 15:01
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Cc:
> Subject: Readers
>
>
> Hi
>
> I have a question for anyone who has had experience of using
> readers in exams for students with severe dyslexia - is it usual to
> allow the reader not only to read the exam material but also to read
> back what the student has written if requested to do so? (This would
> seem to make sense but has not been included in the descriptions of the
> reader's role that I have seen.)
>
> Thanks
>
> Paul Loader
> DDS
> LSBU
> 0207 815 6403
>
>
>
>
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