ANNUAL REPORT 2012 - Dyslexia International

Operational
Review
1. e-Campus
2. Teacher training
3. Webinar
1. e-Campus continued
‘Language Departments’ is in embryo as we work
towards sites with materials and links principally
to the other four of UNESCO’s working languages,
namely Arabic, Chinese, Russian and Spanish, but
there also some materials already in German, Italian
and Portuguese. Portuguese and Arabic translations
have been made and await adaptation into the online
format. Chinese, Russian and Spanish adaptations
are under discussion.
Monitoring the web site
Google Analytics and Advanced Web Stats are
compiled and examined every month. They show
heavy use in the UK, USA, France, Belgium and
Switzerland, with Brazil and South Africa, Germany,
Italy and Spain also prominent. These data correlate
well with other sources of information such as
reports and letters from ministries, which are
recorded and updated on our web site.
Favourite downloads are Dr Milne’s book in
French Apprendre au cerveau à lire and Harvard
Professor Jenny Thomson’s survey of best practice
in Anglophone countries presented at the World
Dyslexia Forum. Also downloaded are tests and
word lists from the online course.
Image above. Far right: Dr Franck Ramus, senior
research scientist at the Laboratoire de Sciences
Cognitives et Psycholinguistique, Département
d’Etudes Cognitives, Ecole Normale Supérieure,
Paris, France; member of Dyslexia International’s
Scientific Advisory Panel. Middle: Mr Ronald
Thorpe, President of the National Board for
Professional Teaching Standards, USA
Image below. From left to right: Toon Cox,
journalist; Barry O’Halpin, Office Manager; Judith
Sanson, Chair of the Board of Directors; Buthaina
Yassim Dlain, special education adviser, Bahrein;
Dr Vincent Goetry; Fialta Salembier, stagiaire,
Free University of Brussels; Victoria Eulaerts,
President, DI Literacy for All Campaign
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