Wow! What a night.  We couldn’t have wished for a better way to launch our Dyslexia Showcases in partnership with Microsoft.  We had a packed room at The Schenck School in Atlanta, Georgia full of educators, school administrators, dyslexia advocates, parents and many successful dyslexics.

A panel of Dyslexia expert teachers from Schenck School and Atlanta Elementary schools Morningside and Thomasville/Purposebuilt, all shared their views on how we enable ALL dyslexic children to succeed.  There was such a sense of positive energy and movement for change…and it was all broadcast on Facebook live so please check it out here

The showcase was hosted by the wonderful Robyn Curnow, News Anchor at CNN who spoke openly for the first time about her dyslexia.  We have an interview with her coming up soon!

Beth Watson and Mike Tholfsen from MicrosoftEdu spoke and presented at the event, explaining their partnership with us, and the work they’re doing to provide free support for educators and dyslexics.

The overriding take-away from the event was how really important it is for teachers and parents to understand dyslexia properly and get the right support.  And that’s exactly why we’re working with expert educators across the world, and in partnership with Microsoft to create FREE online Dyslexia Training for teachers, and parents.  In January we launched our first 5 Dyslexia Awareness Modules and already 75,000+ teachers have done training! We have more modules coming up later this year and next.

A panel of successful dyslexics from Atlanta (Mike Altman, Richard Courts IV and Dr James Calleroz White) all joined Robyn to share their fascinating stories and very humorous insight!  They discussed the EY Value of Dyslexia report and all of the panel agreed that they focus on their dyslexic strengths meaning that dyslexia has definitely helped them to succeed.

We are so excited for the next Dyslexia Showcase which will be held at Millfield School in UK on 6th of June.  We’ll be rolling our Dyslexia Showcases out around the world…so if you’re a school that excels in supporting dyslexic students and would like to partner with us on an event…we’d love to hear from you.

In the meantime if you haven’t taken our awareness training click on the image below!

Thanks!

Kate

We’re super excited to announce that we’ll be heading to Atlanta to our friends at the Schenck School where we’re holding the first in our series of Dyslexia Showcases in partnership with Microsoft.

The Dyslexia Showcase events are designed to help teachers, educators and parents to get a better understanding of dyslexia,  the value of dyslexic thinking skills, and how to enable dyslexic students.

You can join us too, we’re broadcasting the showcase on Facebook Live so hop over to our Facebook page on 25th April at 6pm EDT and join in. You can sign up here to  Watch the Dyslexia Showcase on Facebook LIVE  and if the US time zone makes it too late or early for you to join live, the stream will be on Facebook and YouTube to watch after the event.

We’ll be showcasing the new Dyslexia Awareness Training we’ve just released, and the evening will be full of practical insights that will help you understand and support dyslexic students.

• Hosted by CNN International News Anchor Robyn Curnow.
• Inspirational discussions and presentations from Made By Dyslexia, Microsoft, and Schenck School teachers.
• Discuss the recent EY Value of Dyslexia report, and the importance of dyslexic thinking skills for the future
• Personal insights and stories from successful dyslexics and dyslexia experts.
• Video contributions from Sir Richard Branson and other celebrity ambassadors.
• Exclusive previews of new free online Dyslexia Awareness Training modules.
• Presentation by Microsoft on their Learning Tools.

The evening will bring together public officials, educators, teachers, parents, and advocates.

Our goal is for everyone to leave with an understanding of the value of dyslexia and how to support dyslexic learners.

We hope you will join us and help us spread the word.

Thank you!

Kate