EMBED Final Conference in Budapest

The project´s final conference held in Budapest, 27th November. It attracted over 100 participants and more than 57 attendants volunteered for further collaboration in using the project outcomes and participating in other related EU funded dyslexia projects.

Building links with project Dessdys

Gruntvig project Dessdys is a partnership of Bulgarian, Italian, Hungarian, Turkish and UK dyslexia experts. We took the opportunity to share and exchange our products in the same languages as well as participating in each others dissemination events. EMBED technology resources were presented in front of 300 Turkish educational experts in Izmit, Turkey on a conference organized by Dessdys partner Koaceli Guidence Centre. In Hungary a teachers' workshop was held where EMBED products were shown.

EMBED Final Conference and Workshops for teachers in Poland

On October 16th, 2010 the Centre for Continuing Education in Sopot in cooperation with Polish Dyslexia Association organised final EMBED conference. Following day, on October 17th there were 1-day educational workshops for teachers from Pomeranian region organised. Participants showed interest in using tools offered on EMBED website. (Conference programme and workshop programme).

Dyslexia Policies Roundtable in Sofia

Bulgarian EMBED project partner, Centre of Inclusive Education organized a national roundtable discussion for all Bulgarian stakeholders involved in dyslexia provision. Representatives of the Ministry of Education, dyslexia researchers from the academic field as well as civil non-profit support organizations gave lectures on the current situation in Bulgaria.

There was also an international overview of best practices given by EMBED project partners present. The presentations were followed by an open discussion and finished with a list of recommendations towards the Bulgarian government for a national dyslexia action plan.

Dyslexia and Innovative Pedagogy blogs

It is important we use the latest channels of communication with the public when advertising the project outcomes and events. Tanárblog is Hungary's leading educational blog for teachers who see

k innovative ways of teaching. EMBED project and related events were publicized on this page several times.

Technodys is a specialist blog that collects dyslexia supportive assistive technology soultions for educational purposes and everyday life. Embed project, its products and events were advertised regularly.

Dyslexia Awareness Raising in Hungary

Embed project had the opprtunity to present its results at conference “Együtt az úton” (Helping Together) in Budapest, 22 April, an event organized by Öveges József High School and Vocational Centre. The conference focused on SEN supportive and inclusive pedagogy. Anna Győrfi presented on assistive technology for dyslexic individuals, where our dyslexia supportive e-books, self-assesment tools and proposed assistive software solutions were introduced to teachers and dyslexia specialists.

Conference in Poland: "Dyslexia at adult age

The International Conference “DYSLEXIA AT ADULT AGE” organised by the Institute of Psychology and the Social Sciences Department of the University of Gdańsk with the Polish Dyslexia Association will be held on November 28 and 29, 2009 in the Social Sciences Department of Gdańsk University.

The objective of the conference is to disseminate and share knowledge, experiences and good practices in the field of dyslexia in adult age, with a particular focus placed on the rights and functioning problems of dyslexic students at the university level of education both in Poland and abroad. A number of renowned speakers from Poland and other countries will participate in the conference.

More information: www.dysleksjadorosli.strony.ug.edu.pl

European Teachers Show Interest in EMBED project

During the in service teachers’ training initiative on European Cooperation, that was held at Pixel site, in

Florence, on 26th June 2009, the Embed project was presented with a power point based presentation. The participants were teachers, school inspectors, and representatives of schools networks from four different European countries. All of them exp

ressed interest for the project, some appreciated its innovative value, others asked further information and agreed to disseminate the project information to their network of contacts.

A similar dissemination activity was carried out on 15th September 2009, during a new edition of the in-service teachers’ training initiative on European Cooperation. The participants involved were s

econdary school teachers, university teachers, education researchers, representatives of training institutions and of centres for flexible learning. Again, the participants have shown a great interest for the project and expressed their commitment to inform

their pupils and parents about the project contents and outcomes.

Embed website presented as best practice

Dyslexia support related project DESSDYS (Gruntvig mobility) held its first meeting in Vasto, Italy. EMBED project was introduced and colleagues encouraged to participate in our research as well as inform the public and special target groups in their countries. EMBED project website was used to demonstrate inbuilt dyslexia friendly features.

Dyslexia support related project DESSDYS (Gruntvig mobility) held its first meeting in Vasto, Italy. EMBED project was introduced and colleagues encouraged to participate in our research as well as inform the public and special target groups in their countries. EMBED project website was used to demonstrate inbuilt dyslexia friendly features.

International Survey of Dyslexia

Dyslexia eveorganized by Spanish partner, CREA

Next Thursday the 25 and Saturday the 27 of Feburary, there will be held two dissemination events where the Embed project will be introduced and explained.

The events are addressed to Social Sciences and Education students and teachers, as well as to any other person interested in dyslexia issues.

Dates and places:

- Thursday 25 of February. 19.00 hours. Faculty of Education. Zaragoza University.

- Saturday 27 of February. 11.00 hours. Faculty of Social Sciences and Education. Huesca University.