Nick Koshnick: StoriedWork.com An AI Co-Pilot for Non-Linear Thinkers

Nick Koshnick is a Stanford PhD and seasoned entrepreneur who raised money from companies like Google and Andreessen, and then sold the company.. He’s also dyslexic. Now, he’s co-founded StoriedWork.com with business partner Frank Corrigan. Storied has been nicknamed an “AI Co-Pilot for Non-Linear Thinkers.” Pretty quickly, Nick realized the potential of the app to empower fellow dyslexics.

NON-LINEAR THINKER? NO PROBLEM! For many dyslexic writers, one of the greatest challenges using speech to text is getting the explosion of ideas in your head into a straightforward linear text . The Storied app helps with that – you’re allowed to ramble – and in fact the app expects you to ramble. Talk about your ideas and let the app do its thing. It […]

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Use of Gestures Supporting Mathematics

There’s an interesting paper by Hord and colleagues that showed how a secondary math teacher supported a student with LD and math anxiety using gestures. Gestures can sometimes be used to help remember and retrieve math actions and relationships in long-term memory. Gestures are like kinesthetic activities in Orton-Gillingham / structured literacy programs.. One example of a gesture is using a twisting motion in association  with multiplying by a reciprocal.

Here’s another gesture that a teacher or tutor can use when multiplying equations: In the beginning, a student can work with color-coded arrows – but also air write over them before performing calculations; later when they encounter the problem on a test, having used such gestures can remind them of the spatial steps […]

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What Can Help with Working Memory Limitations?

Q: My 9 year old son is having trouble making progress in reading, writing, and Math because of working memory. What can help? Working memory is a type of memory that allows us to temporarily hold information ‘in mind’ to be used for other cognitive tasks. Some people refer to it as a ‘sticky note’ like remember a phone number when taking a message or directions when someone tells you where you need to go.

  WORKING MEMORY LIMITATIONS AFFECT READING, WRITING, AND MATH Working memory limitations can affect reading, writing, math, and really all types of learning because if too much information is presented at once, students can lose their place, forget what’s been said, and experience what experts call “cognitive overload”. […]

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Krista Weltner’s New Children’s Books: Everyday Adventure with Molly and Dyslexia

Krista’s 3-book series, Everyday Adventures with Molly and Dyslexia is now available in bookstores and online shops! These books are a wonderful way to talk to young children about dyslexia, the importance of self-advocacy, self-acceptance, and discovery of dyslexic strengths. REGISTER FOR KRISTA’S BOOK GIVEAWAY HERE These books can also be a wonderful addition to the classroom.     Krista’s first book, Molly’s Great Discovery, follows Molly as she learns about her learning difference and trouble she is having with reading aloud or spelling tests and getting her ideas down on paper. At first, worried to ask for help, she gains confidence, then comes to understand her unique differences as well as that other children may have differences on the outside and inside as well. […]

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Reading Hacks: How to Get the Most Out of Independent Reading

The more you read, the easier it is to read, but what if reading is still difficult? Is the best way to reading independently just toughing it out and persisting although you may be skipping words or reading at such a slow pace it’s difficult to know what you’re reading? For students, choosing the right level reading passage is important. It’s been suggested that if a reader wants to read a text independently, they should be able to decode 95-97% of the words. For older dyslexic students, this can mean texts that seem childish compared to their intellectual level. As Joanne Pierson points out, one solution to this difficulty is have dyslexic students read these texts to younger children. Another option is finding “hi-low” books […]

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Multi-Dimensional Assessment of Dyslexia with Machine Learning

  Congratulations to Drs. Mark Moulton and Brock Eide for their publication of a novel multi-dimensional approach to measuring dyslexia risk. See publication HERE. This is the paper based on the novel Neurolearning dyslexia screening app. As the paper describes in its introduction, existing approaches to assessment have been hampered by a number of difficulties. “Multiple independent risk factors have been implicated in the etiology of dyslexic reading and spelling challenges at the cognitive processing level, including phonological processing, visual attention, working memory, naming speed, processing speed, and implicit learning, as have environmental factors. Genetic studies have revealed a similar heterogeneity, with a recent study revealing 42 genetic loci significantly associated with dyslexia. Not surprisingly, great variability in symptoms can be observed at the clinical […]

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Sony Santa Monica Game Designer Stephen Oyarijvbie

  “Don’t get frustrated with yourself. There are things that you’re going to struggle with. Lean into the things that you do well, those strengths…and don’t dwell on how people treat you. You’re smart and probably smarter than a lot of other people. The world isn’t set up for us, so we have to navigate it slightly differently, and it gives us an advantage.” — Stephen Oyarijvbie When Stephen was 4 years old, he fell in love with video games and wanted to create them. Flash forward to today and Stephen’s living his dream as a combat designer for Sony Santa Monica. But things weren’t always easy in-between. Take a listen to my full interview with Stephen. It was a wide-ranging conversation that talked about […]

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A Whodunit Mystery by Anthropologist Roxanne Varzi

UC Irvine Professor Roxanne Varzi is a creative anthropologist, filmmaker, and mystery author. She shared her dyslexia journey in a previous interview HERE. In my interview below, I learned that Roxanne was drawn to the field of cultural anthropology by its multidisciplinary nature. In order to explore ideas and different perspectives, Roxanne uses ethnographic texts, film, fiction, and plays. In this way she is able to break out of the research paper academic tradition and engage with a wider segment of society. In her mystery book, the main protagonist is a whipsmart anthropology graduate student who is also dyslexic with ADHD. She pieces together a murder mystery in the Rockies in a story that also includes the brilliant dyslexic paleontologist Jack Horner! Clicking on the […]

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Dyslexia Wars: Attack on Dyslexia Definition

  A brief note about about an article in Hechringer Report (also published in Scientific America). It is attacking the “unexpected” difficulty in reading (in the presence of average or above-average IQ) that has been a part of the dyslexia definition since its first clinical description in the late 1800’s as well as documented through scientific research since that time. I am opting not to share the link, because controversial articles such as these can attract “clicks” and that are credited in a positive way to the author and site, though contributing actual harm to students through misleading selective presentation of data use of emotionally-charged words. The title of the article is: “How a disgraced method of diagnosing learning disabilities persists in our nation’s schools.” […]

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Getting Your Students Started in Creative Writing

  With all the work of school and physical challenges getting information down on paper, many students with dyslexia don’t get a chance to write creatively – but the Karina Eide Young Writers Awards might get some students off the sidelines. The deadline for the awards is Valentine’s Day or February 14th. Submissions must be creative and not a book report or factual description of an event. Stories or poems should be 7-700 words only and only 1 work should be submitted. Works can be dictated to parent, teacher, or friend. Spelling does not count in judging. YourDictionary has some easy tips for students who want to write a poem here. Looking at examples of poems or stories is always a good idea. What did […]

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Dyslexic Advantage at Stow Library in MA

Last week, Brock and I gave a presentation on the Strengths of Dyslexia at the Randall Library in Stow, Massachusetts via Zoom. Tina McAndrew, director of the Randall Library, got the idea to apply for a grant from the American Libraries Association after speaking to Scott Cummings, a library patron who was amazed by the audio and other resources available after he contacted her. One of the first audiobooks he listened to with the Libby App was our book, The Dyslexic Advantage. Imagine how positive dyslexia awareness could be transformed if every library had a strengths-focused dyslexia event! Although libraries in many ways are an ideal place to spread dyslexia awareness (they have many free educational and community resources, many have free tutoring programs), many […]

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Dyslexic Toymakers and Gamemakers : Howard Wexler

  Many dyslexic kids and adults are great at games – all sorts of games. Not surprisingly, some decide to make games themselves and then some choose careers in some aspect of the game industry. There may be an ability to see game play from multiple perspectives including different points of view, while those who win these games are often good at strategy, role play, and pattern recognition. Among game creators, strengths in humor, and divergent and playful thinking are very well-suited to inventing new games. Some years ago, legendary toy inventor Howard Wexler gave our community a webinar about his life inventing toys. As a kid, he played with Tinkertoys and enjoyed taking things apart. His toys and games were very different from each […]

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