[Oz-gifted] Assisitive technology fo uni

[Alison Miller]

thanks for yr thoughtful reply
dd has no strategies that I can see(did no study for HSC).......
results pending!!!!!!!
So she needs all the notetaking software/organising software I can find.To
date it totals $2K so am trying to nail down the most likely to succeed!
alison

----- Original Message -----
From: "tony nolan" <t.nolan at uts.edu.au>
To: <oz-gifted at rite.ed.qut.edu.au>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 1:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Oz-gifted] Assisitive technology fo uni


>
> G'day
>
> Sorry for my short and slow replies. Between trying to get gifted things
on
> the political agendas with two ministers and a shadow minister, am also
> talking to the professional counselling association about raising the
> knowledge of counsellors to the issues of Gifted Teens and Gifted Adults,
> so there are some more support resources in the community for our gifted
> community, Unfortunately, this takes ups a lot of my spare time as well.
>
> I am ADHD, as well as a semi disabled in both hands and forehands, as well
> as a slight dyslexic. ( You can add in the extreme VS as well if you want
> as well), either way with a short concentration, difficulty in writing
> neatly and i have trouble with the linear side of study.
>
> What I found a help.
>
> Colours and colour coding with a filing system for my notes on the page as
> well as different subjects, was a big help. The colours aided my memory
> recall as well as helping me to cluster things together with study. I used
> to also use a form of symbols or codes at the beginning to mark if some
> thing is important, if it is primary or secondary information, did it come
> from a lecture, or a text book, etc.
>
> The ADHD used to put neurological noise in my head as a ty[pe of
> distraction, and i was also very fidgety, so I had to develop a quick
> recording system to add to my notes, because it is just too hard to write
> things word for word, you miss out on so much of the body language as well
> as the over heads, when you have to write all the time. Plus it was
> important to know where the source of the into was from, eg lecture,
tutor,
> book, class mate, journal, etc
>
> I found that the earlier and better you can code a source and quality of
> information, the less pressure later on when study and doing assignments.
>
> I had to use very Visual techniques because of the ADHD, I had a
> concentration of only under a few minutes, to around 10 minutes at
> university. SO I used Mud Maps, or concept maps - to put the terms
> together, or i used a diagrams.  -  What i found useful was a book , where
> I would write in the right hand side, and draw on the left hand side. The
> diagrams and words ( ie both sides of the page ) helped me get the whole
> thing down, before the ADHD took over and I just lost track of what was
> happening.
>
> For word process, I like the MS-Word for the voice recognition and the
text
> to voice option. When I write some thing on the computer, i like to get
the
> text to voice to read it back to me, to see how it sounds. It might not be
> the best voice, but you get used to it, and it can help a lot. The voice
> recognition gets better as you use it, and over time it gets very
accurate,
> and it saves time in many ways. But it does take its time to get it to
work
> well.
>
> im sorry, i dont know what OCD is as a term.
>
> Hope this has helped
>
> As usually, always happy to help
> Regards
> Tony
>
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