CEO Thoughts: Empowering employees to be creative
THE way a leadership sets its organisational goals plays a pivotal role in creating a vibrant innovative culture. At the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS), our five-year plan singled out “creating and delivering a comprehensive and holistic range of programmes and services for people and children with dyslexia and associated learning differences” as one of […]
CEO Thoughts: Championing Gender Equality at the Workplace
AT the Dyslexia Association of Singapore (DAS), five out of our seven most senior managers are women. Our Educational Technology Team is led by four women who have delivered outstanding results. While our female staff ratio is high with DAS being an educational organisation, it is true and clear that women are the equal of […]
Re-Thinking Learning – Uwcsea Conference 2018
An article written by Soofrina Mubarak, EdTech Coordinator & Senior Educational Therapist Sumanthi Krishna Kumar, Educational Advisor DAS Main Literacy Programme, English Language & Literacy Division We attended the United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA) Re-Thinking Learning Conference 2018 on the 25th and 26th May 2018. It was held in the Dover campus and we […]
The Wonders Of Multiple Remainders
An article from DAS Maths Programme Team by Aishah Binte Abdullah (Albel) Lead Educational Therapist and Maths Teacher Do you know that at some point or other in our daily lives, we get ourselves involved with a Mathematical concept called remainders and multiple remainders? All of us have quantities (e.g. money) that we need not use completely in […]
Edward Yee – Dyslexic Rhodes Scholar
“I am here because of dyslexia not despite it” Edward Yee has played leadership roles in various non-profits, founded a profitable start-up, and visited over a hundred social enterprises globally. He is a Rhodes Scholar, Kairos Society Fellow, a Global Youth Ambassador for Education at Their World, and a Nanyang Scholar. (Givfund, 2018). Edward […]
I Wish You Knew
Inspired by the “Dear Teacher” video by Brainhighways.com, DAS created a video to help raise awareness about learning with dyslexia. Starring DAS students the video has been very well received with over 100K views and likes on Facebook. We are so proud of our young students who came to assist us in this project. […]
CEO Thoughts: Going Beyond What is Asked of You!
Be a DAS Initiator! I have often been asked to comment on which colleagues impress me. The article below reflects I hope, the attitudes I have towards my own work and that of what I encourage all colleagues at DAS to work towards. I joined DAS in 2001 to lead Corporate Services and I am pleased to say I helped to define the role that Corporate Services plays […]
12 TECH-DAYS OF XMAS FOR DYSLEXIC LEARNERS – DAY 1
DAY 1 – TEXT TO SPEECH How can we use the Text to Speech Function and how does it benefit the child? Do you find that some learners understand better when text is read to them? Then, text-to-speech is a function that will remove a huge amount of stress from their everyday reading! While text-to-speech […]
12 TECH-DAYS OF XMAS FOR DYSLEXIC LEARNERS – DAY 2
DAY 2 SPEECH TO TEXT How can we use the Speech to Text Function and how does it benefit the child? Speech to text functions helps learners to convert speech into text. This can come handy when learners are unable to spell specific words or have difficulties typing sentences. Speech to text function also makes […]
12 TECH-DAYS OF XMAS FOR DYSLEXIC LEARNERS – DAY 3
DAY 3 PARENTAL LOCK Parents these days are raising digital natives and even toddlers are using devices to entertain themselves and learn. Parents allow their children and teens to have a cell phone because it is a great way to stay in touch with them. It also gives parents a sense of where their children […]