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Case Study 1: West Hatch Secondary
The C-Pen ReaderPen has made a dramaticdifference to the
students life both emotionally
and academically.
This is the conclusion of Gay Shillaker, Specialist teacherat
West Hatch Secondary School in Essex following thepilot of the
C-Pen ReaderPen with one of her students.The academy currently has
over 1,200 students on roll,with 102 on the Special Needs Register,
62 with English asa Second Language and 210 Pupil Premium
pupils.
Gay describes how the pen was piloted, We trialled thispen with
one of our Dyslexic Year 7 students. She uses theReaderPen every
day across all areas of the curriculumwith a number of staff that
includes myself on a one to
one basis. Staff are fully aware that the student uses thepen
and have allowed her to use it as and when required.This is usually
when there is continuous text to read andthe C-Pen ReaderPen gives
her the independence so sheis not reliant as much on in class
support.
Gay goes onto to add, The product has been mostbeneficial in
areas of the curriculum that involve largevolumes of reading and
writing including English,Geography and History. Furthermore the
student hasfound the eDictionary very useful because it reads out
thewords as well as giving correct spelling and definition.
So what does the student, other teachers and the
SeniorLeadership Team (SLT) think?Gay explains, Feedback from
teaching staff, SLT and ofcourse the student herself have been very
positive.The main benefits being improved independence, fluencyof
reading, improved comprehension, enabling herto understand the text
and extending her vocabularyknowledge. This allows support to be
redirected,enhancing the values of the schools ethos to
promoteindependent learning, resourcefulness and resilience
inpupils.
But how did this affect the students academic
performance?Evidence from recent progress checks has shown
amarked increase in her National Curriculum (NC) levelsand she is
currently working above target in English, Mathsand Science. As a
consequence both her confidence andself-esteem have greatly
improved. The student does usethe pen at home and the parents are
fully supportive.They have been extremely impressed and encouraged
byher independence.
As she is now able to fully access the text she has
theconfidence to not only read aloud without the use of thepen but
ask questions which she wouldnt have donebefore. Her current
reading age has now increased from 7years 7 months in October 2014
to 9 years 2 months as of17th May 2015.
Case Study 2: Ryde Academy
In summary I would consider the C-PenReaderPen to be a huge
success for the
reasons outlined above and I would highlyrecommend it to other
colleagues/schools and
students which is why we would love anotherone!
Ryde Academy is another school who has adopted theC-Pen
ReaderPen, with 4 students being allocated apen on a daily basis to
use throughout the duration of theschool day. The pens were used in
a multitude of lessonsencompassing a wide range of tasks, from
revision toreading tasks to group work activities. The school
has1,053 students, with 20% on the SEN register.
The school felt the product would considerably enhancethe
students access to learning being able to read wordseffectively,
independently and discreetly in the classroom.
Nicola Pritchett High Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) atRyde
Academy explains how they decided which studentsshould be equipped
with the pen and the desired resultsthey were hoping to
achieve.
We use the Salford Reading Test, which helped us toidentify
students with lower than average levels of literacywho could
benefit from the ReaderPen. The desiredoutcome of using the pen was
to ensure the students wereable to independently decipher difficult
or unknown wordswhen reading through passages of text on a
worksheet ortextbook, enabling them to fully understand the work as
aresult. This would particularly aid students with dyslexia orlow
reading ability.
So what did the students like about the pen?The product appealed
to the students because of its size.The pens were portable, easy to
use (with simple, basicbuttons) and were discreet which was an
extremelyimportant feature for our students who did not want todraw
attention to the aid.
By having access to the pen, were there areas of thecurriculum
that yielded greater benefits to the students?The pens have been
hugely successful in English lessons,for reading/scanning through
long extracts and also inScience lessons, where students come
across new andchallenging scientific vocabulary.
How would the school summarise the key benefits of theC-Pen
ReaderPen?Nicola explains, The pens have enabled teachers to
letstudents read or look up difficult words
independently,differentiating a variety of texts, without having to
ask forhelp. The students using the pens all said they felt
moreindependent as they did not need to ask someone else toread the
more difficult words and they could get throughtheir work at a
quicker, more efficient pace.
As a reading tool,
we have found itto be a significant
improvement fromprevious models of pen
reader in its ease of useand functionality.
Andrea, Head of LearningSupport London School
In my opinion it isergonomic, helpful for my
six, seven and nine yearold to scan words quickly
so the reading process isnot slowed down by them
having to stumble uponwords and ask for help. This
is what I wanted, so I am
happy with the pen.
Caroline, a parentfrom Wiltshire
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The C-Pen ReaderPen is a stand alone digital highlighter. The
device has
three main features: text reading using a high quality natural
speaking voice,
obtaining definitions from a Collins dictionary and capturing
text remotely
to file or directly to a cursor point on any computer. Simply
select your
application, scan, and enjoy the benefits!
Key Features
Instant word lookup in dictionary
Scan to hear words spoken aloud
Scan and save to file/copy files tocomputer
Scan text directly to PC/Mac/Linux
Record/listen to audio
1GB user space storage
Optical Character
Recognition Engine
Built-in speaker +3.5mm earphone jack
>1GB user storage space>1GB
High quality naturalsounding text to speechvoice (British
English)
264x64 OLED display
Microphone foraudio recording
Rechargeable Li-Ion battery(micro-USB charging port)
Seereaderpen.co.ukfor case studies,
reviews &videos
USB Mass Storage memory
USB HID input
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Wiltshire, SN12 6RX, UK
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Package contents:10 x ReaderPen, 10 x individual cases, 10 x
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