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Television's Most Prolific Writer, Spanning 3 Decades; Steven Cannell Demystifies His Life As A Dyslexic Writer
As dyslexia makes some areas of academia difficult, it doesn't make
it impossible. Ask Steven Cannell, it made some areas of his life
difficult, but certainly not impossible. At this time he has written
15 novels. Including the critically acclaimed Shane Scully series. He
became one of television's most prolific writers spanning three
decades. His TV hits include, Greatest American Hero, The A-Team,
Hunter, Riptide, Hardcastle & McCormick, 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, The
Commish, Renegade and Silk Stalkings. And one I watched often growing
up, The Rockford Files. Who knew, all those days of watching the The
Rockford Files, it was written by a man who had dyslexia.
endorsement before my eyes, that the difficulties I was experience
didn't have to shame my ambitions to write. It didn't stop me from
writing, it all just went into a storage ben in my closet, because I
was still compelled to write regardless of the discouragement I got
from teachers -the authorities in writing? Eventually some of those
stories, got peaced together in a funny book "Life In A Nutshell".
Check it out Steven, let me know what you think.
Cannell is not a shame to advocate he had dyslexia, in fact, if you
click on the link you will see a series of videos where Cannell
talk's about his dyslexia, as he attempts to demystify what it meant
in his life a big time Hollywood writer, right on Steven, have you
people call my people.
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment. - Oprah Winfrey
"My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
" - Oprah Winfrey
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Dyslexia is Running Around Dis-logic Without A Reference Point - Recent Brain Research
One thing that bothered me as a child AND as a adult is how you are
constantly tested for dyslexia or really just a grade level. I found
the test in school just made me feel more insecure and humiliated.
You take them often, I think like every quarter? And it's the same
one from elementary school, to Jr. High, to High school and believe
it or not... College! I felt they just wanted to always know, what
'skills' level I was at all times. After stepping away and hiding out
from the 'Learning Assistance' people, I was caught and forced to
take the test again if I wanted to continue on to a 4 year
University. At the time, being removed from that part of the system
for so long, I thought maybe things changed, heck, I'm in "College"
they have to have something better now? So I went through the
humiliating process again. After all was said and done, I thought
they would have a better sense of that "I see like this or that" or
I don't understand certain concepts about reading or something
important. But no, what I got was what they were always looking for
from the day I flunked the second grade... a grade level. My reading
level, comprehension, etc. is so many grade levels below what it
should. I guess the only benefit at the end of the rainbow is with my
renewed certification of having a 'Learning Disability', that I got
more time on test, books on tape, and tutoring if I needed it. So I
don't have a lot of respect for the process because they do not
address how we think or change how they teach. When I do come across
information I believe understands the process, I report it.
In the article 'Freaky news about your brain may change your mind'
CNNHealth.com Elizabeth Landau suggests ..."New research in the
journal Current Biology suggests that, in fact, people do tend to
walk in circles if they do not have a reference point such as the
sun...
....In one experiment, participants were taken to the Sahara Desert
and given the direction of camp, then left to wander for four hours.
In a second scenario, participants were dropped in a forest in
Germany, also given a direction, and walked for four hours...
...."Walking in a straight line is a complicated process when you
think about it from the perspective of the brain," said Jan Souman,
researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in
Germany.
.....Their hypothesis is that, the longer people walk, their errors in
relation to a straight line build up by chance to the left or right.
This may result in a zigzag pattern. Over time, the tendencies to the
left or right may take the person in a circle." ...
....The lesson from this study is that, if you want to walk straight,
use a landmark such as a tower, mountain, or the sun to update your
direction, Souman said. If it's life-threatening that you get to your
destination, bring a compass or a GPS. ..."
The lesson for the teachers is that in processing language is the
same concept. Young Dyslexic students are not going to accept that a
'b,d, p, and q' are different letters. It is one letter orientated 4
different ways, that means something different in each orientation.
How crazy is this teachers and parents? Why don't we just accept it
and move onto the next letter? Because we don't get the dis-logic
about using the same letter and we are stuck on it. We visualize what
we think and the logic behind it. When you help us visualize it, we
get it. Then we can move on. When it comes to some of the basics like
'b,d, p, and q' tell us when we are stuck that the reversed
orientation of a 'b, is a 'd'.
You may have answered the logic why
they see the 'b' in the 'd' the perspective issue but you still
didn't completely appeal to our 'logic'. Anyway you slice it, it's a
gift to think three-dimensionally but not when you're reading one
dimensional text stuck on a page. We are sensory learners. In this
article they talk about sound and smell as well. She says "... a
treatment for tone deafness might also help people with speech
disorders such as dyslexia, she said. There has been evidence that
people with dyslexia have same auditory processing problems as people
with tone deafness, she said. Her lab showed last year that children
with musical training performed better on dyslexia tests....
How do you help students visualize non visual words? Like the word
'the' I don't know? you have to be inventive and creative. "The Gift
Of Dyslexia" By Ron Davis suggests using clay, here they illustrated
'the'. It shows the students 'the' is a 'pointing and connection
word' that bridges the the gap and becomes logical.
Interesting Read full Story 'Freaky news about your brain may change your mind'
CNNHealth.com by Elizabeth Landau:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/25/nostrils.tone.deaf.lost/index.html#cnnSTCText
By Stacy Poulos
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constantly tested for dyslexia or really just a grade level. I found
the test in school just made me feel more insecure and humiliated.
You take them often, I think like every quarter? And it's the same
one from elementary school, to Jr. High, to High school and believe
it or not... College! I felt they just wanted to always know, what
'skills' level I was at all times. After stepping away and hiding out
from the 'Learning Assistance' people, I was caught and forced to
take the test again if I wanted to continue on to a 4 year
University. At the time, being removed from that part of the system
for so long, I thought maybe things changed, heck, I'm in "College"
they have to have something better now? So I went through the
humiliating process again. After all was said and done, I thought
they would have a better sense of that "I see like this or that" or
I don't understand certain concepts about reading or something
important. But no, what I got was what they were always looking for
from the day I flunked the second grade... a grade level. My reading
level, comprehension, etc. is so many grade levels below what it
should. I guess the only benefit at the end of the rainbow is with my
renewed certification of having a 'Learning Disability', that I got
more time on test, books on tape, and tutoring if I needed it. So I
don't have a lot of respect for the process because they do not
address how we think or change how they teach. When I do come across
information I believe understands the process, I report it.
In the article 'Freaky news about your brain may change your mind'
CNNHealth.com Elizabeth Landau suggests ..."New research in the
journal Current Biology suggests that, in fact, people do tend to
walk in circles if they do not have a reference point such as the
sun...
....In one experiment, participants were taken to the Sahara Desert
and given the direction of camp, then left to wander for four hours.
In a second scenario, participants were dropped in a forest in
Germany, also given a direction, and walked for four hours...
...."Walking in a straight line is a complicated process when you
think about it from the perspective of the brain," said Jan Souman,
researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in
Germany.
.....Their hypothesis is that, the longer people walk, their errors in
relation to a straight line build up by chance to the left or right.
This may result in a zigzag pattern. Over time, the tendencies to the
left or right may take the person in a circle." ...
....The lesson from this study is that, if you want to walk straight,
use a landmark such as a tower, mountain, or the sun to update your
direction, Souman said. If it's life-threatening that you get to your
destination, bring a compass or a GPS. ..."
The lesson for the teachers is that in processing language is the
same concept. Young Dyslexic students are not going to accept that a
'b,d, p, and q' are different letters. It is one letter orientated 4
different ways, that means something different in each orientation.
How crazy is this teachers and parents? Why don't we just accept it
and move onto the next letter? Because we don't get the dis-logic
about using the same letter and we are stuck on it. We visualize what
we think and the logic behind it. When you help us visualize it, we
get it. Then we can move on. When it comes to some of the basics like
'b,d, p, and q' tell us when we are stuck that the reversed
orientation of a 'b, is a 'd'.
You may have answered the logic why
they see the 'b' in the 'd' the perspective issue but you still
didn't completely appeal to our 'logic'. Anyway you slice it, it's a
gift to think three-dimensionally but not when you're reading one
dimensional text stuck on a page. We are sensory learners. In this
article they talk about sound and smell as well. She says "... a
treatment for tone deafness might also help people with speech
disorders such as dyslexia, she said. There has been evidence that
people with dyslexia have same auditory processing problems as people
with tone deafness, she said. Her lab showed last year that children
with musical training performed better on dyslexia tests....
How do you help students visualize non visual words? Like the word
'the' I don't know? you have to be inventive and creative. "The Gift
Of Dyslexia" By Ron Davis suggests using clay, here they illustrated
'the'. It shows the students 'the' is a 'pointing and connection
word' that bridges the the gap and becomes logical.
Interesting Read full Story 'Freaky news about your brain may change your mind'
CNNHealth.com by Elizabeth Landau:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/08/25/nostrils.tone.deaf.lost/index.html#cnnSTCText
By Stacy Poulos
http://www.dyslexia.tv/
Dyslexia TV & FreeThinkers University
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Macworld Conference & Expo February 9-13, 2010
Macworld Conference & Expo February 9-13, 2010
San Francisco CA Moscone Center
http://www.macworldexpo.com/
If it wasn't for Macintosh, I wouldn't be on a computer. If your on the fence about Mac
get off it and come over to the bright side of computing experience. In comparison
Mac is more expensive, but so is being in constant agony and repair. Computers
are no joke. They are hosting many importing things from your photos to your financing
and personal information. Pay in the beginning, or pay in the end, and if anyone ever
owned a PC they know exactly what I mean. It doesn't make common sense to keep
paying for something that toys with your lively hood. I am a media professional
and witness many of my client's including Kraft Foods, spend millions of dollars
to make sure their world was not going to come down at the year 2000. A problem
Microsoft foreseen many years a head of time. Yet still sold the program up to the day.
It's not the public's responsibility to understand the complexity of a computer and how
it can screw with your life. It is up to the makers of them to watch out for you. So they saved
a couple of hundred per computer in the beginning, that paled in comparison
what they had to pay in the end. For me anyone who would put me in that position-
I would never do business with them again. Apple has a long history of integrity in
there product. I don't have a lot of money, but I will spend my last dime to get a mac
it is a absolute return on my money. But more that that it is a pleasant experience
every time I use it. Stop thinking computers are computers. Live life for the experience
get some cool in your life everyday. Who cares if for years a majority of the
people in the world have PC's, we are not cow's that are supposed to follow a herd.
Macintosh is naturally 'dyslexic friendly'. Maybe that's because
Steve Jobs the developer is dyslexic himself. I always rave about
Apple with good reason. It's simple, logical, and easy to use, and it
gets better every year! Last year we found many products that enhance
the dyslexic user. Go to MacWorld Expo and see all the vendors. IDG
puts on a good show. Expo doesn't start until the February this year.
By Stacy Poulos
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I believe that people can accomplish anything if given the proper information - Erin Brockovich
"I believe that people can accomplish anything if given the proper information." "... I am an advocate for awareness, the truth, and a person's right to know. I believe that in the absence of the truth, all of us stand helpless to defend ourselves, our families and our health, which is the greatest gift we have. As with everything, some people always go too far, too far to the right, too far to the left, and this is true of environmentalism and now, in many instances, our issues fall on a deaf ear.
Often times we don’t think about or worry about or understand what is happening to another until it happens to us. Deceits have no boundaries. Disease doesn’t recognize the color of our skin or our political parties affiliation. When it comes to cover-ups and destruction of our environment, we are all up for grabs...." - Erin Brockovich
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7 Ways to help dyslexic children succeed
Rob Langston, author of The Power of Dyslexic Thinking gives some excellent helpful tips to helping a dyslexic child
read, bravo Ron!
1. Full discloser is the order of the day
2. Reinforce strengths
3. Reading is hard work-- at least make it interesting
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1. Full discloser is the order of the day
2. Reinforce strengths
3. Reading is hard work-- at least make it interesting
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Charles Schwab In Learning Hurdles, Lessons for Success
... "That's the real problem with kids who struggle with learning ...
Some kids feel like they're stupid. I want them to know that they're
not. They just learn differently. Once they understand that and have
the tools to learn in their individual way, then they can feel good
about themselves."
-- Charles Schwab
Read the New York Times Article click
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Vince Vaughn Actor and Comedian
Vince Vaughn
[photo: wikipedia.org]
Tel Aviv University Reporter's Judd Handler asked Vaughn "Everyone
has their soft spots in their self-esteem, where do yours lie?..."
Vaughn replied: "In a lot of ways, as a kid I had a hard time reading
in school. I was the kid who would go one period a day to the class
for kids with learning disabilities." "...The teachers thought I
was crazy. I was sort of a wild kid. But I always felt like, if a kid
is getting up to give a speech and he's starting to cry, he's gotta
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"What the world really needs is more love and less paper work." -Pearl Bailey
"What the world really needs is more love and less paper work." -Pearl Bailey
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My intentions were to inspire A group of dyslexic kids, it turned out they inspired me. Dyslexia TV beginnings.
In 1991 I my intentions were to inspire A group of dyslexic kids, it
turned out they inspired me. They changed my goal to from writing A
book about my schooling, to making it my mission to help them
understand the depth of their dyslexia was A blessing in disguise. At
the time I made videos that I would someday make something of for
broadcast. When the web came along in 1998 I produced "Dyslexia TV"
as A sub website of my company "Playback.net". As I though someday I
would pass away, I wanted my work to carry on - so i can 'will
Dyslexia TV and FreeThinkers University". My big idea was to will it
to Oprah because I knew she would carry on the integrity of my intent.
[Permission slip June 5th, 1991]
When the Dot TV people released '.tv' to the general public I jumped
on the name dyslexia.tv in 2000... "Domain name: dyslexia.tv
Registrant Creation date: 10 Nov 2000 16:42:37". Of course I had to
pay A premium price --out of my pocket. But I wanted it to be easy
for people to get to it and I am A producer of television and I knew
someday I would be able to put my History of videos on line. I also
need to register Dyslexia TV as A business name so no one else can be
"dyslexia TV". In January 5th, 2005, I registered. My filing was up
yesterday so I had to re-file and now I'm good again till 2010. I
could use support to help maintain all these issues since someone
else on the web was using my name... representing themselves as
"Dyslexia TV". Luckily I had these things in place to prove it.
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Genius? ...Nothing! ...Sticking to it is genius!...I've failed my way to success. Thomas Edison
"Genius? ...Nothing! ...Sticking to it is genius!...I've failed my way to success." -Thomas Edison
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Richard Branson / Founder of Virgin Enterprises Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XQcdVp9sls
More information about Richard Branson in A article:
"Richard Branson's Virgin Success
The Incredible Triumph of an Enigmatic Entrepreneur
By: John Shepler
When Richard Branson's granny was 99, she wrote him to say that the
last 10 years had been her best. He should read the book, "A Brief
History of Time" by Stephen Hawking. She had loved it. But most of
all, her advice to Richard was "You've got one go in life, so make
the most of it." Those are words that mean so much to Richard
Branson, as they go right to the heart of his belief in making it on
your own. Now, head of 150 or so enterprises that carry the Virgin
name, with a personal wealth estimated at nearly $3 billion, he has
followed that personal dream and made the most of it. He still holds
the record as fastest to cross the Atlantic ocean by boat. He was in
the race to circle the globe in a balloon. It is a success that was
never expected for a dyslexic, nearsighted boy."
READ More: www.johnshepler.com/articles/branson.html
Richard Branson's: 'Necker Island'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et54ONvmNsI%am987�ature=related
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Free John Lennon Educational Tour Bus For Teachers Episode DTV-2
Played: 91 | Download | Duration: 00:02:27
The FREE John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is a non-profit mobile
audio and HD video recording and production facility. Must See for
Teachers! Macworld 2010 February 9-13, 2010 San Francisco CA Moscone Center
John Lennon is a fellow Multi-dimensional FreeThinker (aka dyslexic).
His brilliant ideas about peace were popular amongst meany, but frown
up by the government in the 1970's. His legacy from playing in the
world famous "Beatles" to a solo artist, gained him world wide
respect. You can read more about John Lennon here [click here]
I like to cover creative out lets for my Multi-dimensional
FreeThinking colleagues. Creative outlets for me are like therapy for
the soul and excite interest in learning.
As for the bus, if you are a student bring this to your teachers
attention, if you are a teacher it is a FREE --at you're school--
service! Give the kids a break and go on a field trip in your parking
lot through the most important asset of the future and turn them on
to technology, dyslexic or not.
The Bus provides free hands-on programs to hundreds of high schools,
colleges, Boys and Girls Clubs, music festivals, concerts,
conventions and community organizations. Working together with some
of the biggest names in music, the Lennon Bus encourages students to
play music, write songs, engineer recording sessions and produce
video projects using the latest audio, video, and live sound
equipment.
The interior is divided into three separate studio environments that
can be opened to create one large studio. The front studio is a
cutting-edge audio and video production room. The rear studio offers
pro-level recording and mixing at the highest possible resolution, as
well as an iso booth for acoustic recordings, and a chromate (green
screen) booth. Powered by Apple computers, the studios feature
traditional musical instruments and the latest Sony HD products and
solutions. Also on-board is a Mackie P.A. system enabling
performances on the side of the Bus.
Request the Bus - Send them your contact information.
Suggestions: Teachers before you get the bus to come to your maybe
you can think of a academic subject students can make a music video
about? Like biology, or History, math. What ever your teaching, have
them teach other students through music. If you come up with
something cool, you can write me and I will post the videos. Of
course you will have to get permission from the parents. I will only
post videos that are 'educational' or 'inspirational'. Especially
when it comes to dyslexia.
Learn More about the bus. [click here]
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"What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life?" -Albert Einstein
"What does a fish know about the water in which it swims all its life?" -Albert Einstein
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If you're serious about success, you'll make GOAL SETTING your first love and SELF MASTERY your second - Google, motivational quote of the day.
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IDA Conference Phoenix, Arizona October 27-30, 2010
In a nutshell the IDA International Dyslexia Association Conference
is the recourse for resources of clinically tested methods to help
multi-sensory students. My first symposium, first speaker Gordon F.
Sherman, PhD, in Dallas, Texas 2007 gave me much hope for the language of dyslexics future
in Education. Educators of the future are looking at the assets
dyslexics have and working with there strengths.... hallelujah!! You
can. Purchase audio tapes from the conferences.
http://www.interdys.org/AnnualConference.htm
Upcoming Annual Conferences:
Purchase Audio tapes from the conferences if you can't make it.
Phoenix, Arizona October 27-30, 2010
The Phoenix Convention Center
Hyatt Regency Phoenix
Phoenix Wyndham
By Stacy Poulos
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Dyslexia TV & FreeThinkers University
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In a nutshell the IDA International Dyslexia Association Conference
is the recourse for resources of clinically tested methods to help
multi-sensory students. My first symposium, first speaker Gordon F.
Sherman, PhD, in Dallas, Texas 2007 gave me much hope for the language of dyslexics future
in Education. Educators of the future are looking at the assets
dyslexics have and working with there strengths.... hallelujah!! You
can. Purchase audio tapes from the conferences.
http://www.interdys.org/AnnualConference.htm
Upcoming Annual Conferences:
Purchase Audio tapes from the conferences if you can't make it.
Phoenix, Arizona October 27-30, 2010
The Phoenix Convention Center
Hyatt Regency Phoenix
Phoenix Wyndham
By Stacy Poulos
http://www.dyslexia.tv/
Dyslexia TV & FreeThinkers University
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