Sonocent’s School Pack includes Audio Notetaker, an audio-centric workspace that empowers reluctant writers to communicate and capture their ideas quickly, overcoming the underlying challenges of putting pen to paper. Working through audio frees your writers to express their ideas and develop the techniques necessary to kick start the writing process. Whether struggling with confidence, general literacy skills, English as a Second Language or specific learning difficulties, the Sonocent Schools Pack provides learning strategies to develop a range of study skills. The Sonocent School Pack and Audio Notetaker also helps with self-assurance and performance in speaking, listening and group discussion work, note-taking and research. In meetings, lectures or classroom settings requiring note-taking, Audio Notetaker is ideal for students who struggle with this important study skill.

1. Empower reluctant writers
to communicate, capture
ideas and write!
Reeza Awoodun, Education Consultant for Sonocent
reeza@sonocent.com

2. The reluctant writer – the challenge for teachers
Anxiety/
Stress
Anger

3. “Reluctant Writer” – a definition
Reluctant writer may be defined as
one who’s writing is habitually superficial,
either because ideas are not expanded or
because the writing is executed in haste.
Paul Gardner - February 2011

4. Underlying reasons for being a reluctant writer
Confident
writers in
English may
be reluctant
writers in MFL.

6. Working through audio frees your writers to express their
ideas and develop the techniques necessary to kick start the
writing process.

7. To get around the barriers to writing we will breakdown the
process of writing into specific processes:
This process is
‘where the
learning is’.

8. “The Sonocent Schools Pack is an audio-centric workspace
that empowers reluctant writers to communicate and
capture their ideas quickly, overcoming the underlying
challenges of putting pen to paper.”

9. The software visualises each phrase in a recording as
coloured chunks that can be quickly cut, pasted, deleted and
segmented into key sections (paragraphs) to edit the audio,
allowing thoughts and ideas to be analysed, structured and
organised.

10. The Tour

11. The Traditional Way

12. Packed with lesson plans and resources for integration into
English, ICT, MFL, History and SEN

13. Other benefits…
• Developing speaking and listening skills (oracy)
• Content authoring and lesson content delivery
• Supporting independent note-taking strategies

14. Special Education Resource or Equipment -
including ICT
The judges said of Audio Notetaker 3.1, “We’ve seen nothing else like
it on the market. It is a good resource for dyslexic or visually impaired
learners, English as an Additional Language (EAL), speech and
language, memory issues and revision. This hugely flexible tool for
cross curricular teaching and learning is versatile and suitable for any
ages, from early years to adult.”

15. Pupil Premium
The judges felt it could be a good choice for Pupil Premium spending
as it supports oral language interventions in the classroom as well as
developing listening and sentence construction skills.

16. Pricing
• £79.99 ex VAT for a single perpetual licence
• Volume & site licence options available
• Free teacher home access with volume and site licences
• Unique loaner licensing option - great for targeted
intervention strategy for specific cohorts of students

17. Upcoming Webinars
Introduction to the Sonocent Recorder iOS app
Wednesday 2nd April 4:00 - 4:30 pm
Why the Sonocent School Pack is a vital tool in the memory game
Guest Speaker - Sal McKeown (freelance journalist and author of How to
Help your Dyslexic and Dyspraxic Child)
Thursday 3rd April 3:30 - 4:00 pm