# :async: Multimedia Resources for Educators: Identifying and Intervening with Handwriting Difficulties in Elementary School Years
**URL:** https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328
**Category:** Anytime Presentations
**Tags:** primary-secondary, oeg20\_14, lightning-talk
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328 "2020-10-06T12:57:49Z")
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### Author:  [@OEGconnect](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/OEGconnect)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328/1 "2020-10-06T12:57:49Z")
**Author** : Irune Ibarra
**Institution** : University of the Basque Country EHU-UPV
**Country** : Spain
**Topic** : Connecting Open Education to Primary and Secondary (K-12) Education
**Sector** : K-12
**UNESCO Area of Focus** : Building capacity
**Session Format** : Lightning Talk
## Abstract
The early identification of writing difficulties or developmental dysgraphia is important. In fact, during school hours, students spend between 30-60% of their time writing by hand, especially until grades 3 and 4. If what is written is not legible and/or is slow, students’ self-esteem is affected, their test scores can suffer and the ‘Mathew effect’ becomes a reality; that is, as happens with reading, students who start poor in writing, will remain poor throughout their schooling. The neurodevelopmental model of writing (Berninger & Graham, 1998) can offer us clues to identify the dimensions that may be obstructing handwriting and then correct them. The objective of this talk is to show how multimedia resources available to educators at these grades can help them identify handwriting difficulties and intervene. The resources discussed are part of the Open edX learning platform at the University of the Basque Country, in Donostia-San Sebastian and include videos, audios and Graphics Interchange Formats (GIF), among other tools. First, I will show how the course is made up, that is, what the questionnaires are like, how communication with educators is carried out and how the four modules it contains are developed. Thus, in the first module, the benefits of manual writing in school will be presented, from a neuroscience point of view. The processes that children follow when writing are also defined too. In the second module, developmental dysgraphia will be determined and the components that are affected will be identified, especially the finger function, letters legibility and letters automaticity. Possible cutting points will be also offered for the evaluation of these components. In the third module, strategies to intervene with difficulties in the affected components will be explained. Finally, in the four module, some successful interventions will be presented. The lighting talk concludes with the evaluation of the participants, the educators.
## Keywords
handwriting, developmental dysgraphy, Open edX course, educators, elementary grades
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### Author:  [@OEGconnect](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/OEGconnect)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2020, 8:39pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328/2 "2020-10-23T20:39:32Z")
Irune shared a bit about her session elsewhere in OEG Connect:
> [@Pasa a decir ¡Hola!](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/pasa-a-decir-hola/68/3):
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> Hola! Me gusta compartir lo que voy publicando y enseñando de forma abierta. He venido a esta conferencia para mostrar un curso que voy a impartir para los educadores, sobre dificultades de escritura. Imparto otro curso parecido (4º edición), sin costes con ‘certificado de participación’ en la plataforma Miríada de Telefónica, Miríada. Les dejo el link: [https://miriadax.net/web/evaluacion-e-intervencion-en-la-fluidez-y-la-legibilidad-de-la-escritura-manual-en-primaria-4-edi/inicio](https://miriadax.net/web/evaluacion-e-intervencion-en-la-fluidez-y-la-legibilidad-de-la-escritura-manual-en-primaria-4-edi/inicio) Buen día!
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### Author:  [@irune](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/irune)
#### Post date: [November 13, 2020, 8:00am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328/3 "2020-11-13T08:00:25Z")
Hello! I share with you additional free resources, useful to train letters and bigrams.
[to train letter of the alphabet (in Basque, same as Spanish)](https://booktegi.eus/liburua/204/letra-xeheak-bai-hainbat-egile)
For bigrams (letter joining): [To join two letters (these are joinings for Basque, some are useful for Spanish)](https://booktegi.eus/liburua/233/loturak-landuz-hainbat-egile).
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### Author:  [@irune](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/irune)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328/4 "2020-11-15T09:40:32Z")
Hello! I’m glad to share with you the talk. Let’s keep in touch!
> **[Bb Collaborate](https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/99ba5dc168af42f0bd02b655c99dd302)**
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### Author:  [@irune](https://connect.oeglobal.org/u/irune)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://connect.oeglobal.org/t/multimedia-resources-for-educators-identifying-and-intervening-with-handwriting-difficulties-in-elementary-school-years/328/5 "2020-11-15T15:15:16Z")
Hello! ¡Hola!
I share the same talk in Spanish.
Encantada de poder resolver cualquier cuestión! Estamos en contacto.
[https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/49610fef302a40e786bff1d7475e7aba](https://eu-lti.bbcollab.com/recording/49610fef302a40e786bff1d7475e7aba)