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How might technology be used to support students in your future classroom who have learning differences like Dyslexia? There are several new technological advances that could aid in the teaching of students with learning disabilities. One of the first devices that comes to mind is a tablet. Tablets can range from the LeapFrog LeapPad, InnoTab Interactive, all the way up to Kindles and iPads. Children's books and reading applications are available on all of these devices. The LeapFrog LeapPad comes with a stylus that allows the reader to highlight a word to be read aloud. I think that schools should invest in these types of tables for the simple fact that they can be used for a wide range of of activities. Students would enjoy using the digital technology while learning at the same time. In the article by Philip Schultz, Words Failed, Then Saved Me, he described how he taught himself to read by reenacting the words his mother read to him from the comic books.

"I’d lie in bed silently imitating the words my mother read, imagining the taste, heft and ring of each sound as if it were coming out of my mouth. I imagined being able to sound out the words by putting the letters together into units of rhythmic sound and the words into sentences that made sense."

Using the stylus to highlight a word to be sounded out by the tablet may help the learning disabled child to get the feel for the word. Since there is interaction from the reading material itself, the child may be less likely to get frustrated.LeapFrog LeapPad


Schultz, P. (2011, September 03). Words failed, then saved me. The New York Times. Retrieved from   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/04/opinion/sunday/with-dyslexia-words-failed-me-and-then-saved-me.html?_r=2


Rock, A. (2012). LeapFrog LeapPad explorer review. A Learning Tablet Designed with Children in Mind. About.com. http://preschoolers.about.com/od/technologyentertainment/fr/Leapfrog-Leappad-Explorer-Tablet-Review.htm