I am fortunate enough to spend my days with an amazing group of special needs students with learning disabilities. Learning disabled students are those who demonstrate a significant discrepancy, which is not the result of some other handicap, between academic achievement and intellectual abilities in one or more areas such as written expression, basic reading skills, reading comprehension, mathematical calculation, and mathematics reasoning.
My students, who are often frustrated and pushed out of the school setting, have what it takes to achieve in the difficult subjects of math and reading.
I believe that if they are given a chance, the new technology will be a part of that. They are intelligent children who need a variety of tools at hand to be successful.
Teaching learning disabled youngsters will present you with some unique and distinctive challenges. They require specialized instructional strategies in a structured environment that supports and enhances their learning potential. It is important to remember that learning disabled students are not students who are incapacitated or unable to learn; rather, they need differentiated instruction tailored to their distinctive learning abilities which can be done through the use of computers.
My Project
My students love to explore the world around them using Chromebooks. They enjoy being able to select an online book on a Chromebook and sit back and listen as the story unfolds. This is so beneficial when helping them to understand print and gain knowledge. This also enables them to make the connection that letters make words and words make stories. They get so excited when they can read along with the computer and then pick up a book later and read it independently.
With technology, like the Chromebooks I would like to have, my students would get to have experiences that would otherwise be inaccessible to them.
They are a wonderful group of children who deserve an equal opportunity to gain information about the world around them. My students are hard-working children who will grow up to be contributing members of society. Help me to make them productive members as well.
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