"Reading with Your Ears" and Other Uses of Technology to Build Vocabulary

Though detailed discussion of technology and lEPs is beyond the scope of this article, it is important to consider that when assistive technology is identified as an accomodation on a student's IEP it can smooth the way for the student's use of technology later in their academic or profess...

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Published inPerspectives on language and literacy Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 41
Main Author Filippini, Alexis
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Baltimore International Dyslexia Association 01.07.2015
Subjects
Access to information
Dictionaries
Educational Technology
Learning
Reading Comprehension
Reading Skills
Vocabulary development
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Summary:Though detailed discussion of technology and lEPs is beyond the scope of this article, it is important to consider that when assistive technology is identified as an accomodation on a student's IEP it can smooth the way for the student's use of technology later in their academic or professional careers. [...]even if incorporating technology into vocabulary development for the whole class in a UDL manner, it should be explicitly considered in an IEP meeting when used by individuals with disabilities. The vocabulary examples presented here may be more efficient or more engaging through the technology, but the technology component is not strictly necessary for instruction with average readers though it does support those twenty-first century skills. [...]the vast worlds of multimedia enhancements and Internet vocabulary open even more avenues for comprehension, beyond the scope of vocabulary, and twenty-first century skills.
ISSN:1935-1291