Assistive Technology Effects On Dyslexia

The pattern of the paper serves as an agitating and distracting pattern: This paper looks to [the narrator] as if it knew what a vicious influence it had! There is a recurrent spot where the pattern lolls like a broken neck and two bulbous eyes stare at [her] upside down. [She gets] positively angry with the impertinence of it and the everlastingness. Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are [surrounding her everywhere] (Gilman 7).

In chapter five, by Cris Tovani, “Why Am I Reading This” explains how educators need to establish a clear reading instructional plan. In order to accomplish understanding students need to concentrate on main ideas from the readings. Tovani explains that it is vital for teachers to model how students should hold their thinking or slow down their reading. Throughout the chapters she gives examples as question strategies, highlighting text, or summarizing key points. As this will benefit students in their reading assignment. Tovani also explains throughout the chapter that teachers should model thinking aloud. This strategy will benefit students on how to negotiate difficult text.

The author of this article is a professor in the Department of Special Education at San Diego University. In addition to his participation in the Department of Special Education at the University, Rena B. Lewis, PhD is a member of the faculty of the San Diego State University-Claremont Graduate University doctoral program. She focuses much of her research on the application of technology for individuals with learning disabilities. Her qualifications alone would make me feel confident in her writing and findings. The article was published in the Journal of Learning Disabilities in

Wells begins to draw using mechanical pencil after that is complete she draws over it in very light blue ink. Then she erases all the pencil lines and has a line image in blue. Wells uses a lot of watercolor especially in this book. She also uses other art media such as gouache, a method of painting using opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a glue-like substance, pastel, ink, and colored pencils in her illustrations. Not only does she put such effort in her drawings for this book, she also puts boarders around a good majority of her pages. The boarders in My Kindergarten represent what the story tells on that specific page and wraps around the text whether it’s small images or words used as the

A.About five to six percent of American public school children have been diagnosed with a learning disability; eighty percent of the diagnoses are dyslexia-related. But some studies indicate that up to twenty percent of the population may have some degree of dyslexia.

To be an active reader is to be able to express yourself in the book one reads. Mortimer J. Adler argues in his article, “How to Mark a Book”, that to be an active reader, the reader needs to actually write in their book; but also to fully claim ownership of their book. According to Adler, there are plenty of ways one can mark in a book; underlining, vertical lines at the margin, asterisk, numbers in the margin, circling or highlighting, writing in the margin at the bottom or top, etc. One does not initially understand what they are reading, until they feel like they are having a conversation with the author. Adler emphasizes marking in a book keeps the reader mentally awake, helps their thoughts become more alive, and also remember later what

He focuses on how technology is supposed to significantly impact a student’s performance and completely forgets to mention how important technology may be for someone who cannot learn well without responsive instruction; for example, technology in the classroom can be beneficial to students that are physically or mentally impaired. On the contrary, the article ‘Technology and Literacy for Adolescents with disabilities’ describes how technology “can be universally beneficial for all students as a vehicle for learner engagement or conveyance of instructional content, and it can also promote participation, learning, and performance by students with disabilities”(King-Sears, Swanson, Mainzer, 569). The article then illustrates an example of how technology can specifically facilitate classroom learning by stating “For example, an electronic picture board with voice output might be considered assistive technology for a student whose disability included significant oral language deficits” (King-Sears, Swanson, Mainzer, 569). In this sense, technology does have a significant role in students’ life, not only making it important, but necessary. Also as mentioned above, the performance of these students have been affected in a significant way. Throughout the article, they describe how these new assistive technologies have changed the two specific students, Brian and Michelle. Brian has dysgraphia which prevents him from being able to transfer his thoughts onto paper and Michelle has Asperger’s Syndrome, which gives Michelle “genius-level intelligence” (King-Sears et al.). The technologically advanced tools that they have both been given are not only specialized to assist them, but also help them do tasks that

This is when both sides of the book have a full image of landscape and animals. The text explains the painting on each page, adds context and volume to the

To ensure not too much of text is dumped onto one page making it clumsy for the reader to navigate, necessary tables are utilized. Also 1 inch of white space is left in all the pages along the borders to make sure the reader can read the paper comfortably holding it without covering the text with their fingers.

The challenges and barriers identified for teachers are directed at meeting the individual needs of their students. The lack of time and the need for more expertise in the area are a matter of concern for students with dyslexia. Lack of teacher training and expertise creates difficulties when considering the importance of teachers to be able to create Individualised Learning Programs which will effectively accommodate these learning difficulties.

The style displayed throughout the book are used to help the reader visualize something that the author does not think the reader would be able to visualize on the

In “How to Mark a Book” Mortimer Adler explains the difference between a person buying a book and an actual book owner. Adler suggests that to do the most efficient kind of reading you must make the book “a part of yourself” by marking and writing in it. He states that the best way to get the most out of a book is to “write between the lines”. Adler then explains that it is essential to mark up books because the physical act of writing helps you remember your thoughts longer and it “brings words and sentences more sharply before your mind and preserves them better in your memory”. Adler even gives you his way of doing it, which consists of underlining, circling, highlighting, and writing in the margin. Adler then describes how when you read

To begin with, throughout the visual text, by displaying the original purpose of using the umbrella has been twisted, Jerome Corgier (2016) is trying to imply the inefficiency of reading aimlessly and blindly. To elaborate, the umbrella is positioned upward, which conveys a sense of embracing every piece of information rather

Everyone is different, and not everyone reads the same way. This is the case with a person who has dyslexia. “Dyslexia is a learning disorder characterized by difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words” (Dyslexia, 2016); this can affect how the reader comprehends what is written. An individual with dyslexia may struggle while reading because of the way their mind processes the information that they are reading.

One of my primary focuses was to find out how different literatures dealt with Dyslexia and how best to support the child. Dyslexia can be described from a number of different perspectives as we see in Ball et al (2007) who explain that it can be “how one learns (Cognition), what parts of the brain are involved (neurology), what genes are involved (genetics) and behaviour (p14). Their book entitled ‘Dyslexia: An Irish perspective’ is very relevant to my research as it gives a great insight into the history of the special education sector in Ireland. It also looks into some of the key debates that are facing the educational sector today.