As future educators, it is important to be aware of the postitive elements that technology can bring to the classroom. It can enhance lesson plans and provide special instruction for students with special needs. In Chapter 4, I learned about many different ways that technology can assist students with special needs in the classroom. Technology can help remediate auditory, visual and physical disablilties by providing technical activites that involve bettering reading, writing, organization and communication skills.
During my Junior and Senior years of high school, I interacted with students with reading disabilities and had been diagnosed with ADHD. I was a Study Buddy and read along with students who struggled with reading and comphrension skills. As we read together, I noticed how when a student arrived at a challenging word, they would try to sound it out and I would help them finish the pronounication. They would often say it, but if it came up again, they would be stumped once more. There were times that I would have the students get the read-aloud books from the library and follow along with them. After the book was over, I would ask them questions about the story. I found that after listening to the read-aloud books, the students comphrended the story much better. I believe that recorded books are a great resource in the classroom, because it is appropriate for the students who struggle to decode information.
When I was Cadeting Teaching, I worked with students who were diagnosed with ADHD, meaning that theses student had a hard time paying attention in classs and focusing on assignments. I helped aid these children by helping them plan the format of their writing assignments. When it came to writing, the students struggled to stay focused on the main topic and key points. I helped them do this by having them write and outline or make a concept mapping diagram (such as a web diagram). The visual organization of the key points seemed to keep the students on topic and made it easier for them to write their paper.
I feel as though all classrooms should use read-aloud books and concept-mapping diagrams for writing, because it assist students with certain special needs and will help better the work of the other students in the classroom.
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ReplyDeleteAs future educators, we must notice that we will have students in our classrooms who require special needs for learning. This may vary from physical disabilities to learning diabilities. We must acknowledge different ways of helping aid these students succeed and overcome obstacles that making learning a harder task.
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