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Using Technology to Teach Reading and Writing to Students with Learning

Disabilities

Gabi and JeanEFL537

Process of Learning to Read

Decoding Comprehension Retention

Reading DifficulitiesDecoding Difficulties d or [d] Comprehension Difficulties Blue Retention Difficulties

Process of Learning to Write

Imitation

Progressive Incorporation

Automatization

Techniques to Address Writing Difficulties Attention Problems

Spatial / Sequential Ordering

Memory Problems

Language Problems Higher-order cognition problems

Graphomotor Problems

Software Used

• Microsoft Movie maker • Audacity

• Google Document

• ProProfs Quiz

• Text-to-Speech

Microsoft Movie Maker

Snowman Interactive Vocabulary Video

Audacity

Frosty the snowman record

Google Documents

Frosty the snowman returns

ProProfs Quiz

Snowman test

Text-to-Speech - Read Please 2003 http://www.readplease.com/

Text-to-Speech Jing http://efl537.com/blog/text-voice-jing-gabi

Lesson Plan - Part 1 - Reading• Preview Frosty song and the video

• Review test on Frosty song

• Group Discussion

• Class Discussion

• Audacity model

• Students recording

• Homework

Lesson Plan - Part 2 - Writing

• Review vocabulary with word blocks • Review story and Quiz

• Discussion graphic organizers

• Group write

• Class sharing

• Homework

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