Glaeser, L. (2016). Breaking through: Using educational
technology for children with special needs.
Education & Information
Technologies, 21(5), 1243.
Doi:10.1007/s10639-015-9378-4
Technology can be a great tool in the classroom with many
different learner. Teachers can find it
very difficult to differentiate instruction for 20 plus students in one class,
with different needs and different learning styles. Education technology can often help teachers
personalize lessons and skills enhancement to each students. Students with learning disabilities often are
drawn to computers and other gadgets, so using them in the learning process
seems to be a wise choice.
After reading the article, it became clear that this article
is about using one tool and that is a tablet to assist with learning. It is
a huge disappointment that when reading this article you think you will find
out different ways to engage students with special needs. Even though disappointed using tablets can be
very beneficial to come of the students we encounter with special needs. There
are a few questions the book attempts to answer: (Glaeser 2016)
- What type of impact does tablet technology have on children with special needs?
- How does educational technology factor into tablet technology?
- What kind of results are documented on the positive impact tablet technology has on children with special needs?
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Can Breaking
Through be a tool for people who live and work with special needs
children?
The breakthrough example that was used was on the basis of
an autistic child who discovered his Aunt’s IPad. Once he discovered this Ipad it immediately
started reducing the number of frustrations he dealt with. (Glaeser 2016) I can see how this tool can work, but I
wonder the range of students this tool will work with. The research is very limited to the type of
students with disabilities as well as the tools you can use. The article to me is very misleading of what I
originally thought I was going to get out of it, but it does offer a wonderful tool that
can be used with certain students with disabilities.
