using technology tools by students with learning disabilities
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Tech Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities:
Infusion into Inclusive Classrooms
By: Jane Quenneville
Preventing School Failure, Summer 2001, Vol.45, No.4, pp 167-170
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In the article "Tech Tools for Students with Learning Disabilities: Infusion into Inclusive Classrooms", by Jane Quenneville, the benefits of using technology tools by students with learning disabilities are discussed. Students with learning disabilities who have been provided with new technologies have been, "More successful in the general education classrooms" (1).
Children with learning disabilities that use new technologies such as computers that provide talking word processors, word prediction programs, and portable note taking devices, are more likely to participate in the classroom, and the children tend to feel more accepted by their peers. "The technology can ease frustration, increase motivation, foster a sense of peer acceptance, and improve productivity in the classroom and at home" (5)...