Using Tablet Computers with Elementary School Students with Special Needs: The Practices and Perceptions of Special Education Teachers and Teacher Assistants

Autor/in	Johnson, Genevieve Marie
Titel	Using Tablet Computers with Elementary School Students with Special Needs: The Practices and Perceptions of Special Education Teachers and Teacher Assistants
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 39 (2013) 4, (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-6677
Schlagwörter	Computer Uses in Education; Elementary School Students; Special Education Teachers; Teacher Aides; Disabilities; Laptop Computers; Teaching Methods; Educational Technology; Teacher Surveys; Electronic Mail; Computer Mediated Communication; Web Sites; Computer Games; Literacy Education; Mathematics Instruction; Student Motivation; Planning; Skill Development; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computernutzung; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Handreichung; Lehrerhilfe; Handicap; Behinderung; Laptop computer; Laptop; Computer; Digitalrechner; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Unterrichtsmedien; Elektronischer Briefkasten; Computerkonferenz; Web-Design; Computer game; Computerspiel; Computerspiele; Mathematics lessons; Mathematikunterricht; Schulische Motivation; Ablaufplanung; Planungsprozess; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	Twelve special education teachers and teacher assistants who have instructional experience using iPads with children with special needs completed a survey that queried their practices and perceptions. In general, teachers and assistants were extremely positive about the value of iPads for children with special needs, particularly for children with autism, attention deficits and limitations of fine motor control. Special education teachers and teacher assistants reported most frequently using iPads to promote student language and literacy skills, although mathematics learning activities were also commonly reported. Enhanced student motivation was the most frequently reported benefit of using tablet computers in school followed by instructional planning advantages. Tablet computers appear to have the potential to be an essential aspect of individual program plans. Teaching tasks might reasonably include downloading and organizing specific applications on specific children's tablets and professional development might increasingly focus of evaluation of tablet applications. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10