12043

12043

General Session - Conference Presentation Only (20 minutes, no formal paper)

Meeta Joseph, Gordon Graydon Memorial Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada meeta.joseph@peelsb.com Christine Bellini, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, christine.bellini@peelsb.com
 * Using E-Readers To Increase Literacy Skills with Learning Disabled Students**

There is a great deal of research that exists on the use of technology to increase literacy skills of students with learning disabilites. We examined a new form of technology, e-readers, to find if they increased literacy skills on low-level secondary school students. E-readers offer students a greater amount of freedom; they are portable, lightweight, and can hold hundreds of books in one small tablet. Our findings showed that there was a significant increase in reading time when learning disabled students used e-readers.

All Audiences technology, e-readers, learning disabilities