The document discusses the use of technology in teaching reading and writing to students with learning disabilities, focusing on various difficulties encountered such as decoding and comprehension issues. It outlines methods for addressing these challenges, including lesson plans for reading and writing activities that integrate different software tools like Microsoft Movie Maker and Audacity. Additionally, it emphasizes the importance of group discussions and hands-on activities to enhance student engagement and learning.

1. Using Technology to Teach Reading and Writing to Students with Learning Disabilities Gabi and Jean EFL537

2. Process of Learning to Read Decoding Comprehension Retention

3. Reading Difficulities Decoding Difficulties d or [d] Comprehension Difficulties Blue Retention Difficulties

4. Process of Learning to Write Imitation Progressive Incorporation Automatization

5. Techniques to Address Writing Difficulties Attention Problems Spatial / Sequential Ordering Memory Problems Language Problems Higher-order cognition problems Graphomotor Problems

6. Software Used Microsoft Movie maker Audacity Google Document ProProfs Quiz Text-to-Speech

7. Microsoft Movie Maker Snowman Interactive Vocabulary Video

8. Audacity Frosty the snowman record

9. Google Documents Frosty the snowman returns

10. ProProfs Quiz Snowman test

11. Text-to-Speech - Read Please 2003 http://www.readplease.com/ Text-to-Speech Jing http://efl537.com/blog/text-voice-jing-gabi

12. 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

13. Lesson Plan - Part 2 - Writing Review vocabulary with word blocks Review story and Quiz Discussion graphic organizers Group write Class sharing Homework

14. Discussion & Questions