This document discusses how technology can help alleviate cognitive stress for students with reading disabilities. It identifies three main challenges that cause cognitive stress for these students: decoding, comprehension, and retention. It then provides examples of technologies like text-to-speech apps, reading programs that define words, and e-readers that allow note taking, and how these tools can help address each challenge by assisting with pronunciation, clarifying meaning, and aiding recollection. The overall argument is that technology can reduce cognitive load and stress for students with reading disabilities.

1. Janessa
Senn
Ed
Tech
EDET
735

2. ! Technology
is
beneficial
for
students
with
reading
disabili=es.
It
helps
alleviate
the
cogni=ve
load
that
readers
experience
as
they
read.

3. ! Students
with
reading
disabili=es
experience
a
lot
of
cogni=ve
stress.
The
stresses
are
caused
by
three
challenges:
Comprehension
Reten=on
Decoding
Cogni=ve
Stress

4. Decoding
! Inability
to
break
down
words
into
phonemes
! Common
challenge
among
students
with
dyslexia
! Cogni=ve
stress:
can’t
get
beyond
the
pronuncia=on
and
composi=ons
of
words

5. Comprehension
! Inability
to
understand
what
has
been
read.
! Common
challenge
among
students
with
dyslexia
! Cogni=ve
Stress:
can’t
understand
what
the
contextual
meaning
of
words
on
the
page

6. Reten=on
! Inability
to
remember
what
has
been
read.
! Cogni=ve
Stress:
doesn’t
remember
what
was
read
immediately
or
shortly
aIer
reading

7. ! By
using
technology
to
assist
with
reading,
students
who
have
reading
disabili=es
will
experience
less
cogni=ve
stress.

8. Benefits
of
Technology

9. ! Apps,
like
Speark
It!
can
read
text
aloud
! Readers
can
follow
along
as
the
text
is
read
Cogni&ve
Stress

10. ! Computer
reading
programs,
like
the
Kurzweil
3000,
can
define
words
to
clarify
meaning
of
a
given
text.
Cogni&ve
Stress

11. ! Reading
devices,
like
a
kindle,
allows
readers
to
make
notes
while
they
read.
This
will
help
struggling
readers
reflect
on
the
text.
Cogni&ve
Stress