Special+Education

//Welcome to **West Chester's Technology in Special** **Education** page! This page contains annotated bibliographies, full research papers, and references/links to educational technology resources that you can use to integrate technology into your classroom. ENJOY!// toc

=Annotated Bibliographies=

Alyson Sweinhart
 * Annotated Bibliography**

(2008). STUDY ISLAND. District Administration, 44(13), 66. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.


 * This excerpt is part of a New Products magazine. It outlines what Study Island is, and how it is beneficial in the classroom.

Dunn, M., Elder-Hinshaw, R., Nelson, J., & Manset-Williamson, G. (2006). Engaging Older Students With Reading Disabilities: Multimedia Inquiry Projects Supported by Reading Assistive Technology. (Cover story). Teaching Exceptional Children, 39(1), 6-11. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.


 * The article presents a curriculum for instructing older students with reading disabilities in designing multi-media powerpoint presentations using reading assistive technology. The steps of creating the research project are discussed, as well as the value of the inquiry projects in obtaining, synthesizing and summarizing information from research read by the student.

Rohland, M., & Mid-Atlantic Lab. for Student Success, P. (2002). Successful Reading Instruction: Reports and Recommendations from a National Invitational Conference. LSS Review, 1(1), Retrieved from ERIC database.


 * This article is based on many different pieces produced by students who attended a reading conference on the successful implementation of teaching reading comprehension. Specifically, I used the article by two Stanford students who focused on computer-based reading instruction.

Zehr, M. (2009). Literacy Program Found to Have Effect. Education Week, 29(9), 4. Retrieved from Academic Search Complete database.


 * The article focuses on the computerized reading program Read 180 which was developed by Scholastic Inc. The program's potential as an intervention for literacy and the research on Read 180 was reviewed by the federal What Works Clearinghouse. The conclusion is that Read 180 can improve reading comprehension.

Professor Kinslow EDT500 July 5, 2010
 * Shelby McGeehin**
 * Weblogs in the Classroom: An Annotated Bibliography**

Davis, A. & McGrail, E. (2009). Proof-Revising with Podcasting: Keeping in Mind as Students Listen To and Rethink Their Writing. The Reading Teacher. 62, (6), 522-529. These authors take class blogging a step further by incorporating podcasting (an audio recording that can be posted to a student’s blog) as a modality for proofreading and revising one’s blog posts. The authors’ motivation is based on the idea that… “Proof-revising is a complex literacy task that requires practice with a real audience in an authentic writing context, and activities such as classroom blogs and podcasts can help” (p 522).

Poling, C. (2005). Blog On: Building Communication and Collaboration among Staff and Students. Learning & Leading with Technology. 32, (6), 12-15. Wess discusses the following topics in this article about classroom teachers using weblogs: (1) blogging to support learning, (2) individual blogs, (3) classroom blogs, (4) collaborative blogs and, (5) staff development blogs. The article provides the reader with examples of how to use weblogs in the classroom; Wess also identifies the benefits of using this classroom tool.

West, K.C. (2008). Weblogs and Literary Response: Socially Situated Identities and Hybrid Social Languages in English Class Blogs. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 57, (7), 588-589. In this article the author uses experiential research on classroom blogging in her 11th grade American Literature class. West wishes to answer the question of “What is the nature of literary response as communicated via weblog?” She attempts to answer this question by analyzing three of her students’ writing samples (blogs) using an adaptation of Gee’s (2005) concepts of situated meanings, social languages, and Discourse models. Her secondary research question is: might this tool for literary responses change the ways students engage with the literature?

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References and Links to Educational Technology Resources
Shelby's Tech Portfolio