Top FAQ 7: How can technology help teachers individualize teaching materials to make learning engaging and challenging for all students?
Technology tools, if designed according to WAI and UDL guidelines, can be created to support the individualization necessary to engage all learners, as illustrated by the following examples: Pam, a student with learning disabilities for whom English is also a second language, uses the CAST eReaderTM to help her complete a reading assignment. eReader’s spoken voice and synchronized highlighting features help her track the words on the page, pace her reading, and associate the way a word looks with the way it sounds. After reading the story several times with the spoken voice option turned on and the highlighting speed set to slow, she turns the read aloud feature off, increases the highlighting speed slightly, and reads the story again, in this manner working gradually to increase her reading comprehension and speed. Seth, a student with low vision whose word comprehension skills are excellent, uses eReader to adjust the font, style, size and color of the digital text, and the backgroun
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