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Technology Review's summing up of reviews for the Nook ebook reader
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27358/
mentions that the new device has a Read and Record function so that someone can record herself reading aloud to accompany a child reader as the child reads a book on the Nook.
While Technology Review called this feature "sad," I immediately thought of kisd with print disabilities--things like dyslexia, as opposed to vision impairments--as having an audio text to listen to while reading the print text is a common way to make reading more comprehensible for readers with print disabilities.
I'm a big advocate of getting kids with disabilities used to using technology as soon as possible--there are games now available for getting two-year-olds familiar with using a computer keyboard--both because the earlier you teach a kid something, the more intuitively they will use it, and getting kids hooked on books is a prime example of this.
http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/helloworld/27358/
mentions that the new device has a Read and Record function so that someone can record herself reading aloud to accompany a child reader as the child reads a book on the Nook.
While Technology Review called this feature "sad," I immediately thought of kisd with print disabilities--things like dyslexia, as opposed to vision impairments--as having an audio text to listen to while reading the print text is a common way to make reading more comprehensible for readers with print disabilities.
I'm a big advocate of getting kids with disabilities used to using technology as soon as possible--there are games now available for getting two-year-olds familiar with using a computer keyboard--both because the earlier you teach a kid something, the more intuitively they will use it, and getting kids hooked on books is a prime example of this.
