Article Response-How Use of an iPad Facilitated Reading Improvement

Barbara McClanahan's article was a realistic look at a case study around a young boy with ADHD and using the support of an iPad to help improve his reading skills.  I liked this article because it showed the real life struggles that a student with ADHD has with reading and the struggles that tutors or teachers have when supporting them.  It talked about the benefits for students using ebook readers and how students were benefiting from being able to customize their "reading experience".  

In the article it talks about Josh's IEP and his required accommodations and modifications (all that can be achieved using the iPad).  It also talks about a couple case studies where teachers did not implement modifications consistently.  I find a lot of times teachers are trying to modify after the fact when they need to be modify before hand.  This is another way the iPad is effective.  Once you become comfortable with the device lessons or apps are easy to use and often times the student is able to use them independently.  

One last thing that I respected about the article was the fact that it didn't sugar coat things.  It was a realistic example of what helped and where the support needed to go for the student.