Mobile technology-enhanced
literacy initiatives have
become a focus of efforts to support learning for students with literacy
difficulties. The Laptops Initiative for Post-Primary Students with Dyslexia
or other Reading/Writing Difficulties offers insights into and addresses questions about ICT policy making
regarding m-learning technologies for students with literacy difficulties. Thirty-one schools participated in this initiative. Adopting an
intepretive perspective, research and data analysis centred
on four school case studies and involved classroom observations,
teacher, student and principal interviews as well as survey of teachers in
other participating schools. Findings are presented
under three headings: laptop deployment models (fixed, floating and
fostered), constraints and supports for teacher and student agency, and
technology-enhanced literacy pedagogy. We conclude by
noting the the increasing appeal of m-learning to support literacy and how
schools mediate access to laptops and associated literacy learning
opportunities.
Mobile technology-enhanced
literacy initiatives have
become a focus of efforts to support learning for students with literacy
difficulties. The Laptops Initiative for Post-Primary Students with Dyslexia
or other Reading/Writing Difficulties offers insights into and addresses questions about ICT policy making
regarding m-learning technologies for students with literacy difficulties. Thirty-one schools participated in this initiative. Adopting an
intepretive perspective, research and data analysis centred
on four school case studies and involved classroom observations,
teacher, student and principal interviews as well as survey of teachers in
other participating schools. Findings are presented
under three headings: laptop deployment models (fixed, floating and
fostered), constraints and supports for teacher and student agency, and
technology-enhanced literacy pedagogy. We conclude by
noting the the increasing appeal of m-learning to support literacy and how
schools mediate access to laptops and associated literacy learning
opportunities.