How I Learned to Embrace Technology in a School-Based Setting

Let's face it: Technology makes everything easier. But what are students really learning when they use apps or online games? And what is the best way to target speech and language goals using tech? I interned during the 2017–-2018 school year as a student speech-language pathologist at an elementary school for K–5 students. All the sweet children I saw loved technology, having been born into a digital world. Our main source of technology at this school was a single tablet specific for the speech-language pathology department. This tablet had tons of apps, some for articulation, some for language and some for educational games. As a student intern, I believed using technology during sessions was an "easy way out." (Of course, this belief excluded students working with augmentativ...

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