Computers are powerful resources in the classroom, especially for children with gross and fine motor skills delay. They can be utilized as a resource strategy in the classroom to differentiate instruction. Sometimes it is very frustrating for students with this impairment to be productive especially during writing lessons.

Some students with writing gross and fine motor skills delay tend to avoid writing at any cause because it is very difficult, painful and their fingers get tired. It is frustrating for them because sometimes they are categorized as sloppy or lazy writers. I have a brilliant young man in my classroom. He is extremely smart and articulated. He always participates in class discussions and contributes with positive feedback toward lessons. But when it is time to do written work he never completes it. Handwriting is very difficult and challenging for him.However, he is very fast writing on the keyboard. For written assignments , he uses the computer. Unfortunately , he has to use the library’s computers because we don’t have computers for students in the classrooms.

Last night’ s class topic was an  eye opener for me. Technology has empowered and revolutionazed our word.  I commented on the lack of technology in many of our districts and I believe, if we are moving into the technology era, we should at least be able to provide the tools that the students need to survive. 

At the beginning of the school year I took my students to a computer lab to do a research project on Famous Latin American People  and I asumed that they were able to search and look up information on their own. To my surprise I found out that the majority of them did’nt have any experience with computers either at school or at home. I spent about three days trying to help them log in step by step. My point is, as the professor said last night, are we prepared for the technological era? What do you think?

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