“Daddy, Look at the Video I Made on My iPad!”

Digital Personal Stories: A Case Study of Two African Adolescents, with Severe Learning and Communication Disabilities

“…Indeed, people with disabilities note that iPads may represent a shift in the "deficit discourse" [3], according to which mobile technologies can be used seamlessly and without disruption in everyday activities, including learning in the classroom. Thus, increasingly, educators are curious and keen to understand iPads' learning potential and appropriateness for all students [4]. The notion that iPads might be supportive of children's learning involves an understanding of the specific characteristics of iPads and of the "apps", that is programs which deliver specific content on the devices.Our previous findings and several other reports show that iPads and comparable tablets are part of the growing technologymediated communication of children in special education in Western countries.…”

Digital Technologies, Children’s Learning, and the Affective Dimensions of Family Relationships in the Home

“…and Laidlaw, O'Mara & Wong (2015) looked at the provision of technology, including tablets in six Canadian and four Australian families of 3-5-year olds. The families lived in rural as well as urban areas and the researchers used several ethnographic techniques (participant observations, informal interviews, field notes, and conversations with the children) to ascertain how children's everyday activities with technologies at home were shaping their role in the family.…”