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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

His tablet-run version of the game has the same goal: pick letters to figure out a mystery word. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet.

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Looking Back At 2011 And Looking Forward To 2012

The Web20Classroom

We are seeing more and more teachers, conferences, and companies embrace QR as another way to engage students, audiences and customers. Tablets- It''s going to be tough to find anyone who would argue that Tablet did not increase in use in education this year. So, how did I do last year? That I believe to be true.

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Dave’s Killer Bread Co-Founder Invests in Rising Prison Education Startup

Edsurge

It’s rare enough for any entrepreneur to lead a company to a $275 million sale—in cash. But that’s how much Dave Dahl sold his family company , Dave’s Killer Bread, for in 2015. Today, it claims to be the largest organic bread company in America. He learned about it when the company reached out to him last November.

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Acer Unveils Ultrafast Convertible Chromebook

EdTech Magazine

He added that 10 million Acer Chromebooks have been delivered to schools since 2012. Tablet Has a Touch of Google AR. The tablet pairs with the Google OS to offer a Google Expeditions augmented reality feature, along with a built-in Wacom electro-magnetic resonance stylus and Chrome management console.

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Game On: Kahoot Snaps Up DragonBox for $18 Million for Its First Acquisition

Edsurge

Last December, following a Disney investment that valued the company at $376 million , the Oslo-based company made clear its intention to build a pipeline for acquisitions. The company has since expanded its collection of games to cover other math skills, from number sense to geometry proofs. The company also earned $1.9

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Verizon launches free trainings and tools to help educators navigate digital instruction

eSchool News

The program is now expanding to include a new model for schools that already have 1:1 device programs, with Verizon providing hotspots equipped with a 30GB 4G LTE monthly data plan for students who have a school-issued tablet or laptop but lack reliable home internet access. billion in 2019.

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InstallFree Nexus & Rndr shutting down - any know of alternatives?

Educational Technology Guy

InstallFree Nexus allowed you to use Microsoft Office or LibreOffice on an iPad, Android Tablet or Chromebook and access your files from a variety of cloud services to edit. Unfortunately, we have not been successful in turning these services into a sustainable business for our company and must therefore reconsider our strategy.