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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

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“We’ve now taken the boring task of learning Braille and turned it into a game,” says Schultz, co-founder of Boston-based educational games maker ObjectiveEd. According to Crunchbase , global investment activity in assistive technology has grown from $118.5 Schultz isn’t a stranger to technology for people with impairments.

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Come to the Mobile Learning Experience in September 2013

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Cross Post from @TonyVincent "Learning in Hand" It''s my pleasure to be on the team organizing Mobile Learning Experience 2013. Mobile educators from across the country are gathering for three days to share, collaborate, and explore the many facets of mobile learning. Please consider presenting at Mobile 2013.

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Salesforce Donates $8.5M to Computer Science Education

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million to San Francisco and Oakland schools to support computer science education. Funding in both districts will go toward hiring math and computer science middle school staff, buying assistive technology for special education students and supporting college and career programs. More than a check.

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What Happened to Google's Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books?

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And though the same judge ultimately dismissed the case in 2013, handing Google a victory that allowed it to keep on scanning, the dream of easy and full access to all those works remains just that. Without Google’s backing and technological abilities, a resource like HathiTrust would have been much harder to create, she says. “We

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Access Your Stuff with Parallels Access

Kathy Schrock

During September 2013, Parallels gave me five year-long subscription licenses for Parallels Access to give away to K-16 educators! I provide Ed Tech and Assistive Technology support to students with disabilities. Parallels is working on a pricing model for schools and colleges, so watch for that, too! This is amazing!

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Thingiverse: Discover, Make, And Share 3D Printer Designs

TeachThought - Learn better.

What began in 2008 as a website exclusively for the burgeoning maker community has grown into a robust gateway to 3D printing and 3D design for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide including educators, professional engineers and designers. “We Today, Thingiverse boasts more than 2 million active monthly users and 1.7

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Wakelet

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

As I mentioned above, I first discovered Wakelet last year at KySTE 2019 thanks to Stella Pollard , a wonderful educator and frequent presenter! Please share your educator story. I have been an educator since 2013. My journey began in Perry County Schools as a para-educator for a first-grade classroom.