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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

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Schultz has taken a career in building special needs software and games for people who are blind or have low vision into ObjectiveEd, a new endeavor at a time when investor interest in educational tools and investor interest in assistive technology are apparently on the rise. million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5

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Top Webinars of 2016

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In 2016 edWeb.net hosted over 250 webinars that have been viewed by 170,000 educators. From integrating technology into school libraries, to special education, to coding and robotics, there was something for everyone this year. In case you missed them, here are the 25 most popular webinars of 2016. # 3 Dr. . #

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At Emoti-Con 2016, NYC Youth Present Innovative Ideas For the World—Including a Wheelchair Wallet

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If you were to walk through the Celeste Bartos Forum—a beautiful venue in the New York Public Library—on June 11th, you would have found yourself amidst diverse youth with dreams of changing the world for the better through STEM. Yes, indeed, I am talking about Emoti-Con 2016 ! This year was my first year at Emoti-Con. Art & Tech.

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The power of Translator and PowerPoint’s automatic captioning and translation (in over 60 languages)!

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AASL National School Library Standards , Key Commitment: Include. The feature is free in versions from 2016 on and in the online version. Include : Demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to inclusiveness and respect for diversity in the learning community. Here are some other powerful tools shared in the webinar.

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Accessibility, Audio Texts, and the Persistence of Print

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[ This is a guest post by Michelle Morgan, who is Assistant Director of Educational Technology at Yale University and Adjunct Professor of American Studies at Connecticut College. To maximize study time I took books-on-CD out at the public library. You can find her online on Twitter at @MichelleAMorgan. --@JBJ].