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15 Assistive Technology Tools & Resources For Students With Disabilities

TeachThought - Learn better.

15 Assistive Technology Tools & Resources For Students With Disabilities. One tool to help students with disabilities even in the face of a special education teacher shortage is assistive technology. Today, assistive technology can help students with certain disabilities learn more effectively.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

The metaverse is an emerging technology that is gradually becoming more mainstream within education, in part because it delivers immersive learning experiences for students. This technology can also cater to a variety of other needs too.

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Tobii Dynavox launches Boardmaker 7 – the new platform for special education

eSchool News

Tobii Dynavox, the global leader in assistive technology for communication, today announced the new generation of its special education platform Boardmaker. Over many years, we have made large investments based on the latest technology and customer feedback to build Boardmaker 7.

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5 Tech Resources for the Blind or Visually Impaired

The Innovative Educator

Fortunately, there are low-to-no-cost technologies that provide support to the visually impaired and blind population. Fi ve technologies to support the visually impaired and legally blind. You can request assistance at any time of the day, from anywhere, and it will always be free. These are unfortunate statistics.

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Technology in the Classroom: The Complete Guide

ViewSonic Education

There has always been technology in the classroom, even if it hasn’t always been welcome. Take a brief look at the history of technology’s uneasy relationship with education. Continue reading to learn everything you always wanted to know about technology in the classroom. . There has always been technology in the classroom.

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Twitter Enhances Accessibility with Alt Text for Images

ProfHacker

Alternative text works with assistive technologies like screen readers , where a description of the image is read out loud by the screen reader. So far, adding alt text has been enabled only for the iOS and Android Twitter apps, but we should start to see this feature being made available via other platforms soon.

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Come to the Mobile Learning Experience in September 2013

The Mobile Native

This year''s topics include project-based learning, assistive technologies, Common Core State Standards, Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT), and the open content revolution. Mobile Learning Experience 2013 will also address other devices like laptops, Chromebooks, and Android tablets. Learn more at mobile2013.org