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Change the Game: Using Minecraft to Teach Students with Autism

Edsurge

And while I love LEGOs, Minecraft is definitely easier to build in scale and clean up, not to mention less likely to hurt your foot in a misstep. Minecraft gives children a way to use their creative faculties in an environment unbound by rules. So, I paid for a small private server for my students to explore and work together safely.

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Learning technology once reserved for special needs students is now in everyone’s hands. Can teachers figure out how best to use it?

The Hechinger Report

But now he’s implementing a particularly intense approach to it, known as personalized learning. His seventh-graders set their own learning goals and focus on mastering skills and knowledge via a combination of online resources (such as BrainPOP and Kahn Academy) and painstaking guidance and support from a team of teachers.

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The Benefits of Speech-to-Text Technology in All Classrooms

MindShift

Students could also highlight new words to hear pronunciations or learn definitions, strengthening vocabularies. Students gained technological skills during virtual learning that they might not have otherwise gleaned.

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How to vet edtech tools to promote success at school for all learners

Hapara

Secondly, when we make technology easier to use for students served under a 504 like my own kids, English language learners or those served by special education (spED), we also aid students in the general education population. . Thirdly, it allows every learner: the ability to articulate and set personal learning goals.

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