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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

At the same time, because the metaverse is also being used in areas like social media and the creation of video games, its use as an educational tool has not necessarily been fully understood by all. With that being said, metaverse learning is a relatively new concept and one that many educators are still getting to grips with.

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How to create accessible e-learning design

Neo LMS

Many visually-impaired people use screen readers or other forms of assistive technology to navigate web pages, and heading tags are easier to interpret by such technology. Likewise, all video content should have its own transcription, in the same location. Subtitles make all these problems disappear.

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Padlet Post #3: Engineering Design Cycle

Cycles of Learning

This post DEFINITELY represents something I am very excited about and I sense is working very well: capturing student work during an engineering design cycle in the distance learning format. Click here for the edited video clip I provided students which served as the prompt for the project.

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3 Steps to a More Accessible Classroom

Graphite Blog

" I clicked on the "CC" button underneath the YouTube video, and the closed-captioning appeared at the bottom of the screen. Suddenly, all my students were looking at the screen with wide eyes, eager to watch the video. content, ClassDojo videos , GoNoodle, and other phonics or science videos on YouTube.

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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. Originally I had students do video walkthroughs to document and explain their work, but now I use speech-to-text apps to copy their ideas into writing for the built-in portfolio.

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Learning with Google: Announcements for 2021

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

As you budget and consider your options, definitely compare your total cost of upgrading all staff to Teaching and Learning versus the cost of upgrading your domain to Plus -- you may find that with just a little more expense, Plus provides maximum benefit. For more on Google and accessibility, check out this link.)

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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

Five years ago, these tools were considered purely assistive technology [for children with special needs]; now everyone’s using them. It’s definitely been hard for them,” Kaswell said. “It For so long, special education and assistive technology has been for ‘those kids over there.’ Every computer and iPad has it.”.