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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. We’re changing the dynamic so that a kid is looking forward to learning.” Schultz isn’t a stranger to technology for people with impairments.

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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

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Some of them are still emerging, and some of them are controversial, but they all have great potential for teaching and learning. 2 Mobile Devices —Mobile devices in education can be controversial. Proper implementation and monitoring are essential to ensure a beneficial learning experience.

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Change the Game: Using Minecraft to Teach Students with Autism

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Modern research has continued to demonstrate that playful learning improves educational outcomes, even more so when it’s digital and multi-modal. Modern research has continued to demonstrate that playful learning improves educational outcomes. Of course, not all games are created equal.

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