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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

His tablet-run version of the game has the same goal: pick letters to figure out a mystery word. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet. The tablet reads out each letter, building your association between the raised dots and the alphabet.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

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The IDA recommends accommodations in areas such as: variable work and test-taking settings (such as small groups, reduced distractions, and alternative furniture arrangements). provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). offer an alternative answer sheet.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

The IDA recommends accommodations in areas such as: variable work and test-taking settings (such as small groups, reduced distractions, and alternative furniture arrangements). provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). offer an alternative answer sheet.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

The IDA recommends accommodations in areas such as: variable work and test-taking settings (such as small groups, reduced distractions, and alternative furniture arrangements). provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). offer an alternative answer sheet. DyslexiaIDA.

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October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

Ask a Tech Teacher

The IDA recommends accommodations in areas such as: variable work and test-taking settings (such as small groups, reduced distractions, and alternative furniture arrangements). provide assistive technology (such as a calculator, text-to-speech tools, and electronic dictionaries). offer an alternative answer sheet. DyslexiaIDA.

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Smartphones in Education: Redirecting Distraction with Mobile Learning

ViewSonic Education

Furthermore, while not every student has access to a notebook or tablet computer, a recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that 95% of American teens own a smartphone. In fact, this poll indicates that nearly half of American teens are online “almost constantly,” even during school hours.

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

ViewSonic Education

To provide an example, a group of students learning about space and the stars may be able to learn through the experience of going outside and looking at stars through a telescope. To offer up another example of this, imagine a group of medical students learning important techniques for surgery.

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