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Measuring Student Engagement with Digital Tools

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One of the most exciting digital technology trends that are helping teachers with the task of measuring student engagement is student-centered i nsight technology. In fact, the myViewBoard software platform , provides educators with the necessary information to understand and respond to students’ needs, based on non-verbal cues.

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Using Assistive Technology for Your Struggling Readers

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Assistive technology, especially audiobooks, provide both multisensory reading and writing experiences and enhance word recognition. Struggling readers themselves, Gavin and Marley, embraced an opportunity from Blackaby to become assistive technology leaders and trainers in their district. Instilling Confidence.

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What is Digital Accessibility? (And Why It’s Crucial at Schools)

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Digital accessibility is about ensuring that all users can perceive, use, and operate web content, software, mobile apps, and other forms of digital media. For example, screen reading software can be utilized to read the content of a website out loud, greatly simplifying browsing for those with visual impairments.

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

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Schultz has taken a career in building special needs software and games for people who are blind or have low vision into ObjectiveEd, a new endeavor at a time when investor interest in educational tools and investor interest in assistive technology are apparently on the rise. million across 38 deals in 2012 to $276.5

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6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse

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While there are still challenges associated with the digital divide and access to technology, this gap is shrinking all the time, especially with smartphones widening access to digital content and software. The post 6 Benefits of Immersive Learning with the Metaverse appeared first on ViewSonic Library.

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

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Tobii Dynavox, the global leader in assistive technology for communication, today announced the new generation of its special education platform Boardmaker. In Boardmaker 7, features from previous generations have been combined in a new software that runs on Windows, Mac and Chromebooks in 14 languages.

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With 3D Technology, Special Education Students Can Focus on Content—Not Access

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That was the confounding question assistive technology specialist Neal McKenzie faced a year and a half ago from one of the 100-plus visually impaired students he helps in the classrooms of Northern California’s Sonoma County. The same is true for software. “I Libraries: V.I.-Specific “What’s an ox?”