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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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Metaverse Education: What’s Next for Virtual Learning?

ViewSonic Education

The term metaverse dates back to 1992, but the realized potential of the metaverse is relatively recent with metaverse education still in its infancy. Naturally, this means educators will have questions about where this technology is heading and what comes next for virtual learning. Understanding Metaverse Education .

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Why You Shouldn’t Babysit Kids with Tablets! (And What to Do Instead)

The CoolCatTeacher

Advice about Tablets and Young Children: What Works and Warnings from an Expert. Young children engrossed in tablet devices. Today’s guest helps us with balancing the physical world and the virtual tablet-based world many young children inhabit. How can we help children learn to self-regulate their use of tablet devices?

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Building an Impactful Education Ecosystem: The 4 Key Components

ViewSonic Education

Building an impactful education ecosystem is a challenge that many educators have been faced with at some point in their careers. What’s more, building an impactful education ecosystem involves the cohesive integration of several key components if teachers are to see improved student outcomes.

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Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security

EdTech Magazine

Company Offers Free Facial Recognition Software to Boost School Security. Last month, RealNetworks , the streaming media company that garnered attention in the ‘90s and early 2000s for developing the first audio streaming solution , announced it would offer its facial recognition software, SAFR , for free to over 100,000 school districts.

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The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom

TeachThought - Learn better.

This post is sponsored by XP-Pen , manufacturers of a range of drawing tablets for artists, students, and other creative professionals. The Features And Benefits Of The XP-Pen Drawing Tablet In The Classroom. One such company is XP-Pen and their series of tablets. What Is The Best Drawing Tablet?

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Wacom Intuos added to Chrome OS compatible tablet lineup

eSchool News

Chromebook users, especially students and beginning creatives, have more options to start creating digitally, using a Wacom pen tablet with a growing number of drawing, painting and photo editing applications that work flawlessly on Chromebook. Collaboard, Limnu, Explain Everything and Kami, also included, are tailored apps for education.

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