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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Edsurge

Marty Schultz has added a twist to hangman, the classic word-guessing game. 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.

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The 5-Year, $15 Million Global Learning XPRIZE Competition Is Over. Here’s Who Won.

Edsurge

and London-based nonprofit Onebillion. Kitkit offers a game-based learning program on tablets to help children learn independently. The app offers a library of books and videos and 2,400 learning activities across 22 sessions covering math and reading.

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3DBear Review: The Augmented Reality Classroom Pro

The CoolCatTeacher

First, 3D bear is a free download for smartphones and tablets. You can use it and learn. “I’ve seen kids get so immersed in their 3D Bear projects that they had no idea how much they were learning.” 3DBear includes other 3D libraries that let students add, arrange, and create digital items in your classroom.

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Interacty – A New Platform for Teachers to Create Educational Games and Interactive Worksheets

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Interacty is an online platform that allows teachers and educators to create learning games and interactive worksheets to work with students at school and online. In a sense, Interacty works resembles Kahoot, Blooket, Quizlet, Quizizz, and other services that allow you to create game-based learning materials.

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Get Your Tech On

Technology Tidbits

"Today through November 30 , teachers can visit pbslearningmedia.org/ getyourtechon to access free tech-themed content collections, how-to guides on building digital classrooms, professional development webinars, and enter to win weekly tablet giveaways."

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Alabama Department of Education Gives Students Free Summer Access to Fuel Education Solutions

techlearning

These vetted programs are given to students for free and are accessible anywhere they can get online using their tablets or computers.”. Stride is an online, adaptive game-based learning platform that inspires students to practice and master concepts in math, reading, language arts, and science.

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Making your Life Fun with Gamified Innovations

The Game Agency

Hence convincing the clients about the game-based learning was a challenge with limited resources back then. It took the team a fair amount of hard work and a huge passion to patiently see their dreams take wings and 12 years down the line today, games are all around us and used by all ages for fun, K-12 education and training.