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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

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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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FETC 2015 Kicks Off With a BYOD Bang

EdTech Magazine

Frank Smith A game-based learning event, executive summit and hands-on sessions are highlights of the opening day of the conference. Classroom Collaboration Curriculum Game-based Learning Hardware Leadership Management Mobility Notebooks Online Learning Policies STEM Tablets'

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

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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. Each of them received $1 million.

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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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Top 10 K–12 Educational Technology Trends

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2 Mobile Devices —Mobile devices in education can be controversial. Proper implementation and monitoring are essential to ensure a beneficial learning experience. Some benefits of mobile devices include the ability to view textbooks, research, participate in Internet-based class assignments, and create media-rich projects.

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MDM solutions and gamification make perfect interactive learning partners

eSchool News

In the era of mobile devices and tablets, interactivity has become the norm for schoolchildren. To facilitate effective teaching and learning, modern schools must equip every classroom with interactive touchscreens and utilize gamification techniques.

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Self-Paced E-Learning Market Evaporating, Report Finds

Marketplace K-12

However, sales of mobile learning, simulation-based learning, game-based learning, and “brain-training” software are all on the rise. These increases are cited as major factors in the global decline of computer-based educational and professional training software.

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