Jun 14

Focus group on assistive technology

Posted by Hugo Paredes

On April 3, 2017 INESC TEC have promoted a focus group session to  study the usage of assistive learning technologies for STEM – Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics – subject learning. The session brought together 14 specialists, including people with…

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Jun 14

BEACONING Webinar for Turkish Teachers

Posted by Ali Turker

Vitamin Teachers’ Portal hosts online webinars regularly. Having the first screenshots of BEACONING meta-game and interface, SEBIT held a webinar for Turkish teachers to make them familiar with the project. Nearly 200 teachers followed the webinar and 900 watched the…

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Jun 14

Introducing BEACONING for Turkish Head Teachers

Posted by Ali Turker

SEBIT organizes regular training sessions for the head teachers of the Ministry of National Education. Earlier this year one session was devoted to BEACONING and the authoring of play-lesson plans. It is not an easy design to merge gaming with learning,…

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Jun 14

BEACONING Accessibility Workshop

Posted by Hugo Paredes

The BEACONING Accessibility Workshop was held at the INESC TEC pole of the University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) on May 23, 2017. About 15 researchers representing the consortium partners involved in the development of the user interface and…

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Jun 14

Beaconing Presentation in Thiais

Posted by Francois Mohier

Yesterday afternoon, we met with early adopters teachers in Thiais (Academia of Creteil) to showcase the Beaconing Tools and focusing in particular on the Maths Basic Algebraic Skills Missions implemented in the Beaconing Platform. The presentation to teachers in a…

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