Digital games & special education

Abstract

Educators define three factors of interaction or as they refer to the 3 C's in education: Children (children), Community (communication), and Computer (computers) [1]. Information and Communication Technologies are an integral tool of the educational process for modern educational systems, helping the learning process to turn from passive to active, pushing each student to learn independence and autonomy. In recent years, the sciences of education have turned their attention and have already recognized the importance of games and even digital games as a learning tool, emphasizing the benefits for students with or without educational needs.

The use of Robotics for the Development of Social Skills for Children with ASD

“…The incorporation of digital technologies in education domain is very productive and successful, facilitates and improves the educational procedures via Mobiles [29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42], various ICTs applications , AI & STEM [80][81][82][83][84][85][86][87][88][89][90][91], and games [92][93][94][95][96][97][98][99][100][101]. Additionally the combination of ICTs with theories and models of metacognition, mindfulness, meditation and emotional intelligence cultivation as well as with environmental factors and nutrition [25][26][27][28], accelerates and improves more over the educational practices and results.…”

The Use of ICTs by Children and Young People with Mental Retardation and Syndrome Down in Domains of their Daily Life

“…Obviously, technology would not cure intellectual disability or even fully compensate for the difficulties encountered by persons with intellectual disabilities, but, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can, however improve their abilities to better integrate, changing also the way they learn and improving the lives of these individuals and facilitating participation in society. Finally we have to underline the role of digital technologies in education domain that is very productive and successful, facilitates and improves the assessment, the intervention and the educational procedures via Mobiles [31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40], various ICTs applications , AI & STEM [75][76][77][78][79][80][81][82][83][84][85], and games [86][87][88][89][90][91][92]. Additionally the combination of ICTs with theories and models of metacognition, mindfulness, meditation and emotional intelligence cultivation as well as with environmental factors and nutrition [27][28][29][30], accelerates and improves more over the educational practices and results, especially the gifted students with ADHD.…”

The impact of digital technologies and social networks in young women and young mother’s entrepreneurship and employability

“…Finally we have to underline the role of digital technologies in education and employability domains that is very productive and successful, facilitates and improves the assessment, the intervention and the educational procedures via Mobiles [53][54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66], various ICTs applications , AI & STEM [104][105][106][107][108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115], and games [116][117][118][119][120][121][122][123][124][125]. Additionally the combination of ICTs with theories and models of metacognition, mindfulness, meditation and emotional intelligence cultivation as well as with environmental factors and nutrition [49][50][51][52], accelerates and improves more over the educational practices and results, especially for entrepreneurship and employability development and acceleration.…”