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A Board Game for a Visually Impaired Person

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What the work shows

Following a visit from a visually impaired student this class developed games suitable for both sighted and visually impaired players. In pairs, they generated ideas from existing products and designed, tested, and made their own games.

The following sections detail the work, and indicate what was achieved at each stage.

For classroom background and teaching and learning sequence, see The learning context.

Beginning the investigation Beginning the investigation
Generating the criteria Generating the criteria
Drawing skills and first plans Drawing skills and first plans
Selecting and developing solutions Selecting and developing solutions
Construction and testing Construction and testing

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