Singing Bob Marley or The Ramones... It does not matter! Karaoke can help students developing their capacities. :) This article brings up a very interesting issue: using karaoke as a learning tool for Special Education Students and English Language Learners. A short quotation to increase your curiosity about the article: "SSHH! YOU CAN'T SING IN THE LIBRARY I first had the idea of introducing karaoke into my middle school library program after going to a local club on karaoke Night. People got up and seemed to become someone else-more confident-regardless of their ability to sing. I got up my courage to try it and the same thing happened to me. I chose Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive," and not only did I survive, I felt on top of the world!" It is very interesting, however not new to us (us, the ones who couldn't participate in the symposium in Munich...) because Gudrun had a similar idea for our session... :)

Interacting with media: not only funny, but also extremely useful. This article explores the reality of people with dementia, who are not always able to communicate and to interact with their caregivers. Thus, the authors evaluate an interactive touch screen (named CIRCA) that allows this communication and interaction between them. I won't tell you the results (so that if you're interested... you read the article :), but CIRCA has several applications. which aim to stimulate the memory of people with dementia... and it kinda works out well... :) It is pretty amazing. Great to see people interacting with media with useful objectives.

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