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Hacking for Holidays

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Our popular annual toy, game, and instructional material adaptation and student engagement workshop "Hacking for the Holidays" is back this year and promises to be better than ever as we are taking the show on the road to Roanoke!  Space for this event is extremely limited, so register today!

Date: Friday, December 5th

Time: 10:00am-3:00pm

Location: South County Library, 6303 Merriman Road, Roanoke, VA 24018

This FREE event provides educators, related service providers, and other school-based staff with the beginning skills necessary to adapt simple toys, games, and other types of instructional materials using common tools to boost student engagement.

All participants will be provided with a simple toy and other materials to practice their hacking skills, as well as the opportunity to visit stations to adapt and create materials focusing on communication, literacy, and environmental control.

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