{"id":3665,"date":"2018-06-18T14:22:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3665"},"modified":"2018-06-18T14:19:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-18T19:19:38","slug":"blindfold-games-headed-back-to-school-play-games-and-get-your-schooling-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3665","title":{"rendered":"BlindFold Games Headed Back to School! Play Games and Get Your Schooling On!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1984\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3665-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>BlindFold Games Headed Back to School! Play Games and\u00a0Get Your Schooling On!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Marty Schultz is the creator and designer of BlindFold Games and has over 80 games available for you to get your gaming on. Marty has recently been conducting a survey to check out the educators and teachers and find out what they would like to see in a combo of games mixed with educational learning.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3666\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3666\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3666\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BlindfoldGamesLogo-300x88.png\" alt=\"The Logo for BlindFold Games. A Red bandanna tied to fit your head.\" width=\"300\" height=\"88\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BlindfoldGamesLogo-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BlindfoldGamesLogo-150x44.png 150w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BlindfoldGamesLogo.png 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3666\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of a Red bandanna. The logo for Blindfold Games.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Marty has received all positive feedback and is moving forward with the merger of games and education and we brought him into talk about his plans and what may be around the corner for Blindfold Games.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to keep up on the BlindFold Games activity as Marty plans on having another BlindFold Games National Competition. You can follow Marty on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindfoldgames\">@BlindfoldGames<\/a> and check out his blog page on the web at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BlindFoldGames.org\">www.BlindFoldGames.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you for listening!<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Free blind Abilities App on the Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1986\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3665-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindfoldEDU.mp3BlindFold Games Headed Back to School! Play Games and\u00a0Get Your Schooling On! Marty Schultz is the creator and designer of BlindFold Games and has over 80 games available for you to get your gaming on. Marty has recently been conducting a survey to check out the educators and teachers and find out what they would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,467,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-technology","category-tvitoolbox"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BlindfoldGamesLogo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-X7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2136,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2136","url_meta":{"origin":3665,"position":0},"title":"Blindfold Racer National Challenge 2016 &#8211; Talk Some Smack and Win some Prizes!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"September 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. 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