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AppWriter Cloud | LingApps
AppWriter Cloud is a Google extension providing word prediction support for struggling writers. One of the only word prediction apps for Google Chrome, this app fills the need for students familiar or needing word prediction to support spelling challenges when … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Education, Google, iPad, Learning Disability, Reading, Text to Speech, Uncategorized, Word Prediction, Writing
Tagged App Review, Google, Learning Disability, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, special needs students, Word Prediction, Writing
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Digital Halloween Fun!
Here is some digital Halloween fun for your mobile devices… Halloween eBook – (free) for iPhone and iPad provides this halloween vocabulary and social communication skills around the concept of “where”. Teo & Bianca Halloween Coloring Book – (free) for … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, Apps for OT's, iPad, iPhone, iPod
Tagged App Review, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy
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My Brain on Apps
This infographic reaffirms how difficult it can be to “sift and winnow” apps when there are more than 67,000 educational iPad apps. Finding the right one to support individuals with special needs can be a challenge and take time! Courtesy of: AvatarGeneration Here … Continue reading
Skill Game – A Visual Motor and Spatial Reasoning Challenge
Skill Game app, by Good Apps is a Game Center app listed as “Free for a short time”. Designed for iPhone and iPad, this is an electronic visual motor – pencil paper kind of activity requiring problem solving, fine motor and visual … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, Apps for OT's, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Visual Motor
Tagged App Review, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, OT Apps, Stylus, Visual motor apps
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Organization & Time Management Android Apps for High School and College Students
The previous post “Organization and Time Management Apps for High School and College Students” on OT’s with Apps brought a comment from a visitor indicating the lack of suggested apps for Android users. As an iDevice user who is also in charge of managing iDevices in the … Continue reading
AppWriter – A Multi-Purpose App for Individuals with Learning Disabilities
Are you in need of an app that provides: Text to speech Word prediction Word highlighting File management Dyslexie font (a specialized font for dyslexics) AppWriter may be your answer! AppWriter US for iPad (19.99) is a text editing app that … Continue reading
Posted in Adults with LD, App Rubric, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iPad, Learning Disability, Occupational Therapy, Special education, Text to Speech, Word Prediction, Writing
Tagged App Review, iPad, Learning Disability, occupational therapy, OT Apps, special education, Text to Speech, Word Prediction
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Fending off Forgetting: Pillboxie
Reblogged from candidaabrahamson: Managing medications is a difficult endeavor. I’ve come up with this brilliant little solution: When I wake up and take my morning meds, I then throw them, so I’ll know I’ve taken them. I throw the ones I won’t … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mental Health
Tagged App Review, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, OT Apps
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4th of July Fireworks Apps – (but don’t forget the ear muffs)!
Whether celebrating the 4th of July in the US or planning for an outdoor fireworks show elsewhere, here are a few app that might entertain or forecast a firework event for individuals with special needs. Thanks to Digital Storytime for their review of … Continue reading
Posted in Android, App Rubric, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, Cause and Effect apps, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Self-regulation, Sensory Apps, Sensory Apps for ASD, Social Skills, Special Needs
Tagged Android, App Review, iPad, iPhone, iPod, occupational therapy, OT Apps, Sensory Apps, Social Skills, Social story, special needs students
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Generating QR Code with Chirbit
QR codes are a fast way of retrieving information from URL’s on websites, blogs or from a QR code on hard copy. A prior post QR Codes as AT reviewed QR apps and QR Voice, an online resource for creating a … Continue reading
Posted in App Rubric, iPad, iPhone, iPod, QR Reader
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Evaluation Rubric for iPad and iPad Apps
How do you evaluate apps you are considering purchasing or downloading? Will you need to justify the types of “educational” apps you use with your students or clients? There are many reasons for having different kinds of apps on your … Continue reading
