Author Archives: Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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About Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

OTR/L with more than 35 years experience in pediatrics, school based therapy and adult rehabilitation. Masters of Science in Adaptive Education/Assistive Technology with 20 years experience in AT in education of elementary, middle school, secondary, post secondary students and work environments for adult clients. A RESNA Assistive Technology Practitioner with ACVREP CATIS credentials, AOTA Specialty Certification in Low Vision, USC Davis Executive Certificate in Home Modifications, servicing adults and students with disabilities in employment, education, and home environments. A 2020 graduate of the University of Alabama Birmingham Low Vision Certification Program.

Time + Touch Timer app

Time+ Touch HD app, by SixAxis is currently free today only (10-26-2013; regularly 1.99). Set the time up to 11 hr. 59 minutes and allow it to run in the background when using other apps. Provides visualization for hours (blue), minutes … Continue reading

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Bug Games App – Gone Free

Bug Games app, by Busy Bee Studios, is a fun preschool app with four different activities: counting, letter identification, music  and phonics as well as visual motor activities to entertain (don’t tell them that they are learning!!!) preschool children. Based on … Continue reading

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PT and OT Helper App

PT and OT Helper App’s Cognatus has created a series of PT and OT Helper apps available for Android with iOS apps projected in the future. Features of the apps include: Save setups for each user Create Templates for common injuries Real … Continue reading

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‘Appy’ Halloween

Apps for Halloween! Halloween Card Creator (iPhone/iPad; free) -Make a spooky greeting card and email it to a friend or family member with this app. Use it for a seasonal writing activity. The Very Hungry Pumpkin app (iPhone/iPad; free) Be a … Continue reading

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Tellagami – Create Narrated Animations on Your iPad

As scooped from ipadapps4school.com – Tellagami app Tellagami is a free iPad that elementary school students will enjoy using to create narrated animations. If you have ever used Voki or GoAnimate, Tellagami will feel familiar to you. Tellagami allo… Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: … Continue reading

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Overview of Accessibility Features in iOS 7

Luis Perez provides an overview of iOS 7 Accessibility Features on YouTube: This video provides a general overview of some of the new features for accessibility in iOS 7. These features are covered in more detail in their own videos … Continue reading

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Claro PDF App – Free for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013

Annotation apps are many, however finding an app that provide tools for inserting text along with text to speech are few. The developers at Claro Apps provides annotation tools along with text to speech capabilities in their ClaroPDF app for Dyslexia Awareness Week 2013. Currently free (5.99; … Continue reading

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Magic Stickers! Gone Free

Magic Stickers app, for iPhone/iPad is a fun emergent writing and drawing app for preschool children currently gone free. Developed by the folks at Lazoo, makers of Squiggles and Let’s Color apps for preschoolers, this app provides creative play and … Continue reading

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UDL reading and writing supports for the Chromebook and Chrome Browser

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Kit Hard from edtechkit.blogspot.com Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Suggested extensions to support students with special needs from Kit Hard. Carol See on edtechkit.blogspot.com

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Free Technology for Teachers: A Short Guide to Creating and Sharing Google Calendars

See on Scoop.it – OT mTool Kit Carol Leynse Harpold‘s insight: Richard Byrne on his Free Tech 4 Teachers Blog shares a short guide to creating and sharing Google Calendars. Although this is a pretty easy thing to do, he … Continue reading

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