Category Archives: iPad

Ten Top Halloween Apps: for less than $15 in total | Small But Kinda Mighty

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education More spooktacular apps from Small But Kinda Mighty Blog. Most of them are free! Looks like a great list to engage a variety of ages. Carol See on smallbutkindamighty.com

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Another Sturdy iPad Case and More – The Ekto 2 and Ekto Flex Kit for iPad 2/3

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Here is another iPad case I ran across that would fit in the “sturdy” case category, the Ekto2 Case and Uzibull’s Flex Kit. The Ekto2 case for iPad 2 and 3 provides a protective case and the Flex case provides many different possibilities … Continue reading →

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Easy Access to Your Google Drive on Your Mobile Device

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do use your Google Drive often? Would you like to be able to access your Google Drive with your iPad or iPhone/iPod? What’s the app for that?  The Google Drive App! Google Drive App  (free) developed by Google provides mobile access … Continue reading →

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Touch and Write Cursive Letters App

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Touch and Write Cursive Letters  is an app by FizzBrain ($2.99) for your iPad (OS 4.0+)  It offers a variety of options to practice cursive writing that are fun and creative.  Given how many states are actually removing cursive from … Continue reading →

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Doodle Dots App

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Familiar with PBS Kids Sprouts , providing educational programming for preschoolers? Sprout has online games as well as a number of apps available for free for iPhone or iPad. Spouts Doodle Dots App (free) for iPad is one of their … Continue reading →

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Digital Halloween Fun!

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

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 →

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Graphic Supported Text with Text to Speech using ClaroRead App

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Do you still create and utilize graphic supported text for your students or clients for recipes, books, stories, directions or lists? Interested in being able to access them on your iPad? Using programs that create graphic supported text such as Boardmaker … Continue reading →

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SimplyWorks for iPad Part 2: Joystick and Keyboard Access | Jane’s Blog

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education More of Jane’s expertise on alternative access methods to the iPad. Again, my gratitude to Jane for your her time and willingness to share her  information. Her information is invaluable to help sift and … Continue reading →

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Autism Tracker Pro App for Data Collecting

Posted on October 4, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Need to collect data on your students or clients behaviors ? Tired of filling out forms and tallying the data? Is there an app for that? (Of course…) Touch Autism website  as well as their Autism Apps  app lists at least two dozen apps available for … Continue reading →

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SimplyWorks for iPad Part 1: Switch Access | Jane’s Blog

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education Jane Farrall offers her expertise on another switch access device for the iPad and explicit instructions for it’s use (I find this type of information hard to come by and Jane does … Continue reading →

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