Category Archives: Special Education Teacher

Traveling Eileen Stand

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Look at the new and improved Traveling Eileen stand invented by Dr. Therese Willkomm from AT in New Hampshire. ATinNH is an assistive technology resource from the University of New Hampshire’s Institute on Disability. If you are interested in McGyvering AT stands, mounts … Continue reading →

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Story Creator App

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

Story Creator App – Created by Alligatorapps.com  is a story telling app for iPad and iPhone that is free for the next 48 hours. Why another story telling app you say??? Story telling apps can serve many educational, therapeutic or social purposes … Continue reading →

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Doodlecast Pro – Gone Free

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

Doodlecast Pro , gone free for a limited time. Developed for the iPad, Doodlecast Pro app provides tools to record audio, draw, import images from the Doodlecast library or your photo album to create multi-media activities.  Doodlecast Pro allows creation of single … Continue reading →

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Versatile Kids Apps – Perfect for the Classroom – Kindertown

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education “The KinderTown app helps busy parents find the best educational apps for kids ages 3-6 years old. Download it on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch and teach your little one something … Continue reading →

Posted in App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Occupational Therapy, Presentation Tools, Special education, Special Education Teacher, Special Needs | 4 Comments

Tiny Tap App – Turn Moments in to Games

Posted on August 26, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Tiny Tap is a free iPad app that makes creating content and “games” an easy task. Not only is it very easy to use, but offers a method of creating a quiz with basic data collection on  user responses. Geared to users who … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Sentences App

Posted on August 22, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Rainbow Sentences app, for iPad (7.99) is one of Mobile Education Store’s many language based app. Typically an app thought to be for speech and language, I was a bit concerned about reviewing this app as a OT  however upon initial trial I immediately … Continue reading →

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Reading Apps – Support for Students with LD #5

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

What’s available or new in reading apps for iOS devices? With hundreds of new apps released everyday fortunately some of them are targeted for individuals with special needs. It has been about 2 years since the first debut of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adults with LD, App Reviews, Apps for OT's, Apps for Special Needs, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Learning Disability, Low Vision/ Blindness, Occupational Therapy, Reading, Special education, Special Education Teacher, Text to Speech, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Kindergarten.com Apps – Free for Autism Awareness Month!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Are you aware of Kindergarten.com’s generosity during April Autism Awareness Month? Kindergarten.com has developed 19 different iPhone/iPod apps with 8 of them now created for the iPad. During April all of the iPad apps and the majority of the iPhone apps are … Continue reading →

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App Listing – Maximize Your Touch App List

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

Paula Walser is a Speech Pathologist and AT expert – now CESA 6 Instructional Technology Specialist and national speaker from Wisconsin. With years of expertise in special education and instructional technology she is always on top of technology. I ran … Continue reading →

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Creating Curriculum Content for Your Students – More Story Telling/Book Creating Apps for the iPad

Posted on March 10, 2012 by Carol Leynse Harpold, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, ATP, CATIS

New apps emerge continuually, providing additional features and possibilities for creating content for students on the iPad. Finding apps that are easy to use and functional take some sorting through.  Here are a few more recently found apps that are … Continue reading →

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