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Wet Dry Try App from Handwriting Without Tears

Carol Hesch, school based OTR, reviewed Wet-Dry-Try Capital Letters & Numbers app (4.99) for the iPad 2 and 3. Generously supplied by Handwriting Without Tears  & Get Set for School, here is her review of the app: “Wet-Dry-Try” app is user-friendly and follows the tried and true … Continue reading

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iStimulation: Research on iPad Apps for Children with Visual Impairments

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education This presentation by Laura Campaña, Director of Infant & Early Childhood Program at Junior Blind of America, was given in March 2012.   “It introduces multiple applications on the iPad iOS platform … Continue reading

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Give Speech Foundation – FreeSpeech for iPad

See on Scoop.it – Apps for Special Education      FreeSpeech is a new free AAC tool for the iPad that allows you to add your own photos, group them, and collaborate with other FreeSpeech users to share content! “FreeSpeech is … Continue reading

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Adele ‘s Productivity App Suggestions…

Adele MacNeill, Canadian Occupational Therapist, provided the following extensive comment to the September 1, 2012  post Back to School Apps for Productivity. She provides app suggestions for photo editing (not at all my expertise) which are not only from a voice of experience, but applies shares … Continue reading

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PrepositionBuilder App

Mobile Education Tools  generously offered PrepositionBuilder App to me for review. With the focus of the app on language, I requested the expertise of a Speech and Language Pathologist at my school to provide feedback on the app and its use with … Continue reading

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Rainbow Sentences App

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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Bridging Apps

Have you visited Bridging Apps website? Formerly SNApps4Kids, this website offers an Insigneo – Search engine specifically for special needs app – its like a Specialneedspedia for apps. Sponsored by Easter Seals of Greater Houston, Bridging Apps provides multiple methods of searching … Continue reading

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Working in mental health? Check out Candida Abrahamson’s review of apps for assessing depression. Even if you don’t work in mental health, I recommend you read her blogpost – always pack with great information and an entertaining writing style! Carol … Continue reading

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Look for a way to sift and winnow all those apps to support the IEP goal(s) for your students? Here is  the iEvaluate App Rubric , developed by Jeannette Van Houten, providing an app evaluation rubric and worksheet to help with … Continue reading

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Apps & Education

The use of mobile devices and apps continue to increase exponentially not only for the typical learner or user but also to support special needs children, students and adults.  This infographic provides some statistics about mobile device use, apps in general education : Provided By: … Continue reading

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