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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

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Managing Photos Just Got Easier in iOS5!

Photoshop Express used to be a frequently used app I used to help with cropping and rotating photos when needing to customize pictures for AAC apps, story creation or when customizing in educational apps such as the Grasshopper apps. I also have started … Continue reading

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Livescribe Pencast App for the Echo and Pulse Pen

Do the students you work with have difficulty with note taking? Note taking is a requirement of students beginning in upper elementary school and which more demanding as students transition to middle, high school and beyond. There are many barriers presented to students during … Continue reading

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Even More Fine Motor Apps

A couple of my really favorite apps that are fun, promote fine motor and visual perceptual skills are My Underwear and Sam Phibian. My Underwear is an arcadish game with activities of catching underwear, matching colored underwear or patterns of underware … Continue reading

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Welcome to OT’s with Apps

As an Occupational Therapist we work with many tools to improve fine motor, perceptual motor, sensory processing/regulation and perceptual skills and self care skills. I also recognize the power of visual, novel and interactive activities to aid in motivating and engaging students in … Continue reading

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