Tag Archives: iPad

Touch and Write Cursive Letters App

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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Digital Halloween Fun!

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

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

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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Shape Up! Lite App

Shape Up! Lite app by Busythings is a free version of the full app (.99) for iPhone/iPad. This is a delightful, visual motor app that draws shapes that develops geometric pictures similar to the three-dimensional parquetry or tanagrams. More of a visual motor … Continue reading

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New Features for Assistive Touch – Video by Luis Perez

Here is another video by Luis Perez reviewing what new in Assistive Touch features in the new iOS 6 for iPad. Features Luis Perez reviews are: enabling Siri, using the task switcher for multitasking and making a screenshot  with a single tap with assistive … Continue reading

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Kid Tech – According to Apple [Infographic]

MDG Advertising  created this informative infographic on the use of Apple tablets with kids today. It demonstrates the presence of (Apple) tablets available within families, as well as statistics on the impact of iPads in general education and for specific special needs use (autism-related, … Continue reading

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Guided Access in iOS 6 – Video by Luis Perez

Luis Perez  shares key features of Guided Access available in  iOS 6 in his video review geared to use with individuals with disabilities. For more videos from Luis Perez visit his YouTube collections  or visit his wiki, Mobile Learning 4 Special Needs  for more … Continue reading

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Speak Selection and AssistiveTouch in IOS 6

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iWordQ App

iWordQ US app for the iPad (24.99) is a word prediction app developed by Quillsoft, producers of WordQ and SpeakQ.  iWordQ app provides both word prediction and text to speech options for struggling readers and writers. The iWordQ app menu provides the tools … Continue reading

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