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How Much Screen Time is Too Much? Is your iDevice use Developmentally Appropriate?

One of my early childhood colleagues shared with me the National Association for Educating Young Children position statement entitled,  “Technology and Interactive Media as Tools in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8“. The  statement is intended primarily to provide guidelines for the use of … Continue reading

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123 Color HD: Talking Coloring Book – Just Another Coloring Book App? Take a Closer Look…

 123 Color HD: Talking Coloring Book app has been around for a while however quiet enhanced from its first version!. Available for iPad, iPhone/iPod and currently free (just for today?), this app provides coloring pages for elementary students with fair to … Continue reading

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Choiceboard Creator App

 Choiceboard Creator App is a simple, free iPad app that provides the ability to present questions and answer choices with visually and  audio capabilities. There is a simple method of designating which is the correct answer with an audio response provided when the correct … Continue reading

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10 Apps for Learners Who Struggle with Reading/ or Writing – Post from Paul Hamilton

Are you familiar with Paul Hamilton’s  Free Resources from the Net for Every Learner ? If you are not it’s time to become acquainted with his wonderful Edublog of resources! His February 21 post entitled “10 Apps for Learners Who … Continue reading

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

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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Dragon Dictation App vs. Dragon NaturallySpeaking – What’s the difference?

I am a user of Dragon Dictation on my iPhone (no Siri unfortunately) with good success using the manual ability to correct the mistakes prior to copy/pasting or emailing the produced text. I believe the Dragon Dictation provides a great … Continue reading

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Great Visual Timers Resource

Visiting Todd’s Tech Tuesday blog, a really great resource on ideas for differentiation, featured a link to the a post entitled “Use Visual Timers to Ease Transitions” from  the Adapting Creatively blog. If you are looking for visual timer resources, this … Continue reading

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Telling Time App – Another Alligator App Gone Free!

Telling Time App  is a new, free app (limited time?) by  the Alligator/Grasshopper app developers  providing customization and multiple levels of activities to learners of all ages. This apps shows no preference in appearance for young or older students/individuals making it appropriate for … Continue reading

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Writing Apps – Supports for Students with LD #4

Writing is considered one of the most difficult literacy tasks. Many students with learning disabilities struggle with the process of writing as well as the mechanical componets of the writing task. Technology can provide support to the mechanical demands of the writing … Continue reading

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Write My Name App – New from Project Injini

Thanks to Kathy McNamara who shared this new app by the developers from Project Injini! Write My Name – Available for the iPad (1.99 – introductory price) is described by Injini as supporting children ages 4 through 6 to learn … Continue reading

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