iPADS AND APPS
READING and WRITING APPS:
Don Johnston's website offers APPS to help students read and write.
40 Amazing iPad Apps for Children with Learning Disabilities
ReadWriteThink's Word Mover mobile app allows children and teens in GRADES 3-12 to create “found poetry” by choosing from word banks and existing famous works; additionally, users can add new words to create a piece of poetry by moving/manipulating the text.
MATH APPS
Pick a Path from illuminations
Help Okta reach the target by choosing a path from the top of the maze to the bottom. Seven levels with seven puzzles will test your skills with powers of ten, negative numbers, fractions, decimals, and more. How many starfish can you earn?
Help Okta reach the target by choosing a path from the top of the maze to the bottom. Seven levels with seven puzzles will test your skills with powers of ten, negative numbers, fractions, decimals, and more. How many starfish can you earn?
Math Training for Kids is simple
3 difficulty levels of the four basic operations that teach solid math fundamentals.
3 difficulty levels of the four basic operations that teach solid math fundamentals.
Mathmateer
Kids complete basic math problems to earn money to build their Rocket Ship to launch into space. (ages 3-6)
Kids complete basic math problems to earn money to build their Rocket Ship to launch into space. (ages 3-6)
Marble Math Junior
(Ages 5-8)
Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes.
(Ages 5-8)
Solve a variety of math problems by collecting numbers as you roll or drag your marble through a series of fun mazes.
- shape recognition/matching
- sequencing number values and ordinals
- addition, subtraction and multiplication to 100
- identifying fractions
- counting money (USD, AUD, CAD, EUR or GBP)
- telling time
- completing addition equations
IXL math is a great program to practice daily math concepts. It is based on a token reward system, you earn stickers as you complete concepts. It is divided into grade levels and then by topic. There is also a website if you can't use the APP.
ALTERNATIVE and AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION APPS
All the communication tools, preloaded messages, symbols, supports and more that you have come to expect from a DynaVox solution are now available for the first time for your personal tablet device — such as iPad, iPad Mini, or Windows tablet.
Proloquo 2
A voice for those who do not speak. The symbol-supported communication app that gives a voice to people who cannot speak.
A voice for those who do not speak. The symbol-supported communication app that gives a voice to people who cannot speak.
Voice4u is a revolutionary AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) application that helps individuals express their feelings, thoughts, actions, and needs. You can create as many as icons you’d like with your own pictures and voice. Voice4u is used in homes, schools, and by professionals in 93 countries. It delivers quick, easy communication on the go.
Keystrokes is a floating on-screen keyboard allowing people with physical impairments to easily access a computer. It has a word prediction engine, PolyPredix, and a power dictionary. It even learns your vocabulary as you type through text files.
4KidCal!!
By 4KidCal LLC
A fun kid's calendar APP with cute icons and recordable messages. Recommended by Autism Speaks
By 4KidCal LLC
A fun kid's calendar APP with cute icons and recordable messages. Recommended by Autism Speaks
My Job Chart is the free, easy to use, online chore chart and reward system for organizing and motivating your kids to learn first hand how to Save, Share and Spend responsibly.For no cost, you can engage and inspire your children to be more responsible and productive while developing their financial maturity and bringing your family closer together.
Spectronics is a wonderful website devoted to inclusive learning technologies:
They have iPad consultants to help you implement iPad technology in your classroom.
Spectronics’ Consultancy Services Advising on successful implementation of iPads (and other inclusive technologies) for special education and for learning and literacy support in ALL diverse classrooms.
Spectronics’ Consultancy Services Advising on successful implementation of iPads (and other inclusive technologies) for special education and for learning and literacy support in ALL diverse classrooms.
Welcome to Apps4SpecialEducation, a project brought to you by students and faculty from Eastern Michigan University's Special Education Department. This is a not-for-profit, information-sharing resource designed to help teachers and families find just the right iPad, iPhone and iPod apps for kids and adults with special needs. Descriptions of products are taken from either our own experiences with the apps, or from developers' sites and iTunes.
APPS for HI and VI
Purple communication's P-3 mobile APP allows hearing impaired to make phone or video calls through an operator and the user can even leave a message in ASL.
Twitter for deaf/hard or hearing???
Tout allows you to record a 15 second video using an iOS device that you can then post to facebook, twitter or tout accounts!
Tout allows you to record a 15 second video using an iOS device that you can then post to facebook, twitter or tout accounts!