ipod and ipad for special education

1. iPossibilitiesiPods and iPadsIn Special Education© 2011 Kate Ahern 1

2. Some Notes:Apps, their design, their prices and availability change frequently, this list was correct at the time written.This is NOT meant to be an exhaustive list of all apps in any categories, instead it aims to show the variety and selection in each area.When used as part of an individualized education program apps should be chosen and used by experienced educators and therapists.Assistive Technology and Augmentative/Alternative Communication should be chosen only after an evaluation by a qualified professional which uses feature matching and data collection during hands on trials. 2

3. General iDevice Info iPod Touch ranges from 8-32 Gigabytes of memory and $199.00 to $399.00 iPad ranges from 16 to 64 G and $499.00 to $829.00, it is available with or with out 3G For personal use you may install an app on as many devices as you wish, but all the devices must have your account on them You may have multiple accounts on one device A device may only be synced to 1 computer, if you sync to another computer all apps, music, etc will be deleted 3

4. There's an App For That! Prompting and Cueing Visual Schedules Cause and Effect Apps Educational Apps Data Collection Behavior Analysis Teacher Tools And more... Music Audiobooks Videos Interactive storybooks Text-to-Speech Augmentative and Alternative Communication Choice Making IEP tracking 4

5. Alternative Communication Apps For a great listing of AAC Apps visit http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac

6. Answers Yes/No $.99 Answers Yes/No Three voices to choose from Another yes/no app is available with English or Spanish voices at a higher cost from Smarty Ears 6

7. Tap Speak/Tap Sequence Tap Speak Button $9.99 Tap Speak Sequence $29.99 Tap Speak Button turns your iPod or iPad into a Big Mack Switch Tap Speak Sequencer turns your iPad into an infinite step-by-step switch Messages can be stored forever The color of the button can be changed 7

8. Tap Speak Choice $99 iPad only 1-56 messages per “layer” Static display (dynamic display to come) Recorded speech (TTS to come) 4500 Mayer-Johnson Symbols or use your own photos Can be used with one or two switches and iPad switch interface

9. Tap to Talk Free but $99.00 a year for full features Mix of clip art and photos Recorded, male voice 9

10. Auto Verbal Soundboard Pro $4.99 iPad only Mix of clip art, text and photos Scrolls vertically and then horizontally with in each row Top row of icons can be customized for text, not pictures Basic low quality voice only unless connected to wifi 10

11. Alexicom $40.00 a month or $408 a year iPod , iPad and online a mixed set of image types Pre made board sets or make your own Works with switch scanning 1-10 rows and 1-10 columns Microsoft SAPI 5 voices 11

12. Scene Speak $17.99 iPad Uses visual scene displays with messages embedded into the scene Use included or your own images Photograph low tech boards and add speech 5 text to speech voices or recorded speech Arrange the scenes into a picture album for access 12

13. TouchChat $149.99 includes app plus 4 vocabulary sets (including those found on the Chat-PC and Alt-Chat), additional $99 for Essence Vocab and $149.99 for WordPower/Picture WordPower iPod and iPad (but must pay for each) SymbolStix Symbols High quality text to speech voices 13

14. One Voice $199 iPad Only Original clip art and emoticons Very limited vocabulary Categories down the left side 14

15. VocaBeans Basic version free, Full version $49 Original clip art and photos You must record your own voice Designed with aphasia in min 15

16. Proloquo2Go $189.99 Excellent user support Fantastic tutorials User community Use 1 to dozens of symbols per board Acapela Voices, multiple choices and accents Customizable Uses SymbolStix symbols (News-2-You and Unique) Word Prediction 16

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18. PECS Style Apps Picture Exchange Communication is a regimented instructional program designed to teach those with autism and other communication disorders to use picture symbols to make requests None of the PECS style apps on the market have any ties to Pyramid Education or the official makers of PECS Pyramid does offer three apps all around prompting, rewards and praise May be a nice transition from PECS binders to dynamic display Keep in mind the need for consistency including symbols/photos used, access design, etc 18

19. iPacs $9.99 A Picture Exchange Communication Style Set Up Six pages to a book with one to six icons per page Use your own photos or images Recorded speech output Icons can be numbered for alternate access 19

20. My Choice Board $9.99 Create choice boards of up to six choices Choose from the small collection of stock photos provided or your own images Record speech to go with each image 20

21. My PECS $5.99 A Picture Exchange Communication Style Set Up Plus visual schedules 118 photos and icons or add your own Recorded speech output

22. Grace App for Autism $35 PECS style system Unique, hand drawn images No speech output From Ireland, thus some picture names are different, i.e. “Jellies” 22

23. AAC Speech Buddy $47.99 iPod and iPad A Picture Exchange Communication Style Set Up Mixed selection of photos, clip art and icons in addition to 2000 Mulberry Communication Symbols Text to speech

24. A Few Other Symbol Based AAC Apps Verbal Victor, $6.99, iPhone and iPad, photo based, 2-6 cells, recorded speech iInteract, $8.99, mixed text and pictures, no ability to program iConverse, $9.99, 6-12 buttons, low quality speech iComm, free with no speech, $26.99 with speech, 24

25. Voice4U, $29.99, 100 images, recorded speech My Talk Tools, $39.99, uses photos and clip art, 1-8 cells Expressive, $34.99, text to speech, uses 450 clip art and photos iAssist Communicator, $36.99, 240 photos or add your own, recorded speech Speech Tree will be coming out soon, dynamic display, pop up boards, uses photos and SymbolStix symbols 25

26. Text Based AAC Apps 26

27. PredictAble $159.99 iPod and iPad Full word prediction Customizable background Store frequently used phrases for fast access Choice of 9 high quality voices Adjust voice rate and pitch Integrates with Facebook, SMS and other social communication apps 27

28. Assistive Chat $24.99 iPod and iPad Full word prediction Store recent and favorite phrases for fast access Choice of 3 voices Adjust voice rate and pitch Large buttons 28

29. Speak It! $1.99 iPod and iPad Low quality voices, purchase high quality voices for $.99 each Key Guards available from LaseredPics Can be used as a reader for any text in addition to being used as AAC 29

30. Verbally free iPad Text to speech Core word and phrases available for faster communication 30

31. A few other TTS AAC Apps Locabulary, currently free, has voice output and automatically uses GPS to change boards Typ-o, $1.99, is a word prediction program with a low quality voice Talk Assist, free, is a TTS program with a low quality voice Neo is a series of text to speech apps with high quality voices Proloquo2Go can be used as a TTS program with word prediction and high quality voices. 31

32. Behavior Apps Prompting and cueing Visual schedules Multisensory time tracking Reward charts Data collection 32

33. iPrompts $49.99 Visual schedules, timer and choice making No speech output Image and photos included or use your own 33

34. First, Then $9.99 Visual schedule app Display one, two or multiple steps on the screen Use stock images or your own Record sounds or speech for each item 34

35. iCommunicate $19.99 Full set of SymbolStix communication symbols as well as some photos and clip art and the ability to use your own photos Associate images with speech Create visual schedules called storyboards Use their photos and recorded speech or add your own This app has shown dedication to improving and upgrading 35

36. Time Timer $4.99 Use as a visual count down timer or a clock Ability to set a reward tone when time is up There are a wide range of visual countdown timers at the App Store such as KidKlock, iHour Glass (free), Traffic Light $.99 36

37. Behavior Tracker Pro $29.99 Take frequency and duration, ABC and/or high frequency data Ability to add, remove or edit content Track multiple students and behaviors Built in data analysis Sync with Behavior Tracker software or use alone 37

38. Percentally $2.99 Track multiple students and multiple goals Tally total responses or correct versus incorrect Automatically tabulates percentages Email data file to yourself or others 38

39. Reward Apps A number of apps are designed to track rewards for one or multiple behaviors in one or more children Vary in price and quality Some good ones include Star Rewards for $.99, I Earned That for $1.99, iReward for $.99 39

40. Cause and Effect Apps Apps that can basically work as cause and effect activity are plentiful SpongeBob Lite is free and reacts to being touched Shrek Roar is free and reacts by roaring when the bottom of the screen is tapped Puppet Blue is free and reacts to vocalizations Dozens of free and low cost apps react to touch, tap, shake or tickle 40

41. Look Baby Free Four different activities 3/4 age acceptable for older kids All activities are cause and effect by touching or shaking 41

42. Baby Shapes $.99 Black, red and white to stimulate visual development Touch anywhere cause and effect action 42

43. Musical Instrument Apps These apps are activated by touching, tapping or shaking the device, thus can act as cause and effect apps Many free and low cost apps exist from drums and maracas to pianos and xylophones 43

44. Apps to Teach iPod/iPad Use Slide2Unlock, $9.99, games to teach sliding finger to activate iPad in six incremental levels Picture Pusher, $.99, teaches drag and drop Cat in A Rainbow, $.99, teaches sliding a finger across the screen 44

45. Life and Essential Skills Apps Small but growing number of apps to teach essential skills Focus has been on users with Autism but has been expanding to those with other developmental issues or cognitive impairment

46. ABA Apps from Kindergarten.com Prices range from free to $2.99 A wide variety of simple apps each focusing on discrete trials of specific skills Use large, colorful photographs 46

47. Different Roads to Learning Apps Clean Up: Category sorting by category, free, app collects data What Goes Together, free, early functional association, app collects data 47

48. Conover Company Forty-two Apps for Special Needs Range in Price from free to $.99 Apps focus on functional academics and life skills, including social and vocational skills Note: you must log in to apps (www.conovercompany.com for information) 48

49. Everyday Skillsand Living Safely $49.99 and $34.99 By Ablelink and Attainment Company Everyday Skills addresses 40 life skills for home and community through self-directed lessons Living Safely addresses safety issues at home and in the community Aimed at those with moderate disabilities

50. Photo Reminder and Instruction Apps Photo Grocery List, $.99, create grocery lists using your own photos Need Food, $2.99, full grocery store app with images Pic List, $.99, multiple checklists that integrate photos and can work with email 10 Ideas, $.99, another photo integrated checklist The Photo Cookbook, $4.99, step by step photo recipes 50

51. iDress for Weather $1.99 Teach and reinforce dressing for the weather Uses GPS so the weather can be made to be local and thus app can be used as a visual support for appropriate dress

52. Story and Social Narrative Creation Apps Pictello, $14.99, create and edit stories with photos, audio, text to speech and more Stories2Learn, $13.99, create and edit stories with audio and photos Story Kit, free, combine your photos and recorded audio to create and edit your own books

53. Story and Social Narrative Apps Model Me Going Places, free, six stories each about going to a community location Social Skills by MDR, $6.99, six social stories about common social skills like turn taking and task avoidance presented on two levels

54. Math Apps Many apps are available for counting, sequencing, patterns, coins, time and shapes Remember even if a student cannot access the iPad or iPod a communication partner can enter answers and take direction from the student 54

55. Mathappmatics Counting Arithmaroo $1.99 Intro to Math by Montessorium$4.99 Math Girl Number Garden $1.99 Number Sense $1.99 Basic Math Facts Cute Math $1.99 Math Magic $1.99 Math Drills $1.99 Math Bingo $.99 Math Girl Addition House $1.99 Measurement Measurement $.99 Time Telling Time $1.99 Learning to Tell Time is Fun $1.99 Money Coin Math $1.99 A Money Tree $.99 55

56. Calculators Talkulator, free, large buttons, multiple languages Talking Calculator, $.99, scientific calculator Hal the Talking Calculator, free, customize background Graphing Calculator, $1.99, full features KidCalc 7 in 1, $.99, calculator and games, visual supports Kid’s Calc, $1.99, visual supports 56

57. Language Arts Apps All levels of reading and pre-reading All levels of spelling All levels of vocabulary development All levels of composition 57

58. Reading Apps Many apps are in the app store for letters, phonics, sight words and reading Google or You Tube apps to see what people are saying about them Allow students who cannot use the iPad/iPod independently to use the device through alternate means either special pointers or by directing an adult or peer 58

59. Apps Improve Reading ABCs ABC Pocket Phonics $.99 Phonics Word Cub $1.99 First Letters and Phonics $2.99 Sight Words Vocab Photo $.99 Sight Words by Photo Touch, free Comprehension Mini Mod Reading $2.99 Vocabulary GCF Vocabulary Videos Free Fluency K-12 Timed Reading Practice $1.99

60. Audiobooks The Overdrive App allows books checked out digitally through your local library to be played Audible.com and many other companies offer audiobook apps Audiobooks can also be played through iTunes 60

61. Interactive Books There are many books in the app store for kids Prices and qualities range and are not always connected Some read aloud, some turn the pages automatically, some require tapping the screen, some require flicking the pages or touching an arrow Good Bets for Interactive Books Tumblebooks to Go StoryBoy VivaBooks Random Books Touchoo 61

62. eBooks iBooks through Apple, Google eBooks and Kindle Books all are available on all iDevices Prices range from free to $49.99 iBooks and Google Books work with the built in Voiceover feature to allow books to be read aloud Bookshare books can also be converted to ePub and then read aloud Daisy formatted books can be read with the Daisy Worm app

63. Spelling ACT Spelling, $2.99, adapted spelling program, limited number of keys on the page, number of keys set by teacher, use the Dolch Sight Word list or your own words Spell Blocks, $1.99, drag and drop letter blocks to spell the named words, 8 levels 63

64. Typ-O Word Prediction is available through the Typ-0 app for $1.99 Offers a word bar with grammatically appropriate suggestions Predicted words and all written text can be heard through text-to-speech Includes a full spell check with text-to-speech

65. Speech-to-Text Dragon Dictate, free, ad supported, dictate a short message which is translated to text and can be sent as an e-mail, text or to the clipboard ShoutOUT is free but cost $1.99 for 50 text credits and allows dictating text messages

66. Mind Maps Many choices: Mind Jet, iMindMap, Thoughts Buzz, Mind Map Easy mind mapping app Use to design theme units and more Multiple color schemes 66

67. Speech and Language Apps Language Builder, $3.99, teach sentence structure through fill in the blanks, photos and audio clips Sentence Builder, $3.99, focus on core words within sentences to increase language skills Question Builder, $3.99, students practice answering questions about pictures in the app Halo Talk, $9.99, opposites taught using photos and recoded speech ArtixPix, $29.99, multiple decks of vocabulary cards to work on articulation, uses SymbolStix, includes data collection PhonoPix, $24.99, multiple decks of vocabulary cards working on phonology, includes data collection I Practice Verbs, $10.99, using photos as a stimulus for two activities practices using present and future tense verbs 67

68. Art Apps Glow Draw apps are great for low vision Splatter paint apps like Meritum and Pollock are fun cause and effect activities Drawing apps like Doodle Pad and other can be good for fine motor skills Coloring book apps abound in the app store Colorforms style apps can be great communication and choice making activities 68

69. Switch Accessto Apps RJ Cooper offers a Bluetooth based switch interface for iDevices for $99.00 Ablenet offer the Blue2 switch Switch Accessible Apps: Tap Speak Choice Predictable Sounding Board Alexicom Rad Sounds 69

70. Switch Access to Music Several companies offer adapted remotes for music control on the iPod/iPhone and iPad RJ Cooper offers a $119 large button remote which allows external switches SpaceKraft offers a similar device in the UK, but will work with you to import Enabling Devices resells the iScan device with offers scanning switch access to music for $289.95

71. Teacher Apps PDFs, including Unique Curriculum, can be accessed via iBooks or Stanza, both free apps Apps for to-do lists, scheduling, note taking and organization Apps for attendance and classroom management Idea apps to help find websites, crafts or other classroom content 71

72. SpEd Teacher Apps IEP Checklist, Free, paperwork for multiple students EduTecher, free, recommends websites, videos and software, includes SpEd section 72

73. Where to Find Out More Moms with Apps Blog iEAR website http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac a4cwsn.com http://www.apple.com/education/special-education/ 73