SET Connections . . . Connecting Special Education and Technology

Best Apps for Students in Special Education –

On Any Device

www.SETConnections.org

Judy Okazaki

Thursday, February 27, 2014

SET Connections . . . Connecting Special Education and Technology

What Apps Can Everybody Use to Support Special Education?

SET Connections . . . Connecting Special Education and Technology

All the Apps You Want

1. Data tracking and Assessment Tools

2. AT Apps

3. Math

4. Language Arts

5. Handwriting/notetaking

6. Organization (Including calendar and digital assignment notebooks)

7. Executive Function Skills

8. Life Skills

9. Personal Finance

10. Behavior

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Google for Education

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Google for Education

http://www.google.com/edu/teachers

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Google Chrome AT Toolbox

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Google for Education

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Built In Apps

Text to speech and speech to text

in both iPads and Android

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ACC APP

Proloquo2Go is a feature rich ACC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication)app only available for the iPad and costs $189.

Sonoflex was created as the matching app for Android and iPad devices.

A lite version is free and pro version is $99.

http://www.tobiisonoflex.com

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Picture Scheduler

iPrompts http://www.handholdadaptive.com/iprompts. initially written as an “i” app ($78, now $40).

It provides support for language and behavioral challenges.

It consists of various modules including:• the picture scheduler,• a visual countdown timer• choice prompts for help in making decisions.• includes a picture library that can be edited and added to.

Because of usefulness & demand there is now available for Android. And for the Android introductory price of $10

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iPrompts

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iPrompts

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iPrompts

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VideoPrompts

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Electronic Flashcards

Electronic flashcards are a great for studying notes, vocabulary and many different concepts.

But often the flashcards don’t contain pictures or read the text.

The Apple Talking Flashcards app is available for $3.99.

http://www.flashcardmakerpro.com

The alternative for Android is Flashcardmakerpro

priced at $4.95 (guess Apple gets a point for this one).

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Electronic Flashcards

Flashcardmakerpro $4.95

www.StudyBlue.com

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Autism Express

Identify emotions

Communication language app with pictures videos & symbols Feeling finder, emotion matching, expression vocabulary.

Available for both

Android and Apple

deviceshttp://autismxpress.com

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Autism Express

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Face Read

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Practice Eye Contact

Look in my eyes - to practice eye contact by Fizz Brain

http://fizzbrain.com only for iDevices

• Draws students in engages them

• Enhances attention spans

• Improves willingness for child with Autism to socialize

• Device is constant – voice, pacing, lesson – Teacher is not

• Make them not different

• Communication, lang app with pictures videos & symbols feelings

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Bookshare

Books/textbooks, newspapers, magazines & other digital content.

For school or home.

http://www.bookshare.org

They created:

• GoRead for Android devices, available for free

• ReadtoGo for iDevices was $19.99, now free.

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Reading - Readability

www.readability.com

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Reading - Readability

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Google Goggles

Use to read signs

Translate text

Take a picture of a place to identify a place and get information about that spot.

Read QR Codes

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Google Voice

65 Multiplied by 4

Weather in Chicago

Time Paris France

United Flight 5704

Currency

Convert miles to kilometers

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Student Response System

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Student Response System

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Activity Timer

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Speak N Talk Calculator

Speak N Talk – Calculator LiteAndroid

Norman Lee

Cost: Free

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Sticky Board iPad

Corkulous

Visual Planner Sticky and Photo Sharing

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Sticky Board- Lino Android

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Mind Mapping

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Fast Food Calorie

Android

iPad

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Diet Assistant Weight Loss

Android

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Diet Assistant Weight Loss

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Track Your Medications Android

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Track Your Medications

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Track Your Medications

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

Track Your Medications iApp

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Executive Function Skills Life Skills

On Track Diabetes

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Finding Android Apps

Google Store https://play.google.com/store.

Select “Android Apps”,

enter the key words special education

and select search.

There are currently over 1,000 apps listed for special education.

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Finding iApps

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More Resources at:

www.SETConnections.org

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other great resources

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/p/android-for-education.html

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Google Maps

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Google Goggles