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Week 7: Adaptive Technology: Android Apps

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Apps in the Elementary Classroom. One area that I have not written much about on this blog is educational apps. This is mostly due to the fact that my school has one first generation iPad and two iPod Touches for the entire school. We also ban cell phones and other electronic devices, so these are not available for use in the classroom unless the teachers specifically plan for the kids to use them for a lesson or activity, hand them out to the kids and collect them at the end of the lesson. I won't pretend to be an expert on apps in the classroom, which is why I haven't covered their use here.

However, with more and more schools investing in iPad carts, iPods and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, it's an important topic. What is the Role of Apps in the Classroom? Why should we be using apps in the classroom in the first place? What Does It Look Like to Bring Apps into an Elementary Classroom? Cost If you're not sure whether an app is worth paying for, the resources below should help. ASL Dictionary - ASL American Sign Language - ASL Dictionary American Sign Language Dictionary. Give Me 5!!!!! Social Skills Multiplayer | Special Needs App Review. Suitable for phones that are at least 480px wide and ALL tablets, Give Me 5!!!!!

Multiplayer is a social skills learning App that helps children explore eight different sub-domains of social skills by answering questions about social situations seen in short video clips. The beautiful children in these videos are not actors, and represent kids with diverse abilities, some of whom are on the autism spectrum. Give Me 5!!!!! Multiplayer allows 1-5 players to play the game making it great for use alone, with siblings, friends, or in a group setting.

Game information is stored for up to five individual players at any one time. Parents, educators or therapists can further the learning experience by asking expanded questions based on the videos or the children’s answers. They can also monitor the game results to gain valuable insight into each child’s strengths and areas that require further development. The videos demonstrate everyday scenarios that the children can relate to. Give Me 5!!!!! Toca Hair Salon 2 | Special Needs App Review. Cut, curl, color and style – any way you want in Toca Hair Salon 2! Our bestselling Toca Boca app, Toca Hair Salon, is back in an even better version with new characters, new tools, new accessories and even more hairstyling fun! In this kid-friendly, Toca Boca super-creative kids app, you get to run your very own hair salon, with six fun characters to choose from. Cut hair, color and style hair any way you want, using lots of different hair styling tools – from a simple comb and scissors to a curling iron and a straightener.

Trim mustaches, spray mohawks bright pink and give someone the curls they’ve always wanted! Whoops – did you accidentally snip off too much hair? What’s in Toca Boca’s – Toca Hair Salon 2? 6 completely new charactersFun hair makeover tools: razor, curling iron, a crimper and a straightenerMore realistic hair color spray effects – combine to make new shades! Other features you’ll recognize from Toca Hair Salon: Toca Hair Salon 2, 4.2 out of 5 based on 11 ratings. Dexterous. Le jeu en magasin Android avec spa de cheveux, relooking, maquillage et habillage, 4 en 1 jeu.

Si vous êtes fashionist alors télécharger cette application maintenant. Un jeu de relooking bien connu dans l'industrie de la mode pour vous d'exprimer votre sens de relooking avec Hair Spa, Makeover, maquillage et habillage! Le jeu de relooking parfait pour les filles. Créer passionnants nouveaux regards chauds et montrer votre sens du style et de la mode avec cette application Makeover impressionnant avec Hair Spa.

-sèche Spa princesse avec une nouvelle et chic style de cheveux !? - Princesse Makeover avec de la crème, Face-pack, lotion, douche, cueilleur et Pimple dissolvant !? Avantages / Caractéristiques :? Voir la pop pic quand ils appellent ". Téléchargez cette application et de montrer le nouveau look de votre papier peint princesse. LetMeTalk | Special Needs App Review. LetMeTalk is a free AAC talker app for Android which supports communication in all areas of life and therefore providing a voice to everyone. LetMeTalk is donation financed. You can donate via InApp Purchases (Google PlayStore), credit card, Paypal, Maestro or wired transfer.

LetMeTalk enables you to line up images in a meaningful way to read this row of images as a sentence. To line up images is known as PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) or AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication). The image database of LetMeTalk contains more than 9,000 easy to understand images from ARASAAC ( Additionally, you can add existing images from the device or take new photos with the build in camera.

To use LetMeTalk, no internet connection or mobile contract is necessary. LetMeTalk can be used on Android 4.0+ based smartphones or tablets. Suitable for: Features: easy to usemore than 9,000 images from ARASAAC included. Visual Time Timer | Special Needs App Review. Visual Time Timer is an important tool for people with learning disabilities who need to learn to appreciate time. Visual Time Timer gives the person an opportunity to know “how much time I have left” or that time is up without being able to watch. The mind or sense of timing, in other words, how “long it takes” is necessary for an understanding of managing and planning time. When the person gets to grips with elapsed time he/she can work more independently, which in turn reduces the experience of stress.

Visual Time Timer makes one of the most difficult concepts as time perception more tangible, graspable and identifiable. The application is based on the need to see the elapsed time, “duration”, in a clear and more concrete way than conventional watches with second, minute and hour hands and digital clocks do. Visual Time Timer also has a short tone that reinforces the time is up. Visual Time Timer helps the user to understand time in a different way!