It’s all the latest buzz… Ipads and Special Education. Everyone is talking about. Everyone is thrilled by it capabilities as a tool for students. Awhile back I borrowed my daughter’s Ipod Touch and loaded it with applications (apps) that I thought may be useful for the student’s I work with. I can certainly verify that my daughter had a good time exploring them. When searching for apps, I had several criteria in mind.
1. How can a student with a visual impairment access this? Does it have speech output? Can it be enlarged? Does it have the no touch hoovering capability?
2. Will using this app. improve organization? Allow the student to participate in daily living and community activities?
3. Does this app support the curriculum?
4. Does this app. provide sensory input?
5. Is this app. fun and more importantly really cool??
Here is a list of our favorite apps. These were all loaded in the Early Fall.
Ben Color Capture, Bloom, Bubble Wrap, Bumps- A Braille Guide, Dictionary.com, Drum Kit, Flashlight, Glow Doodle, (animator, jump and hockey) Kinetic Balls, Koi Pond, Letter Tracer Preschool, A Mood Pad, Old MacDonald, Sign Smith ASL, Speak It! Text to Speech, Tap Tap Revenge, Toddler Flash Cards, Touch Hockey, Wheels on the Bus.
Check out Eric Sailers over at Speechlanguagepathologysharing.blogspot.com has done several presentations and even shares an
Ipod Touch Apps for Special Needs document.
I really want to get my hands on one of these to explore all of it functions and capabilities.
