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iReadWrite makes reading easier and ensures accurate writing as you use your iPad for school, work, or leisure. Via Kathleen McClaskey 
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March 8, 5:04 PM
Take a look at the support features of the NEW iReadWrite:
Leveling the playing field with iReadWrite! 
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March 11, 8:50 AM
Read & Write now has an app! I've heard good things about it!
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"Clicker Docs app for iPad, developed by Crick Software, is a new iOS app that provides differentiated writing support for struggling writers. As one of Crick's two new apps, Clicker Docs provides text only word banks and word prediction options offering support for primary aged writers in this Docs app. Clicker Sentences app provides a simpler picture based writing environment for emergent writers." Via Kathleen McClaskey
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February 17, 4:44 PM
Here are some of main features of Clicker Docs app: - Talking spell checker
Extensive screen shots in this blog demonstrates the strengths and ease of use of this app. Delete the scoop?
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SpeechBox App for iOS. Designed for use with Children with Apraxia of Speech, Autism, Down's Syndrome, and other Speech Language Difficulties. Via Kathleen McClaskey 
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February 12, 2:34 PM
Very nice app for special services. Resource shared by @starden via her Scoop.it site: www.scoop.it/t/idevices-for-special-needs. ; 
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March 10, 12:08 AM
The following application allows autistic students to engage confidently with assistive technologies to allow them to make informed, ethical and sustainable decisions about technologies for preferred futures including personal health and wellbeing, recreation, everyday life, the world of work and enterprise, and the environment (ACARA, 2013). Delete the scoop?
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Students use Explain Everything and Keynote to "explain" plate tectonics. More info on this iLesson: http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=4169 Via Lisa Johnson 
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December 21, 2012 9:16 AM
Explain Everything featured our Hill Country student-created projects on their showcase! See rubric and complete lesson summary here: http://www.techchef4u.com/?p=4169 
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December 27, 2012 11:17 AM
There's nothing better than "seeing it" happen in the classroom! Technology offers some outstanding learning solutions and engages most students . Delete the scoop?
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he secret with RapidReading lies in its ability to quickly teach you to process words and information in a new way. You'll learn how to... Via Ana Cristina Pratas Delete the scoop?
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Tweet This video outlines how the Edmodo app can be used to collect student created IMAGES and VIDEOS from a classroom set of iPads. I heart #edmodo! #edtech #ipaded #ipadchat #mobilelearning Via Jon Samuelson, Lisa Johnson Delete the scoop?
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Fantastic MS Math iPad lesson using QR codes and PDF annotation - handout and lesson included! Via Lisa Johnson Delete the scoop?
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a great video for teachers who have FM systems in their classroom. Delete the scoop?
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Content curation is a great way to find, organize and share useful knowledge efficiently. There are many free digital tools available to help manage web content in flexible ways allowing us to quickly share resources that are accessible online. #edtech Via Susan Oxnevad Delete the scoop?
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"Gradually, apps for people with autism or other special needs for devices based on Google’s Android operating system are emerging. The list is short if you compare it with the list of applications for iPad / iPhone / iPod touch, but there are 128 available to date (June 17th)."
The list or table has the following columns: > App category > App logo > App name > Web: website with more information on the app provided by the developer or its distributor. > Test: a link to the review of the application published in this blog, if it is already written, represented with the “TEST” logo. > List of languages supported by the app. For AAC apps, languages of the voices included are taken in account. > A short description of the app.
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Tweet Saving YouTube videos directly to the iPad is now possible with the iCabMobile app. Videos can be saved directly to the Photo Album and then imported into any video editing app on your iOS device, such as iMovie, Splice, Reel Director, etc. #edtech #ipaded #edapps Delete the scoop?
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Free iPad app (limited time): Beginning language learners create a sentence with words or picture symbols, then see the sentence animated! Suitable for special education needs including AAC users and learners with autism, orthopedic impairment, or language disorders. Features: · Select four symbols or words to "write" a sentence. Delete the scoop?
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We’ve all seen the story about using the iPad as a motivator to toilet train a child, which elicits some well-deserved eye rolls from parents, but anyone who is skeptical about the iPad’s ability to help a child learn to manage money and chores, tie... Via Dr. Joan McGettigan Delete the scoop?
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Today we have a guest reviewer from South Africa. Nikki Heyman is a speech & language therapist with over 22 years of experience. She also has a qualification in remedial education (cum laude), with a special interest in Autism Spectrum... Via Naomi Harm, Dr. Joan McGettigan Delete the scoop?
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Bookshare support now includes organizational accounts
Listen to PDF and Word documents, articles, eBooks and Web pages with text-to-speech. Integration with Dropbox, Pocket, Instapaper, Bookshare, and Gutenberg. Silky smooth synchronized highlighting and autoscrolling. Rock-solid stability. 55 amazing voices in 20 languages available. Via Kathleen McClaskey
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December 20, 2012 9:55 AM
Voice Dream Reader has been updated and improved with many features that can level the playing field for many learners. If you are looking for an app that can support your learners who are using Bookshare, you have found it here. If you are looking for an app to support your ELL students, you have found it here.
Please share this far and wide to educators, everywhere! Delete the scoop?
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"Meaghan Roper, a junior at Burlington High School, shares a similar story with the iPad. When Meaghan was six years old, she was diagnosed with a visual impairment. In the eighth grade, she started to notice a decline in her vision. She sought out surgery to repair or delay her vision decline, and while successful, the procedure did not hold for very long.
A Transformative Experience
Meaghan recalls her first moments with the iPad and how she and her liaison discovered the variety of new opportunities that this one device presented. One of the first things she used was the ability to invert the colors of the screen. The iPad gives users the opportunity to read predominantly black text on a lighter screen, or to invert the colors and overlay white text on a black screen. This one feature, Meaghan recalls, was "transformative" in her learning of what the iPad could offer her educational experience.
Apps for Every Need
In Meaghan's day-to-day operation of the iPad, she uses several applications to manage her content. It doesn't take her too many apps to get through her school day. She's thankful that, along with transitioning to the iPad, Burlington also married the Google Apps for Education suite with this device. She finds ease in accessing Google Docs from multiple devices and knowing that her work will always be safe, secure and not dependent on a machine's functionality."
Read more about how Meaghan uses apps to support her learning!
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March 6, 7:46 PM
Through the use of assistive technology special needs students are able to learn to use ICT effectively and appropriately to access, create and communicate information and ideas, solve problems and work collaboratively, and in their lives beyond school in the 21st century.
The blog following blog by Andrew Marcinek, Instructional Technology Specialist, writes about how iPads are being used as assistive devices. He describes the iPad as a opening for many, showing the potential of the iPad as an assistive technology and how it can change learning for students with impairments. Andrew writes about meaghan and how she used the iPad and applications throughout her schooling. Its worth a read. Delete the scoop?
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I use instapaper on the iPad to bookmark web articles to read later. Great to see that with their latest update, they added the open source Dyslexia-Friendly font! Via Drs Fernette and Brock Eide at DyslexicAdvantage.com Delete the scoop?
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Apple has introduced Guided Access in iOS 6. It keeps your device in a single app and allows you to control which features are available. Via Tim Yenca, Lisa Johnson Delete the scoop?
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SwiftKey 3 is an award-winning keyboard app for smartphones and tablets using Natural Language Processing AI to offer next-word predictions and autocorrection...#edtech #edapps #learningdisabilities Delete the scoop?
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If you suspect that a child has dyslexia, an evaluation can lead to a better understanding of the problem. Test results are also used to determine state and local eligibility for special education services. Delete the scoop?
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Here’s a Venn diagram of three of the top mood tracking apps, Optimism, T2 Mood Tracker, and CTH Mood Tracker.
Thank you to the daughter of Candida Abrahamson for creating this infographic Via Kathleen McClaskey Delete the scoop?
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Bringing technology into the classroom!
This is a great project on so many levels
Great ideas!