NEW!! This #AppMondayTAS review includes a new feature - video demos recorded by Jeremy. We are hoping to do more video reviews for future #AppMonday reviews. Developers, please contact Jeremy if you would like to request a video review of your app(s).
Identification Series
The Identification Series apps support students in learning and communicating important and relevant personal information. There are many uses for these apps, including receptive identification, expressive labeling, and answering WH-questions. There are currently 5 apps in this series.
- All About Me (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support for helping a student learn or communicate personal information
- I Get...My Family (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support to help a student learn or communicate about members in his/her family
- I Get...People at School (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support to help a student learn or communicate about people at his/her school including teachers and staff
- I Get...My Classmates (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support to help a student learn or communicate about their peers
- I Get...People in My Community (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support to help a student learn or communicate about community helpers
App Features:
- Simple, child-friendly interface
- Easy, straightforward editing interface
- Customize each icon
- Import your own photographs (either using built-in camera or from the device's photo albums)
- Record audio
- Edit the text statements, which appear under the photo
- Custom fields (in all apps except All About Me)
- Turn on/off, or show/hide icons
- Re-arrange the order in which the icons appear
- Task completion feature - Completion of each field can be indicated by the use of a checkmark feature.
- Website provides ideas for how these apps could be used
Suggestions for Improvement:
- Fix the glitch in All About Me with the personalized photo not showing up and audio recording not working correctly for the Pets icon.
- Do not include fields on screen when left blank. For example, if a year is not provided under the Birthday section in the All About Me app, that field should not be shown on the final screen.
- Ability to edit the text of all icon titles
- Ability to add custom fields to the All About Me app (i.e. allergies or important medical information).
- Ability to add multiple favorites in the All About Me app with custom buttons like with Pets.
- Additional customizable icons in the I Get...People at School and I Get...People in My Community apps
- Add a button with audio recording on each page/screen that would facilitate the student asking that question back to his/her communication partner.
- Multi-user interface, or classroom/family edition - ability to save customizations for multiple students within the app on a single device
i-Seequence Series
The i-Seequence Series apps are photo social stories that can be personalized for each student. These apps are designed to prepare and support children in social situations which they might have difficulty understanding. There are currently 7 apps in this series.
2. i-Seequence...Going to Birthday Parties (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
3. i-Seequence...Going to Easter Egg Hunts (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
4. i-Seequence...Going to Fireworks (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
5. i-Seequence...Going to the Grocery Store (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
6. i-Seequence...Going to Playgrounds (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
7. NEW!! i-Seequence...My Day at School (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
Video Demo: i-Seequence...Going to the Grocery Store
App Features:
- Simple, child-friendly interface
- Easy, straightforward editing interface
- Customize each step of the sequence, or social story
- Import your own photographs (either using built-in camera or from the device's photo albums)
- Record audio
- Edit the text statements, which appear under the photo
- Custom fields (in all apps except All About Me)
- Ability to turn on/off, or show/hide each icon or step in the sequence
- Re-arrange the order in which the icons appear
- Task completion feature - Completion of each step can be indicated by the use of a checkmark feature.
- Website provides ideas for how these apps could be used
Suggestions for Improvements:
- Ability to edit the text of the title on pre-made icons/steps
- Choice of different views (i.e. list view with icon and title, text-only list, etc.)
- Some in-app guidance/help/tips on how to write an effective social story
- Multi-user interface, or classroom/family edition - ability to save customizations for multiple students within the app on a single device
GIVEAWAY\OFFER
The developer have provided us with 5 promo codes for their All About Me, i Get...My Family, i Get...People at School, i Get...People in My Community, i-Seequence...Going to the Grocery Store, and i-Seequence...Going to the Playground apps to giveaway to active readers of the Teaching All Students blog. You can enter to win a promo code for ONE of the i Get It! apps by doing the following:
1. Comment below and share one strategy you have used for helping your child/student learn person information, identify different people, or navigate a social situation. Please state which app you would like to win.
2. Follow @iGetItapps on Twitter. Tweet the following: "RT @techieteacher This week's #AppMondayTAS features @iGetItApps visual and audio supports for children #edapp #TeachingAll" AND comment below letting us know you have retweeted & which app you would like to win.
3. Like Teaching All Students AND i Get It! on Facebook. Leave a comment on either Facebook page about this giveaway & state which app you would like to win.
If you choose to do all 3, you will be entered 3 times. Winners will be announced Friday evening. Good luck!
- Jeremy
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