Showing posts with label visual supports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label visual supports. Show all posts

Monday, September 9, 2013

#AppMondayTAS - Symbol Support

Each week I will be featuring an app from BridgingApps.org.  These apps are features in the Bridging Apps newsletter each week and are reviewed by Speech Pathologists, Occupational Therapists, and Special Education Teachers.  Come back each week for a new review.  If you’d like more information on how to use the BridgingApps.org website, or to find more app reviews, please click here.

Attainment's Symbol Support - $59.99 (Universal)




Reviewer Comments

SymbolSupport is an excellent app to be used as a reading and communication support for someone who needs symbol support to read and comprehend. This is an app that an adult/caregiver would use to create documents with symbols for someone who cannot read words or needs symbols to help them comprehend what they are reading.
SymbolSupport allows you type any text, and it adds symbols to each word as you type. The app comes with two symbol libraries: GoTalk Image Library and Slater Symbols, and then you also have the option of using images from your photo library.
When creating a document you have a variety of setting options. You can choose if you want the symbols on the top and bottom, if you want it to automatically symbolize the text or if you want to choose which words have symbols. You can choose if you want the parts of speech to be different colors and what colors you want. Each of these settings is set for that document only, so each document you create can be very individualized.
Along with these settings it also gives you “details” about the document such as, sentence count, word count, and grade level. You can also turn on the "read only" setting so that once you are done creating the document, the person using the document can not make changes on it. Once the document is finished and ready for the user you have more options. You can have it read aloud to the user and/or you can have it highlight each word as it is read. These options have to be turned on in your iPad’s general settings. You can also share this document via wireless or as an image through email.
There is also another app called SymbolSupport Viewer App. This app can receive, read, store and print documents that have been created in the SymbolSupport App but it can not edit the documents. So if you and the person who will be reading the documents each have your own iPad, you could have the full version of the app on your iPad and he/she could have the support app so you can then create the documents on your app and then share it with him and he can read it through the support app.
This feature would especially helpful to a teacher whose students have their own iPads. The teacher would need the full version but the students could just have the viewer app, and they would be able to receive any documents the teacher created. The teacher could create one document on her iPad and then share it with all of her students. (And the best part is that the viewer app is free!)
You can make your document as simple or complex as you want, so this app could be used for children/adults of all levels and abilities. The full version app also comes with a detailed and user friendly “User’s Guide” that is easy to access at anytime while creating document. Also be sure to check out the screen shots because that will give you a visual for what the documents will look like.
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Monday, April 2, 2012

#AppMondayTAS - LookTel Apps


LookTel has 2 very interesting apps, while I've not had the opportunity to try them out, I think they are worth sharing.  Both of these apps were designed with persons with limited vision in mind, but I can think of ways to use them with any person with disabilities.

LookTel Money Reader (Universal | $9.99) is exactly what it sounds like.  once you start the app, you hold your phone over the bills and it will say the denomination and type (Dollars, Euros, Australian Dollars, Pounds, etc...) out loud.  It even includes a Tone Mode so you can privately scan your bills.  Check out this great demo video.  I can see teaching students to use Money Reader to help sort their money, and to assist them at the store.

LookTel Recognizer (Universal | $9.99) looks even more useful to students with disabilities.  The basic concept is the same as Money Reader, you scan an object and it tells you what it is.  First, you have to build a library of images to scan - food, medicine, remote controls, etc... you can take a picture of anything and then you record an audio label.  It can store up to 60 seconds of audio with each picture.  Which means you could even record a short set of directions with an object - "Synthroid - take 1 at bedtime" - for example.  Although, they do note that smaller object (like medicine bottles) have a more difficult time being scanned consistently.

It has quite a few other features that are worth mentioning.  You can scan barcodes with the app and it will do it's best to find out information about the product you are holding (requires internet connection).   You can also import libraries from other app users to help increase your own library.  There are some limitations, so check out all the information on their Documentation Page.

Is anyone using these apps?  Have any suggestions for their use?  Take a moment and leave a comment if you do!



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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Symbol Resources (@SymbolResources) #spedchat #complexneeds #assistivetech #slpeeps

Symbol Resources (@SymbolResources) is an online resource created and managed by Tina Voizey to help teachers, speech-language therapists, parents, and others  who are interested in creating and using symbol-based materials to support the language development and learning of individuals who have special needs.  This site features information about best practices in using symbols, guides on how to use popular symbol software, & FREE resources supporting monthly themes as well as life skills and academics.   The resources that are available on Symbol Resources are created in Boardmaker, Communicate: In Print and Matrix Maker.

This site is one of a few activity shares geared towards special education that I have recently discovered.  It's great when we don't have to recreate the wheel when it comes to creating adapted/modified instructional materials!

-  Jeremy


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Monday, October 10, 2011

Visual Strategy Templates (Boardmaker, Word/Excel, PDF) #spedchat #assistivetech #complexneeds


You have to check out these awesome collections of visual strategy templates shared by the Autism Department of the Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative:



NOTE:  The templates are available to download for FREE in several formats (Boardmaker, Word\Excel, or PDF).  For the Boardmaker files, right-click the file and select "Save Target as" and save the file to your desktop, then right click and select "Rename" and change the .htm or .html to .bm2.
-  Jeremy

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Monday, August 22, 2011

#AppMondayTAS - iReward 3.0 by Grembe Apps @grembe #edapp #IEAR #spedchat #slpchat

For the second part of this week's #AppMondayTAS, I would like to share an updated version of iReward (iTunes App Store | Universal | $4.99) by Grembe Apps. iReward is a digital token board or motivational tool.  With iReward, teachers/parents/therapists are easily able to create token boards to help reinforce positive behaviors using visual (or tangible) rewards.  This app replaces the traditional velcro token-boards, which required a lot of effort to make.  iReward helps students remain on-task.  This app also helps facilitate transitions between activities.

I actually have been using this app in my classroom and with clients in my work as a Family Trainer since it was first released in late 2009.  Since then I have communicated with Jeff and Lisa (the developers), who are very open to feedback from users.  This update of iReward is exciting for me, as it adds several features  that I had requested!

iReward is a MUST have app for any classroom or home that has children with special needs (particularly autism).


Video Demo (by developer - our video demo will be uploaded tonight!):


App Features:
  • Support for multiple users - save custom token boards for multiple students on one device
  • Organize rewards or token boards by name or group
    • Copy/paste rewards between different names
  • Customization
    • choice of background colors for names
    • choice of tokens (checks, coins, gold and red stars, or smiley faces)
  • Include visual of reward
    • Take photo of reward using built-in camera, import a from device photo albums, or use built-in Google Image search
    • Ability to use two pictures to reinforce a first-then reward
  • Record custom audio and/or play video of keyboard when reward completed
  • Add or remove tokens
    • Option for only adding/removing one token at a time
    • Optional sound for when a token is added
  • Options for larger images and text, and for playing sound when adding a token
  • Ability to "lock" the app, preventing student from making any changes. Unlock the app by shaking device and entering the password.
  • In-app help added to first screen
  • Remarkable customer service (support@grembe.com) and user forum

Suggestions for Improvement:
  • Ability to create custom tokens
  • Ability to select other video rewards (either videos on device or YouTube)
  • Optional built-in timer for interval reinforcement schedules
  • Data collection - keep track of how many times each session/day a student selected/earned a particular reward
  • Ability to share token boards with other devices either by "bumping" devices or through iTunes


GIVEAWAY\OFFER

The developer have provided us with 3 promo codes for iReward to giveaway to active readers of the Teaching All Students blog. You can enter to win a promo code for iReward by doing the following:

1. Comment below and describe\share what kind of token economy or visual supports you have used to motivate your child or students.


 2. Follow @Grembe on Twitter.  Tweet the following: "RT @techieteacher This week's #AppMondayTAS features iReward 3.0 by @grembe - electronic token board #edapp #IEAR #spedchat #TeachingAll
" AND comment below letting us know you have retweeted.

3. Like Teaching All Students AND Grembe on Facebook. Leave a comment on either Facebook page about this giveaway.

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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#AppMondayTAS - i Get It apps @iGetItapps - visual supports & social stories #promocodes #edapp #autism #spedchat

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).


For the first part of this week's #AppMondayTAS, I would like to spotlight a relatively new developer - i Get It! apps (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99/each).  Be sure to check out their newly designed website - which I think they did a really nice job with, "like" them on Facebook, and "follow" them on Twitter.  Currently, i Get it! offers two series of educational apps, the Identification Series and i-Seequence Series.  These apps are designed to facilitate cognitive growth through building language skills.  The i Get It! apps are appropriate for typically developing children as well as children with special needs such as language impairments, autism, ADHD, and auditory processing disorders.

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.
                
  1. All About Me  (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99) - visual, auditory, and text support for helping a student learn or communicate personal information
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
Video Demo:  All About Me


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.

                        

1.  i-Seequence...Going to the Beach  (iTunes App Store | Universal | $0.99)
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!


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Monday, June 20, 2011

Your Special Chef


Your Special Chef is a great site for cooking recipes for all ability levels.  Created as a senior & Girl Scout project the creator says:
Your Special Chef is my Girl Scout Gold Award project and my Senior project. I am passionate about helping those with special needs after helping my brother Sam, who has Down Syndrome, and volunteering in a life skills room. This project is especially dear to me as it combines my love for design, cooking, and helping those with special needs.
The recipes share are visual, downloadable, and rated by difficulty.  Lesson guides are provided for all the recipes too.  There are quite a few great recipes that can be done in a school setting.  Take a few moments and check out this site!


- Patrick

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Friday, May 13, 2011

JobTIPS



I remember checking out Do2Learn one of my very first years teaching (can't believe that's almost 11 years ago).  I found tons of great resources, pictures, and ideas.  It seems in my absence they have greatly expanded their offerings.  While they still have great visuals for schedules, fire drills, songs & games, they have added an entire section on getting and keeping a job - JobTIPS.


JobTIPS is split into 4 ares - determining job interests, finding a job, interviewing for a job & keeping a job.  It is supported by tons of pictures, scripts and videos - ALL FOR FREE!  They even include a helpful tutorial on how to use the site - Tutorial.  This site is intended to be used by individuals with disabilities with their support system, not alone.  Take some time to explore it today!




-  Patrick


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011

#AppMondayTAS - Pictello

Recently, I was asked at a training, about a good app for social stories.  I didn't have an answer at that time, but now I do.  Strangely enough I heard about it later that day and it is a great app from AssistiveWare (makers of Proloquo2Go) - Pictello.

Pictello is a very full featured app, that allows for creation as well as consumption.  Pictello allows you to create stories using pictures from your iOS device.  The app includes text to speech, but also allows you to record your voice if you want.  You can download more voices (British & American) for free through the options menu.

There are a ton of options for creating stories including top & bottom labels, and it can read both, one or none, different voices, and other options.  The interface is easy to use, and includes a wizard mode to help you create stories.  One very useful feature is the ability to share stories between devices.  By creating a free account you can upload and share the stories with other Pictello users.  You do need to use a unique code to share the stories.

PIctello is $14.99 at this time, but I have 1 free code to giveaway this week.  As always you can enter up to 3 times, using the following methods:

1.  Comment on this post
2.  Tweet about this post using the hashtag #AppMondayTAS
3.  Like the Teaching All Students Fan Page on Facebook & leave a comment

Get your entries in by Thursday, 2/10 and good luck!

Patrick

Crossposted at iEAR.org

Disclaimer - I received a copy of this app to review for this post.

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Friday, October 29, 2010

#ATIA2010 - Thursday


Day 1 of ATIA is done and it went very well.  I started by giving my presentation - Bridging the Literacy Gap.  I wasn't sure how well an 8:00 session would be attended, but I was pleasantly surprised by the turnout.  Since this was the first time I had given the presentation, I have a few things to fix, but overall I was please with how it went, and the questions that were asked.

9:20-Working with Video-This session was led by Dan Herlihy.  While I've heard Dan's name before, this was my first chance to see him talk, and I was impressed.  He did a great job of sharing how to work with video, use different codecs, and gave great tools for converting videos!  He encouraged everyone to keep trying until different formats until it works - just play! (such a great message for us and our kids)

10:30 - One of the nice features of this conference is uninterrupted vendor time, that being said, 2.5 hours is a bit much.  The next sessions did not start until 1:15, so it was quite a break in the middle of the day.

1:15-Visual Strategies-This was a great session led by 2 wonderful professionals from Barrington School District here in the Chicago Burbs.  They had a lot of great ideas for creating schedules, visual supports, using color, and many other things.  They did a great job and while much of the discussion I knew, I did get some great resources for things to try!

2:35-Breaking all Barriers-Ira Socol, SpeEd Change, led a great session about changing our attitudes and eliminating barriers that keep kids from achieving.  He shared some great resources for Firefox Add-Ons that allow it to be more accessible to more students.  He share some great ideas and you can find it all here - ATIA 2010

I'm looking forward to more great sessions today, I'll presenting in just a few minutes with the lovely ladies from Aimee Solutions - Help for those Classrooms.   I'll keep posting my notes here.


Patrick

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Monday, April 26, 2010

#AppMondayTAS - iCommunicate


I came across iCommunicate ($4.99) while getting ready for my latest workshop.  iCommunicate is a program that helps you create "storyboards".  It comes with a  set of pictures, but you can easily add more from your photo library stored on your iPod Touch or iPhone.  You can use the storyboards to create social stories as well as schedules.  At this time you can save up to 40 photos for each storyboard  For an additional $4.99 in-app purchase you can add custom audio to your storyboards.  The user interface is easy to use, and it's very simple to create and modify storyboards.  They are saved, so you can reuse them.  One feature that I'd like to see added (suggested by someone at my workshop) would be some way to mark pictures as done (which they are working on but it will take some time).

The developers of iCommunicate are a husband and wife team, Grembe, Inc.  They have 2 other apps - iReward and iConnect.  I've not tried either of those programs, but if they are anything like iCommunicate they are well done.

Patrick


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Friday, August 7, 2009

Phonemic Awareness Materials

For several years I've been using materials developed by Michael Heggerty for Phonemic Awareness. The activity is designed to be completed in 10-15 min, and covers all Phonemic Awareness areas, such as name first sounds, last sounds, medial sounds, blending sounds, chopping sounds, adding sounds, dropping sounds, and repeating sentences. While Phonemic Awareness is inherently a verbal activity, I've found that it can be modified for all learners.

First I created a set of materials that give visual directions on what to do during each part of the activity. You can download it here and here (2 slightly different versions), at BoardmakerShare. Just make sure to sign in after you click the link.

I use the materials on a daily basis with all my learners. The students really love this activity, it's fast pace, repetitiveness, and actions allow student interaction at many levels. The visuals allow students to give answers to questions, first sounds for example, by pointing to the sound if they can't verbalize. Also since the materials were made with Boardmaker you can enlarge them for use with students who use eye gaze. I use motions with blending, showing the the 2 parts with each hand, then smashing the hands together to demonstrate the blending concept. Other such actions can be used for chopping, first sounds, and last sounds.

While you are unlikely to notice students understanding this concepts right away, if you stick with it you will see improvement. I have no empirical evidence to support this, but anecdotal evidence suggests that it helps students with verbalization, attention, as well as the Phonemic Awareness skills. Please feel free to use and pass along the materials.

Patrick

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Monday, January 12, 2009

Mrs. Riley

A new site just coming online is Mrs. Riley.  Mrs. Riley is still in beta but the features already online are great.  The basic use of the site is to create word cards.  There are at least 8 different templates that you can use.  They have several different styles and sizes available.  The pictures/photos are all high quality, and look great.  There are only a limited number of pictures at this time, but you can search Flickr, your computer, and Yahoo for other images.

The site runs quickly and is easy to navigate.   You can share boards with the public or keep them private.  This site is in public beta, so once it goes live it will have a cost, but as an alternative to boardmaker it might be worth it for some.

Patrick

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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Online Timer

Just a quick post tonight. Saw this online timer over at TLWMSN. Seems like a useful visual tool for students who needs visuals. Could be used in conjunction with computer games, or even as just a timer during a group time for how long you have to answer! Check it out.

Patrick

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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

FileFolderHeaven.com


File Folder Heaven was recommended to me by a teacher I met at a recent workshop. There are many books of file folder activities, and these are pretty much the same thing. One nice feature is that the files are already colored (unlike the stack of 150 pages in my classroom uncolored at this time!), and are conveniently in a word document format. There are several free file folders, but the majority are available for purchase. The price is quite reasonable 10 - 11 file folder games for $3.50.

There is also a interactive book section. The books are also in word format, and are interactive in the "off-line" sense, they have movable words and such to use in the classroom. The books are themed and come bundled with several themed file folder games. The interactive book bundles are $5.00 a piece.

So check out File Folder Heaven, and get some cheap pre-made visual activities!

Patrick

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