Leveling the playing field with apps
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An opportunity to level the playing field for diverse learners has arrived. With the use of mobile devices and a set of apps, barriers to learning can be removed and will set the stage for access to learning for ALL learners.
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Teach Speech Apps for Speech & Language

Teach Speech Apps for Speech & Language | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
Speech therapy apps for iPad developed with certified speech language pathologists (SLPs) and teachers. Teach Speech Apps creates iPad apps to help teach prepositions, pronouns, and rhyming.
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:

Teach Speech Apps encourages learning side-by-side with an engaged adult.


Benefits of Teach Speech Apps:

  • Professional and colorful photographs- Using real images allows Teach Speech apps to be utilized by all ages and learning levels
  • Distraction-free design - clean and simple design allows for focus on the task
  • Affordable apps- Teach Speech recognizes that you may not have a big budget for purchasing apps.  
  • Enriches vocabulary - We start with a base of common words and then add some "stretch" words so the user can learn new words
  • Multi-sensory learning- You can see and hear when an answer is selected, providing great feedback
  • Aligned with the Common Core Standards
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Speech Journal App: Customizable Voice Recorder

Speech Journal App:  Customizable Voice Recorder | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it

"Speech Journal is designed to allow parents and speech pathologists the ability to create customized versions of any targeted speech-language activity. Uses for Speech Journal include: picture sequencing, multi-step picture schedules, multi-step directions, articulation, expressive language exercises, building narratives, individualized social stories, practice conversations. Speech Journal can also be used as a personal diary and as a way to create family vacation photo slideshows.Any image from your photo album can be imported into Speech Journal.

 

Speech Journal can also function as a basic voice output augmentative communication device for children with limited verbal ability.

 

Speech Journal gives parents and speech language professionals an unlimited amount of flexibility to create speech activities and generate speaking opportunities that best suit the needs of their children."

 

 

 

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75 best apps for special education

75 best apps for special education | Leveling the playing field with apps | Scoop.it
We asked special education teachers, OTs and SLPs to recommend their favorite apps for autism, speech, language, reading, writing, auditory processing disorder, executive functioning and more.
Kathleen McClaskey's insight:

Check out this great list of apps from "A Day in Our Shoes". They include the 75 best apps for special education, special needs, speech and language, reading and writing, auditory processing disorder. Share this with schools and friends!



Carlos Silva's curator insight, January 9, 2016 9:15 PM

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