Apps for Education
Compiled by Carolann Cormier, MS, CCC-SLP, ATP
Cromwell, CT
(This handout is meant to be a resource. It is not meant to be exhaustive and is not a
suggestion on what apps to buy or download. It is always helpful to review the ratings on
apps before purchasing. For review of apps, click on the review button when you are on
the app download page in iTunes. If a lite version is available, generally they are free or
cheaper, so they can be a way for you to try an app. For childrens apps click on the Apps
for Kids category in iTunes sidebar. For books, click on the Books category. Use the
search parameters built into iTunes for apps by clicking on the apps button when your
search results come up.)
To take screen shots of your various displays press the “home” and “sleep” keys at the
same time. The shot will be saved in your photos and can be emailed or used in
presentations.
Art
Color & Draw
Includes various types of paper and background images. You
can import pictures for your background
Curious George
With virtual stickers and 45 colors, paint 56 unique pages of
Curious George and friends.
Doodle Buddy
Finger paint with colors and tap the screen to include stamps on
pictures or provided backgrounds.
Doodle Kids
Using a finger, draw random shapes in random colors and sizes,
then shake to clear the screen
Draw for iPad
(Free) Cooperative Drawing Game
Drawing Den
A series of pages to color in.
Drawing Pad
Includes different brushes, stamps, crayons, colored pencils and
different color paper for the backgrouns.
iCreate
An art program that allows you to add stamp images or your
creations onto included backgrounds. Some verbal feedback
provided.
iColoring Book
With many pen colors paint included images, or use
downloaded images from the Internet.
Itsy Bitsy Spider
A musical color image with 70 elements to paint. You can save
your image to your photos.
Learn to Draw
Follow directions with basic shapes to make drawings
Splatter HD
(Free) allows you to pick colors and make spatter pictures that
you can save in your picture album.
SculptMaster 3D
Using your fingers, create digital sculptures by painting clay
like material.
Spawn (a lite version available) Touch and drag on different areas of the screen to get animated
feedback of where your finger is moving.
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Assistive Technology & Accessibility
There are accessibility features on the 16 and 32 GB model iTouches only and on the 3rd
Gen. iPod Touchs, iPhone 3GS and iPads. These features include voice over, voice
control, high contrast mode, mono audio and up to 5x zoom. For more information go to:
www.apple.com/accessibility/ and click on the specific tool you would like information
on for the accessibility features.
AirMouse
Install on iPhone/iTouch and computer and allows you to use
the app to control the computer
Blabberize
Create talking pictures
vozMe
Type in text and it creates an mp3 file of your text
Books - Children
ABC Dinos
Brave Monkey
Binky
Buddy #1
Bugs
Cat in the Hat
Children’s Classics
Curious George’s Puppies
Curious George B-day
Dr. Seuss’s ABC’s
Emperor’s New Clothes
Fairy Tales
Goldilocks
Grinch Who Stole Christmas
HanselGretel
How to Train Your Dragon
ICDL Books for Children
iLook
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A dinosaur name is read and shown on each alphabetical page
Cute story that is automatically read to you. Does not highlight
A story about an elephant
Story about Buddy the Bus and where he take people. You can
add your voice. It reads in English, French, Japanese, Chinese,
German and Spanish.
Real photographs of bugs with the text that is read by touching
Mother Goose.
An interactive book that can be read to you or you can read
where each word is highlighted and the text label of items on
the page is displayed and read when touched.
Auto scrolling books from various authors, arranged
alphabetically. Text only with some illustrations.
The book allows you to record your own voice and is read to
you page by page. It allows a large text feature
An interactive book where you discover George’s birthday
surprise as you listen to the book or record your voice
An interactive book that can be read to you or you can read
where each word is highlighted and the text label of items on
the page is displayed and read when touched.
Can auto scroll, the text is not read aloud.
Books from Hans Christian Anderson that auto scroll at the rate
you desire. Text only.
Each word is highlighted as it is read to you
An interactive book that can be read to you or you can read
where each word is highlighted and the text label of items on
the page is displayed and read when touched.
Each page is read to you when you touch the page
From ForgDog Media, each word changes color as it is read
aloud.
Thousands of children’s books (e.g. Three Little Pigs) from 60
countries in various language with illustrations.
High Contrast, white on black picture book with 5 categories
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iMotherGoose – Bugs
iMotherGoose – Emperor’s
New Clothes
iMotherGoose – Hansel and
Gretel
iStoryTime Kids Books
Jules Verne
Little Lala
Little Red Riding Hood
Miss Spider
The Lorax
My Friend Isabelle
Peter Rabbit
The Reading Bug – from
iStory Times a library of
narrated children’s books
Sesame Street Playground
Spring
StoryBook (a lite version is
available)
StoryKit
Three Little Pigs
Toy Story
Treat Street
Trucks
(e.g. animals, food) for young children.
Talking picture book with full color pictures that speak the
insect name when touched
The classic has been altered and contains narrations and
original artwork.
The classic has been altered and contains narrations and
original artwork.
The books are illustrated, include text, and are narrated with
pages that turn automatically or manually.
Contains the text of books written by Jules Verne
Can read or have it read to you page by page
Talking, interactive book with story narration paired with text
and animated objects.
iPad, animated story that reads to you
An interactive Dr. Seuss book that can be read to you or you
can read where each word is highlighted and the text label of
items on the page is displayed and read when touched.
Background sound effects
Two friends with differences in a narrated story paired with
highlighted text.
The test is read to you, each page has a hidden shape and the
pages color in as they are turned
Designed for children 2 and up. Can pick different voices and
other preferences. This story is about a chameleon out to catch
the reading bug.
Allows you to change some settings and record your own voice
for this story about a lost puppy.
The simple story is read to you with sound effects.
A collection of stories that allows you to customize the books
by genre, names, gender, ages and species. Each reading can be
slightly different, introducing you to new words.
Easy program to create your own stories by adding in photos,
text and speech. Could use for social stories and schedules.
Interactive book with story narration paired with text. The
characters can be touched to make sounds.
Animated book that highlights the words as they are read.
Simple Halloween animations containing a costume shop, Treat
Street where you can interact with items on the street to get
audio feedback and treats and a goodie bag. No speech or text.
Simple story book that names and shows the text of the trucks
as they are touched.
Books – Adults and Young Adults
3D Bookshelf
Audiobooks
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Includes a variety of classics
Download hundreds of classic books arranged alphabetically by
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Barnes & Nobel eReader
BookList
BookShelf
Borders eBooks
Classics
Cliff Notes
EngLit
eTextbooks
Free Books
Great Books
iBooks (iPad)
Jules Verne
Kindle for iPhone
Mystery
Schmooz
Sherlock (iPad)
Stanza
Vook Books
author.
Allows you to download books from Barnes & Noble
Allows you to create a book list by title, author, genre and
recent and do searches.
Allows you to download books from Borders
Contains the complete text with some illustrations of 22 classic
books. You can bookmark where you are in your reading.
Available for a variety of the classic books and offers
information on the plot, characters and summaries.
Summaries and reading assistance for many books in English
Literature (like Cliff Notes). Each one is a separate app.
When connected to the Internet access your eTextbooks to read
them and to view your notes.
Thousands of books in different genres, all to download for free
The text of over 200 books, that are arranged alphabetically by
authors. It uses autoscrolling.
Download and read books that show the pictures in the actual
books, turn the pages back and forth by touching the edges of
the pages. Get free books by searching for free books in the
store.
The works of Jules Verne
Download and read Kindle books, highlight and take notes,
select alternate text and background colors
Includes a collection of classic myteries.
Auditory or visual summaries and notes on hundreds of books.
Each one is a separate app. (Like Cliff Notes)
Vook (Videos and links included in the book to make it a video
book).
Download from over 50,000 free books and read them with
tabbed navigation, copy support and note sharing.
Various books that have embedded videos and links to
wikipedia for the text that is in blue and underlined.
Wattpad 100,000+ books
Communication
ABA FlashCards - Actions
Aphasia
ArtikPix
AutoVerbal Pro
DAF Assistant
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52 images to learn actions via text, photo and real audio
You scroll through basic comments for conversations,
telephone, emergency, meals, restaurants, health and pain scale.
Allows you use 14 cards in 40 decks of randomized flash cards
for practicing specific sounds with data collection. Has audio
and recording features.
Includes some basic pictures and words that speak as you touch
them. Can also type in text and have it spoken.
Delayed auditory feedback and frequency shifting to help
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Expressionist
Grace – Picture Exchange for
Nonverbal People
Going Places – Social Stories
Halo Talk
iCommunicate
iConverse
iPrompts
iSpeak Spanish
iSpeech
iTranslate Plus
Jolly Holiday
Kindergarten.com – 24 titles
Larry the Talking Parrot
Learn to Talk
Locabulary Lite
Look2Learn – AAC
Mobile Articulation Probes
MyTalk
Proloquo2Go
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decrease stuttering
Contains over 100 commonly used expressions divided into 7
categories (a Youtube video at
http://www.youtube.com/user/holpang#p/a/u/0/3TA8feG0xRA
It can be customized by adding your own photos. The users
selects up to 8 cards in a sentence and rotates the device to
present them to the listerner who reads the cards.
Contains 6 video and audio social stories about going to
different places
by AdstraSoft this forced choice/prompting app is designed as
pairs of opposites to use to offer choices from a field of two
photos or to prompt by using a field of two photos. This uses
the cartoon drawing of a person as well as photos.
Pre-loaded pictures and storyboards/routines to facilitate
language comprehension. You can record yur own speech and
customize the setups.
AAC tool to express 6 different icons representing basic needs:
food drink, sick, bathroom, help and break
Visual prompting tool containing original artwork for
schedules, a timer, a 2 choice prompts and a library of pictures
Uses high quality text to speech to translate English to Spanish
and Spanish to English
List of sounds for developmental ages 3 to 7+ with explanations
for forming and teaching the sounds
Translate words and whole sentences in 52 languages and use
text to speech with 43 voices in 16 languages
Learn prepositions while decorating the tree, then learn the
signs to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
Most of the apps present 1 picture with the text paired with
speech, but some also work on receptive language by
identifying by name, what goes together, rhymes and function.
Larry repeats your words back.
Over 160 interactive flashcards to learn nouns, verbs, early
syntax and word combinations.
Audio output for expressing phrases (hello), moods (I am
happy), assistance (Call the doctor) & restaurants. Comments
on iTunes said there are problems with it crashing and causing
problems with Prologuo2Go.
AAC system with photos and preloaded voices to express wants
and needs.
Over 600 words organized by sound, to practice articulation in
flashcards with user and data features
AAC software with photos and voice recording feature that can
be used with a web authoring service
Full AAC dynamic display solution with over 7000 symbols,
natural sounding voices, automatic tensing and more.
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Small Talk Aphasia
Small Talk Dysphagia
Small Talk Oral Motor
Exercies
Speak It
Step Stones
StoryKit
Talking Carl
Talking Harry the Hedgehog
Talking Tom Cat
TapSpeak Button
TapSpeak Picture
TapSpeak Picture Choices
TapSpeak Sequential
Tap to Talk
Tap to Talk for the DS
Visules
By Lingraphica, geared towards individuals with aphasia, has
icons and text for simple communication messages (free)
By Lingraphica, present icons and text for basic
communication, including adaptive equipment needed for
eating.
By Lingraphica, presents videos and pictures for oral motor
exercies
Text to speech
By AdastraSoft, visual schedules for 9 sequential activities that
can be checked for completion and more activities can be
added.
Allows you to easily create your own books, schedules,
sequences or social stories by importing pictures and adding
speech
An animated figure repeats whatever it hears using a modified
voice and some other sound effect.
(free) Harry repeats whatever you say.
(free) Similar to Talking Carl, an animated cat repeats what you
say. The voice is not as modified as Talking Tom.
Allows you to record messages that the person plays back by
touching red buttons on the display (like a Big Mack). They
will be expanding their line to included sequential playback of
messages.
Take pictures of common objects for visual indicator, message
categories, sync from iPhone to iPod Touch to use Touch as
primary playback device
Adds to TapSpeak Picture the ability to configure and choose
among two or more messages on a single screen.
Sequential recording and playback of songs, stories, nursery
rhymes, and other messages. Includes starter set of songs with
others sets available through iTunes
Communication program that allows you to program 6 choices
in the display, with a category picture above it. The speech is
better here then on the DS. Subscription needed to edit and add.
http://www.taptotalk.com/
Uses drawings and photos to communicate schedules and
actions
Early Academics
ABC & Me
Dad’s Gift
Dog Party
Fish School
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Works on learning ABC’s and basic words through various
games.
Colors, shapes, numbers and early math
Created by PBS Kids, based on the the series Martha Speaks
with several games and a pop quiz.
(Made by Duck, Duck, Moose), Cute and interactive program
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In the Zoo
PreK Safari
Preschool Adventure
for letters, numbers, matching and other areas.
Alphabet learning using sing a long, Karaoke and flashcards.
Letters, numbers, colors and shapes with flash cards or touching
the items when asked
Includes 8 simple activities parents can do with their young
toddlers and preschoolers
Functional Life Skills, Social Stories, Feelings
The Angry Octopus book
Autism Xpress
Hidden Curriculum for
Adolescents and Adults
Hidden Curriculum for Kids
Look in My Eye (garage, car
mechanic, restaurant and toys)
Model Me Going Places
Model Me
Picture Scheduler
Social Stories
Stories 2 Learn
StoryKit
A book about how to handle anger and shows children how to
calm down. Beautiful illustrations and adorable characters.
(free) It is designed to encourage people with autism to
recognize and express their emotions by touch expressive
cartoon faces..
Real life examples and suggestions by Jundy Endow (an adult
on the spectrum). Topics covered include social relationships,
community, money, workplace and others.
Real life based entries to start conversations about the
“unwritten social rules”
By looking in the eyes of people in the photographs you see
surprised. If you can match the number surprise yu earn money
to buy car parts to build a car in the garage.
With 6 locations (e.g. playground), each has photos with
narration of children modeling the behavior
(free) Social stories for children
This app shows a visual reminder (photo or video) at a specified
time as well as playing a voice note to cue the user.
Uses real life pictures and stories that show facial expressions
that are easy to understand and follow. There are 6 stories that
teach classroom tules, turn taing, reciprocal play and more.
Use to develop your own stories, adding in pictures, sound and
text.
A free app that allows you to easily add in your own pictures,
text and messages for creating books, social stories, steps in
activities, etc.
Games
Action Bowling
Bug Squash
The Deep
Flood-It
Labyrinth
Mahjong (various Mahjong
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Basic bowling game
Squash the bugs as they go across the screen (good to practice
activating items on the touch)
A realistic pinball game where touching either side of the
screen activates the left and right flippers.
See how many moves you have to make to flood the screen of
tiles all one color.
Move the marble to go around barriers and into the holes
The traditional Mahjong game in 3D
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games are available)
Matches
Skee Ball
Solitaire (various available)
Sudoku
Timed concentration game
Roll and release the ball to get points like in the arcade games
Various games for different types of Solitaire
The traditional Sudoku game (various available)
Math
123 Animals Counting
Algebra Solver
Cloud Math
Cute Math
DiaMath
Flash Math
Freddy Fraction
Free Graphic Calculator - lite
iLiveMath-Winter Sports
KidCalc Math Fun
Math Cards Pro
Math Drills
Math Magic
Multiplication
Pop Math
Sudoku HD for iPad
TimesTables
Touch 40 different animals with sounds to see and hear
numbers counted.
Solves math formulas and equations and allows you to email
them to others.
Practice adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing with a
timer, levels of difficulty and solution choices.
7 cute activities for counting, adding and subtracting with
manipulative, solution choices and verbal praise
Algebra learning tool – solve the two empty spaces in the
diamond by following the rules.
Math flash cards from kindergarten to elementary ages,
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Use Freddy, an alien, to determine the equivalence among
fractions, decimals and percents.
iPhone and iPad version, scientific calculator and function
plotter, can plot cartesiand and polar functions
Asks word problems, several different themes available
Activities for number recognition, counting, and math
operations using flash cards, puzzles and games.
Quick quizzes in math, different speed modes, includes Roman
Numerals
Drills for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing with
number lines, hints and facts.
Includes addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, takes
data and has graphics for younger children
Includes quiz component that takes data
In adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing, pop pairs of
bubbles that match the equation with the solution.
Sudoku games at various levels
Works on times tables in different formats including a 12 x 12
grid
Math- Calculators
Big Beautiful Calculator
Calcbot
Calc It
Easy Calculator
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Has changeable skins
Has a four function mode and appears to show equations
Can show equation, in “123” mode it looks like a four function
calculator
(free) shows the math vertically (0.99)
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Graphing Calculator
MyCalculator Pro
Super Calc
Scientific calculator and high resolution function plotter to trace
multiple equations on the same graph
Graphic calculator in 2D and 3D with one touch graphing with
memory to store and recall answers
(free) changeable backgrounds
Math – Money Skills
Coin Counting Calculator
Money – Learn to Count
Money Counting Calculator
Pocket Change
Realistic pictures of coins, does not include dollars, has a
younger look
Customize the values of money, then select the correct value
that corresponds to bills and coins pictured.
Realistic pictures of coins and dollars, has a look like a standard
calculator, you touch the coins/bill and the total amount shows
on the top display
Times adding activity using graphics of actual coins
Miscellaneous
Autism News Reader
Behavior Tracker Pro
Conover Company
Dragon Search
Flashcards (free)
Howcast
Matches
Revision Aid
Wikipanion
Grabs the top stories from the best autism health news and
information sites and delivers them to your iPhone.
Allows you to record the components of ABC data collection
and then analyze the data.
They have over 40 apps of various titles including category
sight words, money equivalents, social skills, grooming and
many others. They have 4 free samplers available.
Allows you to search the internet based on dictated text.
Allows you to create your own flashcards for any subject
Videos in a variety of categories including arts, media,
business, careers, education, crafts, hobbies, kids, sports,
technology and many more.
Timed concentration game
Design your own tests, they can be multiple choice or a single
answer.
Access to wikipedia
Music, Musical Instruments and Songs for Young Children
Accordeon - iPad
Air Harp - iPad
Bloom
Five Little Monkeys
Itsy Bitsy Spider
JamPad
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Play the accordeon by touching the keys and buttons.
Can play the strings or follow the notes on the strings to play
songs
Touch on the screen to create bubbles that play southing music.
Musical counting game based on the popular rhyme with toys
that react to touch. Can sing in rock, country or pop modes
Interactive song where the spider navigates from screen to
screen
Great app, includes Guitar, Drum, different keyboards, tempo
changers and other features that respond to your touch.
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Kid Songs Kwiz Game
Kidzsongs
Magic Piano - iPad
Music
Old MacDonald
Puff the Magic Dragon
Sounddrop
Toddler Jukebox
Virtuoso Piano Free 2HD
Wheels on the Bus
World of Lullabies
Xmas Count
As a popular kid song plays, touch the corresponding picture
from a field of 4
6 songs in a sing to me or sing by myself mode, with simple
animation.
Great sound on a circular piano, blank screen or following the
noted for a variety of songs.
4 interactive activities where music is provided by tapping on
different areas of the screen
Musical book with 12 interactive pages that play the song in
varied languages or instruments or record your own voice
An animated video plays as the classic song is sung.
(free) A simple game where you draw lines to trap balls that
make music as they hit the lines.
Listen to 5 classic songs and one original song by a children’s
artist.
Free virtual piano
Musical book with 8 interactive pages that plays the song in
varied languages or instruments or records your voice
Audio and lyrics provided for 10 lullabies
Counts the days towards Christmas while playing a Christmas
song with simple animations
Organization
Dropbox
Evernote
First Then
Percentally
iEarnedThat
IEP Checklist
iReward
Picture Scheduler
Scheduler
Time Timer
To Do
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Store up to 2 GB of files can access from the web
Note keeping took, allows sync between devices and is
searchable
Customizable Visual Schedule application that includes verbal
feedback. You can add as many images as needed to create
steps in tasks using different format.
Track & record data, both single and dual item, gives percent
correct, transfers to Google docs
Can divide a photograph into any number of animated puzzle
pieces. As the puzzle is completed, players earn rewards.
(free) Provides a checklist of everything that should be done at
an EIP, includes specific language from IDEA and places to
keep notes
A motivational chart
This app shows a visual reminder (photo or video) at a specified
time as well as playing a voice note to cue the user.
Allows you to create schedules with pictures, text and audio.
Alerts are sent to the user at the scheduled times for each
activity and will display the programmed prompt.
Red bar disappears as time goes down, includes auditory
reminders when time is finished
Allows you to create your own to do lists, that can be tagged,
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with push notifications.
Photography
Art Camera
Camera Zoom 2
ColorSplash
Cooliris
Flickr
Gorillacam
Photo Booth Classic
Photo Sketch
Photobucket
Photoshop Mobile
Pic Pop
PicMix
With 33 filters, your photos can mimic art styles and be shared
to email, Facebook or Twitter
Zoom in/out with iPhone camera, take pictures by pressing
volume and use the timer
For dramatic effect, convert your photos to black and white
while maintaining the details in color
Photo and video content displayed on an endless wall and
search across multiple websites
Search and capture photos and videos, tag, do batch uploads
and share to the Flickr community.
Take photos by pressing anywhere on the screen or use features
such as a self-timer, time lapse and rapid fire.
Take 4 photos to recreate black and white photo strips, then
share to your camera roll, Facebook or Twitter.
Use one of your photos to create a high quality, hand drawn
rendering of that image.
Upload photos to your Photobucket albums, search and
download photos and share image URL and html code.
Edit photos for cropping, colors, filters like soft focus and
effects like warm vintage, then share the final products.
Use the Pic Pop box to cycle through your photo library and
double tap a photo to spin to the next one
Mix two or more photos in a montage, then edit the detail and
add backgrounds.
Productivity Tools
iAnnodate
Print Central
Allows you to work with PDF’s, has a highlighting feature and
you can do annotations (www.ajidev.com/iannotate)
An application that allows you to print from your iPad
Reading
300+ Sight Words
ABC Animals
abc Pocket Phonics
Alphabet Animals
Audiobooks
Blio
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Sight words for Level 1 to 5 and Nouns 1 & 2 with text only
that can be read to you.
Interactive animal flashcards with audio that provide the letter
name, associated animal name and the phonetics
Combines 3 apps with letter sounds, letter writing practice and
170 first words
All 26 letters in interactive flashcards that make sounds and
animations when touched
Includes audio books that are free and others that are not.
Will allow any books to be read to you, free app soon to be
available
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Build a Word (a lite version is
available)
i Can Read
iFlash
iSentence
iWord (lite version available)
Kindergarten.com – 24 titles
Learn to Talk
Martha Speaks Dog Party
See Read Say
Stories2Learn
StoryKit
Super Why!
Voice Cards
Web Reader
weesay ABC
Place letters in the outline provided one at a time to build a
word and the word morphs into word friends.
Flash cards where 1 side contains the picture and the other the
text only.
Flash cards by word ending families. Pick a word ending and
each time you touch the screen the initial letter changes. No
audio.
Use a roller bar to line up words to create the sentence that
makes sense (could use as a sentence writing activity also).
Flash cards (no audio) for words that can be letter by letter
length
Most of the titles present one photograph at a time with the text
above it being read when you touch the page.
Contains text and audio on flash cards for high impact words,
objects and labels and other categories. Settings for: say cards;
shuffle; spelling and first letters.
Presented by PBS and based on the television series, it is about
a dog that eats a bowl of alphabet soup and gain the power of
human speech, contains 4 different games. A study based on
use of this app showed a 31% gain in vocabulary after using it
for 5 hours over 2 weeks.
Includes all 220 Dolch Words spoken at the push of a button
with individual tracked progress.
A shell to build your own social stories or other types of stories,
can include pictures and audio. Comes with 1 story.
Comes preloaded with a few stories. Easy to import pictures
and create your own stories, schedules, social stories or
sequences for activities. Can add voice recordings and text.
From PBS Kids – contains 4 interactive literacy games
Pictures and text for various category cards in English and
Spanish.
Reads text on the web
Preloaded or create your own album of alphabetical sounds and
images using the camera and microphone.
Science & Social Studies
3D Brain
All Countries
Google Earth
Mapquest
Maps
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Rotate and zoom in on 29 interactive structures. Each structure
comes with information on functions, disorders, brain damage,
case studies and links to research
Basic information and a picture of the flag is presented for each
country with links to Google, Flikr and Google maps.
Type in a destination and see the photo narrow in and show you
what it looks like from above
Can get directions or maps, includes information on various points of intere
Application that comes pre-installed. It can now be done in the classic,
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Science Quiz
satellite, hybrid (satellite and maps together) and terrain view.
Quizzes your knowledge in physics, chemistry, biology,
zoology, earth science and inventions.
Sign Language Apps
ASL Signs
American Sign Language
Idioms 1 by Everyday ASL
iSign (3D and lite version
available)
iSpeech Toddler Sign
Jolly Holiday
Sign 4 Me
Sign Smith ASL
Signing Time (Lite version
also)
Toddler Sign
Can arrange alphabetically or by categories. An avitar shows
and says the sign.
Over 11,000 vocabulary items in an interactive sign dictionary
Contains a variety of idioms arranged alphabetically that are
displayed several times in a short video and also shown in a
sentence. It also has a quiz component. No audio.
Many vocabulary items arranged alphabetically with simple
animation to display the sign
2 animated children show 30 signs each with accompanying
explanations
Learn prepositions while decorating the tree, then learn the
signs to Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.
With more than 11,500 words in the library, you can learn
signed English from a 3D avatar.
More than 1200 signs you can learn American Sign Language
from a 3D avatar.
Contains videos with audio of various signs, arranged
alphabetically. Also contains flash cards and challenges.
Volume 1 contains at least 100 signs arranged alphabetically
that contain a description and animation on how to make the
sign.
Writing
100 Words to Make you Sound
Smart
ABC Animals
ABC Dinosaurs (Ipad)
ABC Tracer
ACT & SAT Vocabulary
Builder
AlphaPuzzle
Big Quotes
Build a Word (lite version
available)
Chicktionary
Dasher
Diary
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Trace various letters, numbers, concept words and dinosaur
names.
Alphabet flashcards (a lite version available)
Tracing letters, word flashcards and easy puzzles
Make the letters into a word by putting them in the outline and
having the word morph into the word friend.
Using the timed or untimed mode, use letters to create words
and get the word definitions
A word prediction program based on letter possibilities
controlled by moving a line connecting the letters
Write in a diary that you can add voice notes or photos, change
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the font and size and email to others.
Dictionary
Using predictive text search for a word and its definition or
synonym in context from dictionary. Com or thesaurus.com
Dictionary?
A quick, easy to use and comprehensive dictionary that lets you
look up words and find their definitions or synonyms and
navigate between words
Dictionary!
Easy to use, no fluff dictionary
Dragon Dictation
Voice recognition that you can then see and edit your text to
share on clipboard, SMS and email
Dragon Search
Voice recognition to use to search on Google, YouTube,
Wikipedia, iTunes & Twitter
FirstWords: At Home
With pictures of over 30 items around the house, touch a letter
to hear it and drag it to the correct word position
Letter Tracer
Tracing lower or upper case letters and numbers. Allows for
some customization. You can shake the screen to clear your
tracing.
iThoughts
Can import from and export to MindManager as well as other
desktop graphic organizers
iWriteWords (a lite version
In easy or regular mode, trace numbers, lower and upper case
available)
letters using numbered prompts
Magnetic Poetry: Build a Poem Has a wide variety of words and word fragments that allow you
to create an endless number of poems
MindJet
Works with iThoughts or MindManager for Mac and Windows
MindMeister
Create, view, and edit mind maps, then share them to a website
to view and edit further
Momento
Provides a quick and easy way to write in a private journal, can
connect with popular social web services.
My Writing Nook
Write in portrait or landscape, autosave, word count,
dictionary/thesaurus lookup, email documents
Pocket Whiteboard
Works as a whiteboard on the phone or iPad. Can take pictures
of your creations, thoughts using the “home” and “sleep”
buttons (can do this for all apps for a screen shots)
Pocket Phonics
Tracing letters paired with the letter sounds
Puppet Pals
Allows you to use set scenes and characters recording your own
messages to create stories or shows that can be saved.
Additional sets and characters can be purchased.
Scramble
Connect 3 or more letters to create words in various player
modes, after the time is up a list of possible words is displayed
Sentence Builder
Use spin wheels to make sentences, interactive with picture
support
ShapeWriter
Rather than hunting and pecking, a single stroke through the
letters in a word can write the word. Also includes word
prediction on top of the keyboard.
Sound Paper (iPad only)
Tracks what you draw and write while recording audio. During
playback tap a word and it will playback what was recorded at
that time. Share your text, drawings or audio notes via email or
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Speaktionary
Spel It Rite Pro
Textfree
Trace
Typing Class
Typo
Word Magic
Word Scramble 2
Write Now – a lite version
available
WriteRoom
ZenTap
import directly to your Mac or PC.
Talking dictionary
From two choices, select the correctly spelled word as quickly
as possible
Use a Textfree email account, send and receive unlimited texts
free for a whole ear
Do various activities tracing your finger on the screen
Practice and timed format for using the onscreen keyboard
As you type possible words show up in a list. To hear the words
you touch them, and to select, you touch them again.
With a picture shown and a letter missing in a word, select the
correct choice for reinforcers and rewards
Among scrambled letters, tap three or more to create words in a
single player, multi-player or live game online
Allows you to write notes using your handwriting, each page is
automatically saved when you go to a new page.
Full screen editing, sync to simple text, text expander support,
search your documents
Word prediction with choices displayed on top of the alphabet
screen
Apps & Iphone/iTouch website and/or article resources
100 Best Free iPhone Apps for College
Students
100 Ways to use your iPod to Learn and
Study Better
www.bestuniversities.com/blog/2009/100-bestfree-iphone-apps-for-college-students/
http://oedb.org/library/beginning-onlinelearning/100-ways-to-use-your-ipod-to-learn-andstudy-better
Accesibility Features
www.apple.com/iphone/iphone3gs/accessibility.html
Apple getting started guide
http://images.apple.com/education/docs/teachers/A
pple-iPodGettingStartedGuide081809.pdf
Apple iPhone accessibility
http://www.apple.com/iphone/iphone3gs/accessibility.html#video
The Bests Apps for Kids – Personal Tech
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/10/th
e-best-iphone-apps-forkids/?nl=technology&emc=b2
The Best Apps for Kids
http://www.iphone4kids.net/2010/02/18/yes-appsfor-kids-finally-exists-as-a-appstore-category/
Book Room Reviews – scroll down to links www.bookroomreviews.com
to Product Reviews to articles about apps
for children
Comparison of iPad vs netbooks
http://rjcooper.com/ipad-vs-netbook/
Cnetdownloads.com – view downloads by http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articlesplatforms
resources/disability-resources/text-accessibilityplan-for-iphone.jsp#tap
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Ebooks lost on Kindle, found on iPod
Touch
From toy to tool: Cell Phones in Learning
Helpting Children with iOS Devices
How to Build a Theft Proof iPhone
I EAR.org – I Education Apps Review –
extensive resources listed by various
categories from toddlers to college level
iHelp for Autism – article from San
Francisco Weekly
(The) iPad: A Near Miracle for my Son
with Autism
iPad Apps that Help Autistic Children’s
Development (video)
iPad User’s Guides
iPad with Neo as keyboard
iPad - video using VoiceOver
iPod Therefore I Can: Enhancing the
Learning of Children with Intellectual
Disabilities Through Emerging
Technologies – PDF download on a
research study on iPod
iPod Touch for Special Needs Classroom –
Mobile Learning for All
iPod Touch – Touching Students lives in
the Classroom
iPods for Special Education
iPod/iPhone survey of use in education
iPod Users Group Wiki
Learning in Hand – iPods in educations –
information on apps, quick tips to get you
started with iTouch & iPad etc.
Magic Mouse – how to get a mouse to
work on an iPad (involves jailbreaking the
iPad)
Portable speakers
Speech/Language Pathology Sharing Apps
for Special Education
Sync your iPhone, iPad or iPod with
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http://news.cnet.com/e-books-lost-on-kindle-foundon-ipod-touch/
http://www.cellphonesinlearning.com/
www.tuaw.com/2010/08/18/helping-autisticchildren-with-ios-devices/
http://www.ismashphone.com/2009/05/how-tobuild-a-theftproof-iphone.html
http://www.iear.org/
www.sfweekly.com/2010-08-11/news/ihelp-forautism
www.blogher.com/ipad-nearmiracle-my-son-autism
www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/18/ipad-appsfor-autism-and-_n_686020.html
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPad_User_G
uide.pdf
www.tuaw.com/2010/05/16/found-footage-neodoubles-as-ipad-usb-keyboard/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5kLiRxuuq0
www.icicte.org/ICICTE%202008%20Proceedings/
marks086.pdf
http://ipods4specialneeds.ning.com/
http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/story.php?itemI
D=16472&version=7723&page=21
http://ipods4specialneeds.ning.com/
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewanalytics?key=
txxClseuoXVsupxD6xi13uA
http://wiki.canby.k12.or.us/groups/ipodusergroup/
http://www.learninginhand.com/ipod/index.html
http://pinoytutorial.com/techtorial/magic-mouseipad/
http://www.hmdxaudio.com/hmdx/speaker-on-thego.html
http://speechlanguagepathologysharing.blogspot.co
m/2009/12/iphone-and-ipod-touch-apps-forspecial.html
http://macgroup.org/blog/2010/05/10/sync-your16
Multiple Computers
Syncing photos to iPod
Teaching Learners with multiple needs
blog
Text Accessibility plan for iPhone from
AT&T
iphone-ipad-or-ipod-touch-with-multiplecomputers/
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1678
http://teachinglearnerswithmultipleneeds.blogspot.c
om/2009/06/ipod-touchiphone-app-round-up-forusers.html
http://www.wireless.att.com/learn/articlesresources/disability-resources/text-accessibilityplan-for-iphone.jsp#tap
iPad/iPhone/iTouch related Products
Adapted Headstick Pointer – YouTube
video
Camera Connecting Kit - connect your
digital camera or iPhone via USB cable or
insert your SD memory card directly to the
iPad ($29)
Echo touch glove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeDzDgKlMfU
&feature=related
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531?mco=MT
c0MjU1ODU
http://www.echodesign.com/Product/echo+touch+g
loves/default.aspx?rid=4853&crid=443
Holders
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001Q
6GU7Y/lockergnome
iGear – accessories
www.igear.com/
iHome Speaker
http://www.ihomeaudio.com/prodShelf.asp?searcht
erms=IHm4p&x=0&y=0
In Your Face – viewbase flexible holder for http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B001Q
iPhone
6GU7Y/lockergnome
iPad Case
http://rjcooper.com/ipad-carry-case/index.html
iPad Sound Sleeve (coming in June) review www.engadget.com/2010/04/14/strax-ipadsoundsleeve-prototype-rocks-a-nxt-flat-panelspeaker/
iPad Stand
http://rjcooper.com/ipad-stand/index.html
iPad Speaker
http://rjcooper.com/ipad-speaker/index.html
iPhone speaker
http://www.ihomeaudio.com/prodShelf.asp?searcht
erms=IHm4p&x=0&y=0
Mini Mic
3.5mm Microphone from www.Play.com
PED3-Auto mount for phone
http://thoughtout.biz/PED3Auto?gclid=CI291s3MwKACFQsMDQodjX4-TA
Pogo Stylus
http://www.tenonedesign.com/stylus.php
Speaker Resources
http://proloquo2go.com/resources/article/speakers
ThinkGeek - (They have a variety of stands www.thinkgeek.com
and cases, including a flex stand, hard case
and hip case for the iPad. Go under
gadgets)
Thumb Tack Mic
3.5mm Mini Microsphone from www.Play.com
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PodCasts
AT Tips
iPad Live
iPad Screencasts
iPhone Podcast
AT Tools in public schools, exploring and investigating
different implementation of AT in schools (not app related
specifically).
Weekly podcast on various aspects of the iPad
Video Demonstrations for the iPad
Includes information on the iPhone and iPad.
Compiled from information obtained from research, iTunes information, references on
the QIAT listserve and from the information in “iPhone and iPod toch Apps for (Special)
Education” written by Eric Sailers.
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