#B2SAppSpecials by IEP Goal/Skill Page

Update: We only categorized 60 apps so far. There atleast 70 more and will be categorized Friday morning PST.  But they are all listed here.  If the app is recommended it has this label on it. (Recommended). 

Want to see the ORIGINAL IEP Goal/Skill Page? Click here.

Addition

• Math Ninja by KittyPad by Kitty Pad – Interesting game for children aged 6-12 designed to help them learn and practice foundational math skills, from basic concepts of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, to more advanced and complicated problem solving such as mixed operator usage.  – FREE
• iLearnWith Poko Additions by Tribal Nova – We created this educational game for 3 to 7 year old kids to learn about numbers and additions while having fun! We are the developers of the award winning PBS KIDS PLAY! and CBC Wonderworld online learning programs. – FREE

Art

• GlowTunes by AppHappy Studios – GlowTunes is a one of a kind application for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch that combines light and sound to create stunning works of art! – FREE
• Paint My Wings by Toca Boca – Paint My Wings is a fun and easy way for your kids to paint beautiful butterflies! Simply choose a color and start drawing on one wing to make the identical pattern appear on the opposite side. – FREE

Bookmakers

• Picturebook by Maplekey Company, LLC – Create personalized bedtime stories with friends’ names and favorite things.  – FREE

Books

• Busy Bunnies by Newleaf Solutions – Every page contains cute animations that will amuse and delight young readers. For instance, readers can help the bunnies water the garden (growing carrots of course!), pop bubbles as the bunnies have their bath, kiss them goodnight and generally help them along with each activity throughout their busy day. – FREE

Counting

• Splish Splash Inn by Carolyn Merriman – It’s a great way to help toddlers and pre-schoolers on the pre-math skill of connecting numbers to actual quantities. – FREE
• Monte-Lingual 1 to 10 by Continuous Integration, Inc. – “A counting app for preschoolers trying to provide numerous approaches to counting within the one space. – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Environmental Sounds

• Animals for Tots by AppAnnex, LLC – Animals for Tots is an unique educational tool to teach toddlers about animals, their names, sounds they make and cause and effect.  – FREE
• Photo Safari! by Carolyn Merriman – Watch your child start to identify new animals and distinguish them from other like animals. Visual spatial processing is the ability to tell the difference between like objects. It’s the ability to tell the difference between p’s and q’s or horses and donkeys. It’s a critical skill for reading, math and writing.  – FREE

First Words

• Animals for Tots by AppAnnex, LLC – Animals for Tots is an unique educational tool to teach toddlers about animals, their names, sounds they make and cause and effect.  – FREE
• Photo Safari! by Carolyn Merriman – Watch your child start to identify new animals and distinguish them from other like animals. Visual spatial processing is the ability to tell the difference between like objects. It’s the ability to tell the difference between p’s and q’s or horses and donkeys. It’s a critical skill for reading, math and writing.  – FREE

Following Directions

• iLearnWith Poko Seasons and Weather by Tribal Nova – – FREE (Recommended)
• iLearnWith Poko Seasons and Weather HD by Tribal Nova – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• iLearnWith the mightly Jungle: Animals by Tribal Nova – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Games

• Stunt Cat! by AppHappy Studios – Stunt Cat! is a fast-paced, action/arcade game for your iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad! Help Stunt Cat gain fame in the stunt world by collecting as many rings as possible while dodging birds, parachuting dogs, and dangerous thunderclouds! Unlock power-ups to help brave the dangerous skies! – FREE
• Fun With Thandros by Thandros Media Corp. – Thandros is an adventurous and fun-loving robot who likes to read, play, and go on exciting adventures. Join him as he journeys through the mysterious mazes of the Mou’Bouli Temple, aids the tired and hungry people of Ud, and discovers what the dastardly Professor Stouch is up to. – FREE
• Filth Fair by Toytek – The Filth Fair is a hidden word game based around some amazing artwork. Every object in the beautiful main image can be selected by touch. Once selected you need to guess the word (or words) that describes that object.  – FREE
• The Ultimate Alphabet by Toytek – Test your vocabulary to it’s limits using cryptic clues, hints and jigsaw jumbles. These will help you with the more obscure words in the game.  – FREE
• The Ultimate Alphabet – Pocket Edition by Toytek – Test your vocabulary to it’s limits using cryptic clues, hints and jigsaw jumbles. These will help you with the more obscure words in the game.  – FREE
• Word Ball by Continuous Integration, Inc. – Word Ball challenges your word building skills in a fast paced, unique, and fun word game. Play with friends and beat the top scores! Test your limits by keeping the letters alive and reach the top levels. Gain achievements for different word building categories. Word Ball will make you a “Word Master” in no time! – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Grammar

• Analogies Lite by e Skills Learning – The game mode is a bingo-like game. Students will read a short sentence, then practice their understanding of Analogies  – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Nouns Lite by e Skills Learning – Nouns Lite helps the student build mastery in the essential language arts skill of identifying nouns and differentiating between various types of nouns. This app is carefully aligned with the new Core Curriculum. Students can play in either practice mode or game mode. The game mode is a bingo-like game. Students will read a short sentence, then practice their understanding of Nouns. Each program offers 4 levels with carefully controlled vocabulary. – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Language Development

• LanguageBuilder by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• QuestionBuilder by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• SentenceBuilder by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• abc PocketPhonics by John Friend – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Letters

• The Writing Machine by Celeste Helling – The Writing Machine is a new app for the iPad that is designed to start introducing your child to pre-literacy concepts. It is well known that developing concepts about print at an early age is invaluable to a child’s overall literacy development.  – FREE
• Kitty ABC by Kitty Pad – Kitty ABC will instill a love for the alphabet in your children! It goes above and beyond repeating the ABC song all the time… – FREE
• ABC Balloons by LingApps ApS – ABC Balloons is a fun and challenging game that lets kids learn the alphabet. Drawings and handwriting create an authentic setting that has never been seen before in any app.  – FREE
• Bust a Sound by LingApps ApS – Here is an app that teaches your child letter names and letter sounds in context!  – FREE

Math Interactive Workbooks

• Splash Math – 3rd grade comprehensive math workbook by StudyPad, Inc. – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• Splash Math – 3rd grade comprehensive math workbook HD by StudyPad, Inc. – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Measurement

• Measurement HD by Punflay – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Multiplication

• DotToDot numbers & letters by John Friend – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Number Sense

• DotToDot numbers & letters by John Friend – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• Number Sense HD by Punflay – Helps your kids learn counting from 1 to 30 by feeding some monsters. Don’t worry, the monsters don’t bite but the game will definitely keep your kids occupied.  – FREE

Phonics

• abc PocketPhonics by John Friend – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Propositions

• Speech with Milo: Prepositions by Doonan Speech Therapy – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Reading Skills

• My Word Wall by Punflay – Help your child develop early reading skills with Word Wall. Watch them develop into confident and strong readers. – FREE (Recommended)
• Reading for Details by e Skills Learning – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Reinforcer

• Go Go Mongo! by Ahmed Siddiqui – Awesome app to that can be used as a reinforcer. We use this app everyday. No reason not to get it when it is already free. – FREE (Recommended)

Sightwords

• iDolch2 by Celeste Helling – iDolch is an electronic flashcard set of pre-primer and primer Dolch Words, the most frequently found words in the books that children read. Reading experts commonly agree that mastery of the Dolch words provides an excellent base for developing literacy skills.  – FREE

Social Skills

• Be Confident in Who You Are: A Middle School Confidential™ Graphic Novel by Electric Eggplant – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• ConversationBuilder by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• Speech Journal by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• StoryBuilder by Kyle Tomson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• The Three Little Pigs by Nosy Crow – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• Sōsh by Dr. Mark Bowers – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Speech

• Artic2Go PBM by Celeste Helling – Artic2Go PBM is an electronic deck of colorful picture cards for practicing the speech production of the /p/, /b/ and /m/ speech sounds.  – FREE
• SoundLiteracy by 3D Literacy – Sound Literacy is an instructional tool and resource for teaching phonemic awareness, phonological processing, the alphabetic principle, and word study focusing on morphology. It is the first in a unique line of apps that will encourage teachers and students to work together in an intensive word study program. – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Spelling

• Word Explorer by Newleaf Solutions – This app was built mainly for toddlers to early school age children taking their first steps into the world of spelling. Alternatively, it could be useful to students learning English as a second language. – FREE

Teaching Tools

• Autism at Home by AutismClassroom.com – Autism at Home provides ideas for creating learning spaces in the home for young children with developmental disabilities and autism. This app highlights parts of the book “How to Set up a Work Area at Home for a Child with Autism” as well as some pages from the AutismClassroom.com website and the AutismSpaces.com website.  – FREE
• Autism Classroom by AutismClassroom.com – The “AutismClass” app is the new application for educators and families who have children with autism in their lives. It was developed by the owner of AutismClassroom.com, who is an Autism Educational Specialist with over 15 years experience working with individuals with autism and who is the author of How to Set Up a Classroom for Students with Autism, How to Set Up a Work Area at Home for a Child with Autism, and Lesson Ideas & Activities for Young Children with Autism and Related Special Needs.  – FREE
• Classroom Set Up (Autism & Self-Contained) by AutismClassroom.com – Do you teach in a self-contained classroom? Do you have students with special needs in your room? Do you need to set up a classroom for students with intensive needs? Then start here. The “Classroom Set Up” app is a mini-book version of AutismClassroom.com’s book How to Set Up a Classroom for Students with Autism: a Manual for Teachers, Para-professionals and Administrators. – FREE

Verbs/Actions

• Speech with Milo: Verbs by Doonan Speech Therapy – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• (Spanish) Speech with Milo: Verbs by Doonan Speech Therapy – The popular Speech Therapy app is now available in Spanish!! Created by a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, “Speech with Milo: Verbs” offers a versatile and entertaining speech therapy tool for children. The app is for speech therapists working with children, or parents who want to teach language skills to their children. The app offers an enjoyable tool used in therapy at a cheap price. – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Visual Supports

• ChoiceBoard-Creator by KC –  It is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards.  – FREE (Recommended)
• Easy Board by Julio Ivan Ceballos – This app was created by a teacher for the purpose of providing an easy way to provide visuals without the hassle of sticky Velcro or messy white board markers. The easy board can ultimately help with communication through the use of simple strategies like first/then, yes/no, and listing.  – FREE
• So Much 2 Say by Close 2 Home Apps – So Much 2 Say is a picture communication app that is designed specifically for individuals with cognitive and language impairment. With flexible page layout options ranging from a single card per page to multiple pages of categories, So Much 2 Say is well suited to adapt and grow right along side with the Learner. Intuitive configuration options and fast card creation allow for virtually anyone to quickly update and tune So Much 2 Say to best fit the needs of the Learner in multiple settings. – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Vocabulary

• Shake-a-Phrase by Artgig Apps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)
• Kitty Words by Kitty Pad – Kitty Words is a vocabulary game that can be used to improve both English and Chinese. – FREE

Writing Skills

• abc PocketPhonics by John Friend – – DISCOUNTED PRICE –  (Recommended)

Uncategorized – Will be moved to the right IEP goals/Skills tomorrow

• Bumble’s Jumble – Toddler Puzzles by eduGAM – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• It’s Learning Time by eduGAM – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Zanny, Born to Run by Extra Special Kids – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• GoKids Apps: Save Paris by Fun Educational Apps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iReward by Grembe Apps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• NxtApp 4 Kids by ICON, LLC – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Column Addition by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Column Division by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Column Subtraction by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Everyday Column-Addition by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Fraction Math by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Grid Multiplication by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Lattice Multiplication by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Left-to-Right Subtraction by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Long Division Mathematics by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Long Multiplication by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Opposite-Change Addition by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Partial Differences Subtraction by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Partial Pruducts Multiplication by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Partial Quotients Division by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Partial Sums Addition by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Same-Change Subtraction by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Trade-First Subtraction by iDevBooks (Esa Helttula) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Middle School Math by Interactive Elementary – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Bubbling Math (iPad) by Jan Sarson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Bubbling Math (Mac) by Jan Sarson – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Heidi Part I by JustKidsApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Heidi Part I for iPad by JustKidsApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Heidi Part II for iPad by JustKidsApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Chore Pad (iPhone/iPod touch) by Kevin Brown – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Chore Pad HD (iPad) by Kevin Brown – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• First Words by Kiboomu Publishing – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Alphabet Letter & Number Sequencing – Space Aliens by KidSpring Studio (Space Machine, Inc.) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Preschool Matching — Alphabet Letters, Numbers & Quantities, Colors & Shapes by KidSpring Studio (Space Machine, Inc.) – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Leafy, the Leaf Who Wouldn’t Leave by KwiqApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Little Miss Liberty by KwiqApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Rapunzel Classic Story HD by KwiqApps – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Bob Books #1 – Reading Magic HD by Learning Touch – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• FirstWords: Deluxe by Learning Touch – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Beauty Princess HD: Dress up and Make up game for kids by Libii – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iCheerleader HD – Dress up and makeup game by Libii – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• SoundBook by Lux HQ – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• PlayTime Theater by Make Believe Worlds – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• MyNature Animal Tracks by MyNature Inc – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• MyNature Tree Guide by MyNature Inc – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Once Upon A Potty: Boy by Oceanhouse Media – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Once Upon A Potty: Girl by Oceanhouse Media – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Snow White: Enchanted Tales by Oceanhouse Media – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iDress for Weather by Pebro Productions – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• 123 draw cartoons & illustration by Peel Productions – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Toddler Time! by Picoman Games – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Interactive Alphabet by Pi’ikea St. – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• ABC Numbers by Punflay – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Pocket Zoo ™ HD with Live Animal Cams (for iPad) by Robleh Jama – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Signing Numbers & Colors by Spirit-led Designs – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iTouchiLearn Morning Routines by Staytoooned – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iTouchiLearn Numbers for Preschool Kids by Staytoooned – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iTouchiLearn Words for Preschool Kids by Staytoooned – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Splash Math – 2nd grade comprehensive math workbook by StudyPad, Inc. – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Splash Math – 2nd grade comprehensive math workbook HD by StudyPad, Inc. – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Comprehension TherAppy by Tactus Therapy Solutions – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Shopping List Generator by The Conover Company – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Beware Mme la Guillotine – A Revolutionary Tour of Paris by Time Traveler Tours, LLC – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• A Hug and a Kiss by Tizio Publishing – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Fierce Grey Mouse by Tizio Publishing – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Finn’s Paper Hat HD by Tizio Publishing – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Read&Write: Letters, Sounds and Combinations by Todd Mariani – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• The Spellinguists by Todd Mariani – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• iLearnWith Poko Additions HD by Tribal Nova – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Auto-Tune Star by Tropisounds – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• RealBass by Tropisounds – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Wood Puzzle HD by Tropisounds – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• A Family Matters by Weiner Family Studios – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Boogie Bopper by zinc Roe – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 
• Sound Shaker by zinc Roe – – DISCOUNTED PRICE – 

Letter to all our FB Fans/Blog Subscribers about #B2SAppSpecials for Back-to-School Apps Promotion

Teachers/Therapists/Parents,

To celebrate the end of summer and help families prepare their children well for the school year, Carisa of Digital Storytime, Siva of Technology in (Spl) Education, and Patrick and Jeremy on the Teaching All Students blog have decided to collaborate on a Back-to-School App Specials promotion/sale this weekend (8/12 – 8/15)!  To participate, be sure to follow the hashtag#B2SAppSpecials on Twitter.

Help Needed

Please let parents/clients/Friends & Family know about #B2SAppSpecials – Back-to-School Apps Promotion this weekend. Why pay more for the same apps later when you can get them at a Discount/FREE now.

Here is a WIN-WIN proposition.
– Your friends and family will thank you for sharing information.
– Developers will thank you for giving them the exposure
– We will thank you for your referral

Lets get more than ‘Bang-for-the-Buck’ this weekend.

App Developers:  If you would like to participate in #B2SAppSpecials, you can still add your app(s) using our Developer Participation Form.

• Participating Developers:
  App Developers:  If you would like to participate in #B2SAppSpecials, you can still add your app(s) using our Developer Participation Form.  UPDATE:  We will accept new developers/apps through Sunday night (8PM EST).
  
  
  As of 10PM CST, here are the developers who have signed up to participate:
  Here are the developers who have signed up to participate:

  1. 24×7 Digital
  2. 2Kids.cn
  3. 3D Literacy
  4. Agile Tortoise
  5. Ahmed Siddiqui
  6. ALMOLOOK
  7. Ant’s Studio
  8. AppAnnex
  9. Appi Software development
  10. AppleTreeBooks
  11. AppyHappy Studios
  12. Artgig Apps
  13. Auryn
  14. AutismClassroom.com
  15. Balloonsys
  16. BeiZ
  17. Brainbeanz Co. Ltd.
  18. Brain Parade
  19. Brandwidth
  20. By air, land & sea
  21. Cambridge English Online
  22. catglo (Dash & Ditto)
  23. Chris Champbell
  24. classroom focused software
  25. Close 2 Home Apps
  26. Cognitopia Software
  27. Conley Solutions (TapSpeak)
  28. Conover Company
  29. Continuous Integration, Inc.
  30. coohii
  31. COREL Corporation
  32. Curious Fingers
  33. Dipali Vaidya
  34. Disney DigitalBooks
  35. Doonan Speech Therapy
  36. EDUcate Apps
  37. eduGAME
  38. Electric Eggplant
  39. e Skills Learning
  40. Evandro Souza
  41. Extra Special Kids
  42. Federal Bureau of Investigation
  43. FizzBrain
  44. Fun Educational Apps
  45. Gluon Solutions
  46. Goalbook
  47. Grembe Apps
  48. Green Broccoli
  49. Hump Software
  50. ICON, LLC
  51. iDevBooks
  52. i Get It!
  53. iKidsPad
  54. iLearnWith
  55. Infomarvel Business Solutions, Inc
  56. INKids
  57. Interactive Elementary
  58. Interbots
  59. iRewardChart
  60. JS900
  61. Jungle Education (Andrew Short)
  62. JustKidsApps
  63. Kiboomu Publishing
  64. KidSpring Studio (Space Machine, Inc.)
  65. Kitty Pad
  66. Kiwa Media
  67. KwiqApps
  68. Learning Touch
  69. Libii Tech
  70. LingApps ApS
  71. Little Scribes
  72. Lucy Nutt
  73. Lux HQ
  74. Make Believe Worlds
  75. Maplekey Company, LLC
  76. Melissa Northway
  77. Merge Mobile
  78. Mintomeg
  79. Mobile Education Store
  80. MyNature Inc.
  81. Nannek
  82. Newleaf Solutions
  83. Nosy Crow
  84. Oceanhouse Media
  85. Paint it Purple
  86. Pebro Productions
  87. Peel Productions
  88. Picoman Games
  89. PicPocket Books
  90. Pi’ikea Street
  91. PixelMat Software
  92. Preschool University
  93. Prufrock Press, Inc.
  94. Punflay
  95. Quality Work Software
  96. Red Ape Mobile
  97. RinnApps (Eric Sailers)
  98. Ruckus Media Group
  99. Science Through Photography (Alex D. Jones)
  100. Shimon Young
  101. Short Stack Apps (Carolyn Merriman)
  102. Smarty Ears
  103. Software Smoothie
  104. Sosh
  105. SpeakinMotion (VAST)
  106. Spirit-led Designs
  107. Sprite Labs
  108. Staytooned
  109. Study Pad, Inc.
  110. Tactus Therapy Solutions
  111. TappyTaps
  112. Team Noriter
  113. Techno Chipmunk
  114. technolio
  115. Thandros Media Corp.
  116. TimbuktuMag
  117. Time Traveler Tours
  118. Tin Man Arts
  119. Tiny Hearts
  120. Tizio Publishing
  121. Toca Boca
  122. Touchy Books
  123. Toytek
  124. Tropisounds
  125. Vetra Animation Studios
  126. We Are Faces
  127. Weiner Family Studios
  128. Yuumii
  129. zinc Roe Games / Tickle Tap Apps

If you have a favorite app developer that is not yet on this list, PLEASE contact them and let them know about Back-to-School App Specials.   I don’t know about you, but we are VERY excited about this weekend!

Sincerely,
Carisa, Jeremy, Patrick, & Siva

#B2SAppSpecials – Back-to-School Apps Promotion – Call for Participation

 

#B2SAppSpecials  are listed here.

Dear App Developers,

Can you believe that summer is almost over and Back-to-School season is in full swing already?  To celebrate the end of summer and help families prepare their children well for the school year, Carisa of Digital Storytime, Siva of Technology in (Spl) Education, and Patrick and Jeremy on the Teaching All Students blog have decided to collaborate on a Back-to-School App Specials promotion/sale.  This celebration would run this Friday (August 12th) through next Monday (August 15th).   Our Twitter hashtag will be #B2SAppSpecials.  We would like for you to participate by setting your app(s) at a discounted price or FREE for the weekend.   In exchange, you will receive publicity across all of the facilitators’ blogs/sites and Facebook pages, as well as on Twitter.

If you would like to participate in #B2SAppSpecials, please complete our Developer Participation Form and we will add your app to the list!  The list of participating developers and their apps will then be posted Friday at 9AM EST.

Feel free to contact contact Siva with any questions you might have.

Sincerely,
Carisa, Jeremy, Patrick, & Siva

ABC Slide – Electronic version of the classic sliding books

• ABC Slide – Electronic version of the classic sliding books.  This came from the developers of Audio typing Bee. simple design with no ads.

Skills Taught

• Letters

URL:  Link to the iTunes

Notes from developer

• ABC Slide A Book offers an intuitive and innovative way for preschool kids to learn basic ABC.Words and pictures are kid-centric, cute and attractive to keep your children interested and occupied.Each alphabet comes with a picture and voice so kids can learn to spell and speak at the same time.

  

ChoiceBoard Creator – Wonderful FREE tool to create whatever board you want.

ChoiceBoard Creator – This is the updated version of its predecessor ChoiceBoard Maker.  Looks like the developer took the input from the previous version and did an amazing job and created a very useful tool.  Basically this is a blank sheet of paper that you can create whatever you want.

I created a series of Comprehension questions based on ‘Go Dog Go’ Book.  This basically a worksheet on the iPad but customization to my kid’s skill level. The  number o choices can be 1 thru 6 and the correct answer can be set during the activity creation.

Another activity board I created is true ‘Choice Board’. ‘Breakfast choice’, ‘Lunch Choices’ etc..  In this case there is no right answer. Looks like the developer thought about this usecase and it allows you to select ‘all’ as correct answers 🙂

I had these in clicker before. But with this now, I can put it on the iPad.

URL: itunes Link

How it works?

1. Create a Board – In this section, you can create the boards based your individual needs.  It will be easier if you thought about what you are going to do and keep all the pcitures in one of the folders but they can be in multiple folders. It brings up the camera roll.

Goals/Skills

• Visusal supports

Issues

• You have a choice of either Picture or text. I would like to see a label with the picture so we can remove the picture support if the kid doesn’t need them anymore.
• There are instances where there is no sound necessary. For example, if I asked the kid what I wanted for breakfast and he choose one of the items. There is no need for the appaluase.  There is an option to remove audio but it didn’t work.  I am sure this is a simple fix the developer can make.

Wishlist

• Ability to create these in a PC/MAC. It will be much easier to do these in the ipad
• Ability to search for pics on google for the pics users doesn’t have on their ipad
• ability to share with others
• ability to print these boards in case if we want to use it as paper/pen activity. Could be as simple as taking a pic and  emailing

Overall Impression

Wonderful tool for the teachers, parents and professionals. I highly recommend getting this. This is more than ‘Bang for the Buck’ as it is FREE.  Thanks to the developer for releasing  a great tool at a great price.

Notes from Developer

ChoiceBoard Creator is the updated version of its predecessor ChoiceBoard Maker. It is the perfect app for creating customizable choice boards for the unique needs of individuals with communication challenges. It reinforces correct choice by expanding the selected image as well as playing the customized auditory rewards.It is an excellent tool to train and prepare users for more sophisticated communication devices via an easy, simple-to-use choice-making platform. The possibilities are limited by your creativity.

ChoiceBoard Creator retains all the previous features PLUS several new updates. New features with this new version include:

•Large buttons, and black/white contrast to facilitate visual attention
•Box sizes are now adjustable for those who just need to see a little more clearly
•Clean board design to minimize visual distraction
•Space between choice buttons to avoid inadvertent hits
•Customizable to 1,2,3,4 or 6 choices
•Users can download their own pictures
•Users can create blank boxes as distractors to suit users of all levels
•Now users can preset multiple “correct answer” boxes, and download different sound files to each box – a feature that allows users to choose their favorite music with just a tap
•Other than image files, users can now type text into the choice box – use this feature to teach sight words, letter, number recognition
•Versatile application that can be used to create curriculum content to promote cognitive and literacy skills
•Ease of use. Intuitive interface allows user to set up activities in minutes
•Allows users to create multiple pages for each “game” or activity

Examples of choice boards/activities:
•Odd one out (find the image that is different)
•Music player (touch the correct image to play the tune)
•Present vocabulary, sight words, shapes, numbers, or alphabets in array of boxes and ask your child to find the right one.

Can you ask Developers to do a Back to school Sale? Like the idea? Re-tweet or Share on FB.

We spent countless hours to build the ‘Apps by IEP Goal/Skill’ so parents/teachers can use this as a basis to determine the apps that they need to purchase for the back to school season. I think the hardwork paid off. We had wonderful response. The number hits far exceeded what we had during Autism Day. There were lot of developers who put their apps on Sale during the Autism Month and they got lot of exposure and business during that time.

Here is my request to developers. Most of the retail outlets will have back to school to not only help families but also to increase exposure and their bottomline. Why can’t developers for educational apps put a back to school sale. If you like the idea, please let the developer know by adding a comment/Like. Retween this and/or put it on your facebook Pages.
If you are a developer and decides to do this, we will be happy to publicize it for you. Contact us using ‘Contact’ tab on our FB page. Thanks in advance.

 

Here is the link to FB page: http://www.facebook.com/techinspecialed/posts/253165494702275 to add your comments.

eDocReader – New FREE Pdf annotator with lot of additional features and no ads

eDocReader By NIPPON INFORMATION CO.,LTD. – This is similar to the pdf notes before except this seems much more efficient with additional features. The best part is this is much faster in loading docs and handling the page scroll.

url: http://tinyurl.com/3ohchzq 

Additional features that we like

1. Tabbed interface that displays multiple files.   If I want to the kids to read a ebook (pdf) and answer some questions then this is useful. They can tab back and forth betweeen book and worksheet.
2. Bookmark pages – This is helpful if you are on 4th of the 50th page and doesn’t have to remember to go back there.  Pdf notes also does this by taking you directly to the last page you are on before closing it.
3. The text typed is directly displayed in the doc instead of icon that Pdf notes does.
4. Zoom feature to write more precisely.
5. There are no ads in this app
6. There is another features listed but not tested is this meeting feature where you can share this doc with others if everyone has this add on.

Notes from Developer

Creative Genius On-the-Go! – Awesome open ended activity app that keeps your creative juices flowing

Creative Genius On-the-Go! – This is an open ended activity that require problem solving/creative thinking skills to answer the questions/scenarios presented. One of the scenarios we worked on is ‘What other uses are there for bricks” and “what if the cars have legs instead of wheels”. These are not unusual scenarios and they can be easily answered. This is very important because it helps to keep the interest in the kids. Otherwise they will lose the interest.  This helped me explain some of the ways we used to use bricks back home and also talk about some of the equipment that is already present that doesn’t have wheels (my son came up with the big robots in the movie avatar as an example).  So this not only helps with the creative thinking but also gives us topics to discuss in context. If it is not for this app asking the bricks questions we may never need to discuss how do they use in other parts of world where the resources are scarce and they use whatever is available to solve the problems they have 🙂 That is called ‘Necessity is the mother of invention”.

The best part about this app is that the questions are one liners but there are several hints below explain the question further (See the screenshot below)making it easier to focus on what is requested.

Opposites 1 By MyFirstApp.com – A nice app to teach opposites

Opposites 1 – Opposites is a basic skills app with beautiful illustrations.  As usual, MyFirstApp.com did a great job with this app.  It has 6 pages and first 3 pages are free and additional pages can be unlocked with in-App purchase.

How it works?

Very simple, the app displays 4 pictures each on both sides of the screen with two boxes in the middle.  User drags the first picture and then drags the opposite in the other box.

Goals/Skils Taught

• Main Skill taught

• Basic Skills – Opposites

additional  skills

• Fine Motor
• Visual Perception

Notes from Developer

ABC MAGIC READING 3 Blends and Syllables

ABC MAGIC READING 3 Blends and Syllables

Quick Notes – As you may already notice, we love these guys apps.  This is a new app from the developers of other phonics/reading apps. Check it out.

 

Notes from Developer

This app helps your child’s future reading success by giving your child key reading skills practice.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 stays committed to time tested phonics principles to help your child get solid reading skills.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 gives your child solid and direct experience with letters and sounds to help build their phonemic awareness skills.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 helps improve your child’s phonological processing ability guiding them towards becoming a good reader.

ABC MAGIC READING 3can help give your child strong foundations in reading that can assist them to stay on the winning side in school and life.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 includes games that will help your child experience blending and segmenting, which are the most essential pre-reading skills that language researchers talk about.

The categories and levels of ABC MAGIC READING 3 will provide meaningful challenges to strengthen your child’s phonemic awareness.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 also has built in features to discourage picture guessing and to instead encourage reading skills.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 is great for young children learning intermediate reading skills.

ABC MAGIC READING 3 is also good for those learning the foundations of English as their second language.

This app gives readers significant experience in blending and segmenting.