Apps for Education
Apps for Students with LD
*see website www.slp4all.com for more ideas
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Description
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Cost
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Inspiration
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-Allows students to plan/brainstorm about a topic prior to writing about it -graphic organizers |
Lite version is free
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Dropbox
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-can set up shared files so that students can work on project together even if they aren’t in the same place -a lot like ugcloud |
Free
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Evernote
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-storage site for documents/pictures -you can search for the document you are working on |
Free
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Dragon Dictation
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-Voice to text -Note *Dragon is built in to the keyboard on the ipad3, has a mic so that you can dictate and it with transform it into written text -dictation does need Wifi to work |
Free
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Myhomework
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-helps students organize homework assignments |
Free
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Notability
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-audio recording app -students can record their ideas and listen to them as many times as they need to -students can take a picture of the notes on the blackboard and add it to their own notes -can record teacher |
Free
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Appwriter US
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-word prediction, can read text once you take a picture of it (much faster than scanning) -a lot like work-Q and speak-Q |
$19.99
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Iannotate pdf
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-a lot like Kurzweil, good for test-taking |
Free
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*Better to give students with LD fewer apps (just give them the ones that they will really use).*
Apps for teaching phonological awareness and decoding
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App
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Description
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Cost
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ABC Magic Reading (there are a few different ones) |
-has activities to work on blending, segmenting and reading |
Free |
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ABC Magic Phonics |
-phonics |
Free |
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ABC Spelling Magic 123 |
-spelling |
Free |
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Phonics Made Easy |
-phonics |
$4.99 |
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Sight Words |
-has Dolch words that child can trace and hear (K to Gr 2) |
Free |
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Sight words by little speller |
-student uses letters to make words (K- Gr 1 level) |
Free |
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Sight Words by Photo Touch |
-student has to find target word from 2 choices (K-Gr 1) |
Free |
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A spelling treasure |
-spelling words in categories when given the letters (K- Gr 2) |
Free |
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Magic Spell |
-student spells words for items in different categories when given the words and letters (K) |
Free |
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ABC Phonics (there are a number of different free ones) |
-rhyming words -word families -sight words -long vowel (K-Gr 2) |
Free |
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Rocket Speller |
-gives student letters and they have to spell word (K-Gr 1) |
Free |
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Little Matchups ABC |
-student matches upper and lower case letters (k) |
Free |
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iTouchilearn Words for Preschool
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-interactive way to learn to read new words (K-Gr 1)
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Free
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Apps for information/projects
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App
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Description
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Cost
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Encyclopedia Britannica |
-students can research info for projects |
Free |
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Google Earth |
-students can look up different places |
Free |
Apps for Other Things
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App
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Description
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Cost
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Timer+
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-let’s you set a timer for any amount of time
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Free
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