Today, I watched my classmates present their top three apps. I was very surprised to see such a wide array of apps that I had not yet discovered; naively, I thought I had exhausted the literacy apps available on iTunes. I appreciated seeing the various aspects of the reading process on which my peers focused, related to their personal or professional lives. There was of course some overlap, but I also found some new apps, which I downloaded. I’ll focus on some new, free apps:
ABC Letter Tracing – free writing practice; focuses on finite skills.
Alphabooks – teaches sight words, focuses on letter recognition; visually highlights.
SmallTalk Phonemes: this is perfect for SLPs as it shows how each letter in the alphabet is pronounced by showing a picture of the mouth.
Reading Log Kids – students can log up to 60 books and keep track of all the book details.
Pocket Pond – this is great for a reluctant reader to transition them into the activity.
Relaxing sounds of nature – this can help relieve anxiety, or transition a student into a new task, or it can even signal the end of an activity.
iWriteWords – fun, engaging app that shows the user how to write each letter, in order.
3D words – user locates three letter words under time restraints.
Spell That! – teachers can add words to the app and record the pronunciation.
Also, I had already downloaded a whiteboard app, but didn’t know there was an option to collaborate with others (very cool).
I also enjoyed the discussions surrounding the use of assistive technologies to conduct research. As well, these technologies have the potential to reduce the impact of global warming and cut down on costs and save jobs! I hope there are educators from the HRSB reading this blog...
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