Life Skills Apps

Secondary Ed TechMarch 28, 2013Janet McCutchen

Photo Touch Telling Time Digital Clock

• ASD, DD, ME• Tap information icon in top left corner for explanation of settings• Tap on gear icon in right corner to access settings• Choose from library for options of time (hour, half hour and 5

minute intervals)• Select min. and max. items to display• Customize items: add, edit, delete items; add own voice and own

photos; customize sounds• Automatically levels up and down depending on number of correct

and incorrect answers• https://itunes.apple.com/tr/app/telling-time-digital-clock/

id444923317?mt=8

Photo Touch Telling Time Analog Clock

• ASD, DD, ME• Tap information icon in top left corner for explanation of settings• Tap on gear icon in right corner to access settings• Choose from library for options of time (hour, half hour and 5

minute intervals)• Select min. and max. items to display• Customize items: add, edit, delete items; add own voice and own

photos; customize sounds• Automatically levels up and down depending on number of correct

and incorrect answers• https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/telling-time-photo-touch-game/

id442399018?mt=8

Telling Time Plus• ASD, DD, ME• 700 different clock values. • The user uses 6 buttons to input the digital time by the hour, ten minute, and

minute based on the analog clock. After entering time will need to “Check” answer• Tap “How to Play” for instructions• Tap “Play Game” and a “Settings” page will appear• There are two game modes: Practice and Quiz.• Practice mode the user must input the correct answer in order to move on to the

next question. • Quiz Mode, users only have one chance to get the question right.• Option of number of questions, minute hand increments, timer, letter grade and

sound• Once settings are selected tap on “Continue” and then “Begin”• Teacher may need to set up page for student • https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/telling-time-+/id489996367?mt=8

Shopping List• ASD, DD, ME• visual shopping checklist• Video showing features of app in which allow you to add

items to product list under a variety of categories choosing from own photos or picture bank

• Choose products by tapping to the left of the picture• Add quantity and description by tapping on • Then tap “Go Shopping” to create shopping list• While shopping, tap on products and they will go down to the

completed list• Tap on “New Shopping” to begin again.

• https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/shopping-list-free/id449457690?mt=8

iSigns

• ASD, DD, ME• 150 signs symbols that we find in our environment • Use app to teach and review signs/symbols and

their meaning• Tap top of screen to reveal a search bar to find

sign you are looking for• https://itunes.apple.com/md/app/isigns-hd-150+-

cool-signs/id364907333?mt=8

Touch the Sound

• ASD, DD, ME, MH• app focuses on helping kids learn to recognize familiar sounds

and match the sounds by tapping the correct picture on the screen

• Tap gear icon in upper right hand corner to access setting options You can turn individual concepts ON or OFF and introduce one new sound at a time

• Sounds are grouped into 5 selectable categories (animals, home, music instruments, nature, and transport)

• Can add new concepts (emotions, actions, etc.) in one • Wrong answers do not interfere with gameplay

• https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/touch-the-sound/id506593890?mt=8

Touch and Learn Emotions• ASD,DD, ME, MH• app focuses on helping kids learn to recognize

emotions and match stated emotion by tapping the correct picture on the screen

• Tap gear icon in upper right hand corner to access setting options You can turn individual concepts ON or OFF and introduce one new emotion at a time

• Can add new concepts and edit photos• Wrong answers do not interfere with gameplay

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/touch-and-learn-emotions/id451685022?mt=8

Magic Piano HD

• ASD, DD, ME, MH• Tap on “Menu” in upper left corner for choice of play:

solo (free play) or songbook• Tap on “Settings” to turn on/off help messages and

modes• No-fail mode on means students can tap anywhere in

Songbook and correct notes will still be played• Tap on spiral keyboard in corner for free play on

keyboard• http://itunes.apple.com/md/app/magic-piano-hd/

id356416346?mt=8

Visual Schedule (Data Null)• ASD, DD, MH• Allows teacher to set up multiple schedules and allows for modification

of the schedule as needed. • Can be used to break down multi-step tasks into simple one-step

directions or to lay out an individual’s daily school or can be used as First-Then board

• Can use pictures from photo library, add own photos using camera or import from website. Get photos prior to creating schedule.

• As each step on the Visual Schedule is completed it can be checked off• Tap “Create New Schedule”; type in schedule description; select image

from images; tap “choose this image”; type in description for step; Tap “add row”; repeat for number of steps needed. When finished tap “save this schedule”

• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/visual-schedule/id514492094?mt=8

Dexteria

• ASD, DD, MH• therapeutic hand exercises that improve fine motor skills

and handwriting readiness in children and adults. • Must turn off MultiTasking gestures in iPad settings to use

this app (Settings>General>Toggle Multitasking Gestures off).

• Three levels: Tap It; Pinch It; Write It• Tap for instructions.• Click on “Report” to show progress (measured in time to

complete task)• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dexteria-fine-motor-skill/id420464455?

mt=8

Clean Up

• ASD, DD, MH

• Interactive game for developing language, reasoning, sorting and classifying skills.

• Images of everyday objects encountered on a daily basis.• Built in reinforcement and error correction• Instructions are shown (modelled) on screen when app is

first opened• Students drag objects with finger when asked Where does

the ____ go?• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clean-up-category-sorting/

id404057271?mt=8

Art of Glow

• ASD, MH• easy to create variety of glow artworks• Tap on tools icon in lower right hand corner

to adjust settings• Select shapes, colours, and changes with

each touch or dragging of fingers• Tap on clear in settings to clear screen

• http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/art-of-glow/id387680399?mt=8

Bla Bla Bla

• ASD, MH• Bla Bla Bla is a sound reactive application • Talk or make sounds and mouth on image on screen will

move• “A” at bottom of screen gives information about app• “Bla” symbol gives face options to choose from• < and > lets you scroll through faces

• https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bla-bla-bla/id430815432?mt=8

Bubble Harp

• ASD, MH• draws bubbles around your fingertips, recording and replaying

your movements while creating music. You can record long movements of a single point, or stream many points out of your fingertips like ink.

• tap side of screen for settings bar to appear at bottom of screen• you can change from single points to streams of points, change

music (tone and time between notes) and save screen to photos• multiple fingers and multiple people can touch the screen at

once to create together. • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bubble-harp/id372531368?

mt=8

Bubble Snap

• ASD, MH• Tap bubbles to make them pop• Along top of screen, select size of bubbles s,m,l• Pop one at a time or drag fingers to pop more• New sheet appears when all is popped or tap on

“new sheet” • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bubble-snap/

id285646135?mt=8

Cause & Effect Sensory Light Box

• ASD, MH• encourages development and basic awareness of touches and

gestures through open-ended exploration and play. • 21 different scenes with audio and abstract visuals • response to various combinations of taps, presses, sweeping and

controlled movements• Tap on speaker to turn sound on/off• Tap on gear to adjust settings• Tap on circle with 3 dots at bottom of screen to select

background colour on screen• Tap on ? Icon to select various screens and suggested settings• Can also set for voice activation• Once settings are selected tap on “wand” to play• https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cause-effect-sensory-light/id533976433

Cause & EffectSensory Soundbox

• ASD, MH• Twelve very simple interactions are provided to explore a

range of musical scales, tones, pitch shifting sweeps and other interactive sound effects.

• All activities in Sound Box use single touch taps and gestures• Tap on colour word at bottom of screen to change

background colour• Tap on sound on/off to turn sound on/off• https://itunes.apple.com/app/cause-effect-sensory-sound/

id548622567

Pocket Pond• ASD, MH• Interactive water reacts to touches and swipes by rippling• Interact with the fish - scare them, feed them (double tap on screen)• Tap on + icon in top corner for choice bar to add lily pads, flying insect

and more fish• Tap on insect for it to stop in water• Tap on garbage can icon in top corner until it turns red. Then select

object to remove• Tap on information icon in bottom right hand corner to turn on/off

thunderstorm• Customizable lily pads * Thunderstorm effects Note: Thunderstorm

toggle is in the info menu. • http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-pond/id363154844?mt=8

Fluidity

• ASD, MH• Drag finger(s) across screen to move fluid

around screen• Tap on menu in bottom left corner to adjust

settings for colour, fade, viscosity, momentum and too add ambient, sparkling or both for more effect

• http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/fluidity-hd/id399403909?mt=

Gravitarium

• ASD, MH• Cause and effect app by touching or dragging

with finger(s)• Colours change as screen is touched• Tap on menu button in lower right corner to

adjust settings (sounds, gravity, invert, tail, reset, photo)

• ttp://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/gravitarium/id375602683?mt=8

I Love Fireworks

• ASD, MH• With iLoveFireworks, you can create beautiful

fireworks display by easy tap operation! Touch on the screen; you immediately see breath taking fireworks in 3D graphics and real sounds.

• http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ilovefireworks/id301027080?mt=8