APPetizers Stimulate Your Student’s Appetite For Learning By Creating Mouthwatering Personalized Learning Activities. Diane J. Hall djhall@cbe.ab.ca

Why use an iPad/Apps? Ease of access Portable Engaging, Motivating Interactive Inclusive

Benefits Of Creating Personalized Activities Individualized and Customized Provide Support for Learning Style Target Skill Development Relevant Content High Interest, Motivating, Age Appropriate

Boardmaker Student Center (free)

You might be feeling blue. If you don't already own Boardmaker, Boardmaker is red. You might be feeling blue. If you don't already own Boardmaker, We've got just the thing for you! Boardmakeronline.com Boardmakerstudentcenter app

Boardmaker Student Center App Requires a subscription to www.boardmaker online.com Create personalized activities in Boardmaker Online. Install those activities into Boardmaker Student Center app. Or go to Community Activities( within B.O) and download premade activities (which you can adapt if required). Switch Accessible

Boardmaker Online Templates Create personalized activities using a plethora of ready made templates. Add your own individualized content Printed and Interactive PCS library, use own media, Internet photos Add photos, text, sound, video etc.

Interactive Template Examples Books Attendance Flashcards Games Matching Sorting Math Questions and Answers Sequencing Visual Schedules Word Study Writing

Attendance

Games

Matching

Writing

Writing

Writing

Math

Math

Math

Word Study

GoWorksheet Maker ( $20)

GoWorksheetMaker App Take a photo of the printed worksheet Customize the digital worksheet to your student’s needs. Create text fields, word banks, and drag- and-drop text or image answers. Supportive auditory options can also be added to text or image answer choices. Additional auditory instruction or student prompting can be added. Students answer questions by selecting from word banks, typing on a keyboard, tapping to select from multiple choices, dictating with Siri, circling or drawing connecting lines with a draw tool, or dragging answer choices.

Matching –drawing lines

Freehand/ Keyboarding

Clicker Sentences ($45)

Clicker Sentences Clicker Sentences supports students to build their first sentences using words from a grid with support tools Speech feedback Model sentences Illustrate writing with pictures Crick Picture Library included

Clicker Sentences

Clicker Sentences

Clicker Connect ($45)

Clicker Connect Clicker Connect scaffolds independent writing skills by offering words and phrases to support students as they build sentences and compose coherent text. Speech feedback Colour-coded cells Illustrate writing with pictures Crick Picture Library included

Clicker Connect

Clicker Connect

Clicker Books ($45)

Clicker Books Clicker Books lets students create their own talking books, using a range of support tools. Speech feedback Word banks Illustrate writing with pictures Word prediction Talking spellchecker Sound recorder

Clicker Books

Clicker Books

GoBook ($80)

Gobook GoBook Teacher iPad App is a tool to author interactive lessons. GoBook Student is a free app to display and interact with them You create GoBooks page by page in the Teacher version. Build a page by writing, pasting text, or importing a PDF. Add freehand drawings or shapes using art tools. Place images on a GoBook page from the photo roll, our image library, or the built-in Internet search. Then bring the page to life with Magic Buttons! When tapped, they play video and recorded audio, read and highlight text or jump to another page.

GoBook

GoBook

GoBook

Special Stories ( $18)

Special Stories Simple format Add your own photos, text, narration Switch Accessible Manual or automatic page turning Printable Export to ibooks, drop box, email etc.

Special Stories

Pictello ( $28)

Pictello Simple format Add your own photos, text, narration, video Switch Accessible Printable Manual, Autoplay, Slideshow to turn pages Export to ibooks, drop box, email etc.

Pictello

Choose It Maker 3 ( free) Requires subscription to Choose it Maker 3 online ( access through www.helpkidzlearn.com)

Choose It Maker 3 Create personalized activities on website and then install on ipad Create choice making activities using own photos, built in library. Add own text, voice and reward Switch Accessible

Choose iT Maker 3

Choose It Maker 3

Choose It Maker 3

Sounding Board (free) Go Talk Now ($110)

Sounding Board/Go Talk Now Communication apps Series of buttons with photo/text/sound and video(Go Talk) attached Buttons can be linked to other buttons/boards Use for education e.g. alphabet buttons- Letter A button linked to buttons showing items beginning with letter A Mnemonic of student’s name linked to their favourite things

Great Teachers Think Out-of-the-Box ( ipad Great Teachers Think Out-of-the-Box ( ipad!) for their Special Needs Students!

Appetizers. Create Mouthwatering Activities for your students Appetizers! Create Mouthwatering Activities for your students! Have a get together and share your appetizers with colleagues! djhall@cbe.ab.ca