Getting Started
When you first get your iPad, there are so many apps that it becomes overwhelming very quickly. So this wiki is a quintessential list of apps to consider for different learning needs.
These apps hopefully will create the foundation that you can work on from these basic building blocks.
PRODUCTIVITY:
Keynote - $12.99
Pages - $12.99
Numbers - $12.99
iBooks - Free
Find my iPhone - Free
COMMUNICATION:
Created by Jane Farrall, Speech Pathologist, check out this quintessential list of AAC apps for the iPad, iPod and iPhone:
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/iphoneipad-apps-for-aac
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY:
Apps for Literacy Support:
http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/article/apps-for-literacy-support
AUTISM:
Pocket Pond HD - Free
Talking Tom - Free
VISION:
Talking Calculator - $1.19
Awareness - $2.49 Hear the outside world as well as your VoiceOver/ Music etc.
Frotz - Free. Great adventure text based app, full accessible.
Dragon Dictation - Free. Must be connected to internet. Speech to Text.
DaisyWorm - $4.99 Daisy Book Reader.
HEARING:
RIDBC - $49.99 Auslan Tutor
RIDBC - Free - Auslan Tutor Key Signs
Sound AMPR - $5.99 Amplify the world around you discreetly.
Some case solutions to consider to keep the iPad safe.
SPECIAL EDUCATION APPS CUSTOM STORE:
EDUCATION CUSTOM STORES:
ENGLISH: Apps for Learning to Read
MATHEMATICS: Apps for Learning MathS
SCIENCE: Apps for Learning Life Science
HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY: Apps for Learning Geography
LANGUAGES: Apps for Learning Languages
REFERENCE, PRODUCTIVITY AND COLLABORATION:
Apps for Teachers collection linked here:
VIC DEECD iPads in Special Education - Application and Activities Handbook:
From their iPad Trial: http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/
Dawn's Top List - Dawn is the iPad Coach at Warringa Park School and this is her list of Apps recommended to get you started.
Top Free 100 iPhone 4 Apps:
http://savedelete.com/top-100-best-free-iphone-4-apps.html
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