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This may make finding all those apps we keep hearing about easier to find in the app store!----- Forwarded Message ----From: Dee Alpert <sappell@...>COSEP Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 11:08:03 AMSubject: [COSEP] Apple App Store Opens Spec. Ed. Section

PLEASE FORWARD/CIRCULATE WIDELY WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION

FROM THE AUTHOR:

This development may empower parents of kids w/disabilities (at

least those who can afford iPhones) more than anything in IDEA if

some of the offered apps are effective. If anyone tries any of

these special ed. apps., let me/us know whether they work or are a

waste of time and (if they cost) money. Would be tres amusant for a

parent in an IEP Team meeting where the team "experts" claim

something can't be effectively remediated to just pull out his/her

iPhone, pull up an app., and talk about how this effective program

(another name for "application") is easily pulled up and used ...

and all for $1.99. Then we'll have sped "experts" claiming that

this is "telephonic, not educational" and that they don't "do"

telephonic, nor medical, nor ... anything else they don't know

about, don't like, don't own or don't want to use.

I hope Google sets up a similar section in its Android app. store,

stat! - Dee Alpert

http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/3675-app-store-opens-special-education-section

App Store opens special education

section...

Now Apple (AAPL),

which long ago took an interest in computing in the schools, is

making a move in its App Store to reach out to students with

special needs by aggregating the various tools.

The company has opened up a special

section of its App Store "Special Education: Learning for Everyone."

The store offers these apps for kids with learning problems and

other students as well under the headings: Communication, Hearing,

Language Development, Literacy & Learning, and Organization.

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This may make finding all those apps we keep hearing about easier to find in the app store!----- Forwarded Message ----From: Dee Alpert <sappell@...>COSEP Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 11:08:03 AMSubject: [COSEP] Apple App Store Opens Spec. Ed. Section

PLEASE FORWARD/CIRCULATE WIDELY WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION

FROM THE AUTHOR:

This development may empower parents of kids w/disabilities (at

least those who can afford iPhones) more than anything in IDEA if

some of the offered apps are effective. If anyone tries any of

these special ed. apps., let me/us know whether they work or are a

waste of time and (if they cost) money. Would be tres amusant for a

parent in an IEP Team meeting where the team "experts" claim

something can't be effectively remediated to just pull out his/her

iPhone, pull up an app., and talk about how this effective program

(another name for "application") is easily pulled up and used ...

and all for $1.99. Then we'll have sped "experts" claiming that

this is "telephonic, not educational" and that they don't "do"

telephonic, nor medical, nor ... anything else they don't know

about, don't like, don't own or don't want to use.

I hope Google sets up a similar section in its Android app. store,

stat! - Dee Alpert

http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/3675-app-store-opens-special-education-section

App Store opens special education

section...

Now Apple (AAPL),

which long ago took an interest in computing in the schools, is

making a move in its App Store to reach out to students with

special needs by aggregating the various tools.

The company has opened up a special

section of its App Store "Special Education: Learning for Everyone."

The store offers these apps for kids with learning problems and

other students as well under the headings: Communication, Hearing,

Language Development, Literacy & Learning, and Organization.

[Guest guest]

This may make finding all those apps we keep hearing about easier to find in the app store!----- Forwarded Message ----From: Dee Alpert <sappell@...>COSEP Sent: Wed, October 27, 2010 11:08:03 AMSubject: [COSEP] Apple App Store Opens Spec. Ed. Section

PLEASE FORWARD/CIRCULATE WIDELY WITHOUT FURTHER PERMISSION

FROM THE AUTHOR:

This development may empower parents of kids w/disabilities (at

least those who can afford iPhones) more than anything in IDEA if

some of the offered apps are effective. If anyone tries any of

these special ed. apps., let me/us know whether they work or are a

waste of time and (if they cost) money. Would be tres amusant for a

parent in an IEP Team meeting where the team "experts" claim

something can't be effectively remediated to just pull out his/her

iPhone, pull up an app., and talk about how this effective program

(another name for "application") is easily pulled up and used ...

and all for $1.99. Then we'll have sped "experts" claiming that

this is "telephonic, not educational" and that they don't "do"

telephonic, nor medical, nor ... anything else they don't know

about, don't like, don't own or don't want to use.

I hope Google sets up a similar section in its Android app. store,

stat! - Dee Alpert

http://www.appolicious.com/finance/articles/3675-app-store-opens-special-education-section

App Store opens special education

section...

Now Apple (AAPL),

which long ago took an interest in computing in the schools, is

making a move in its App Store to reach out to students with

special needs by aggregating the various tools.

The company has opened up a special

section of its App Store "Special Education: Learning for Everyone."

The store offers these apps for kids with learning problems and

other students as well under the headings: Communication, Hearing,

Language Development, Literacy & Learning, and Organization.