Re: Parent Empowerment Group

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My thoughts about Apple's app store - this is awesome!!!

I have an iPhone and I downloaded an app called Voice Alarm. I think it was a dollar or two but it's priceless to me. My son also has ADHD and sometimes just can't stay on task to get ready for school in the morning. This alarm counts down the time using voice cues. You set the amount of time you want and it will say it out loud. For example, one of the options it will read out loud for you is "xx minutes until your departure". And get this -- it uses what the developer calls an intuitive alarm. As it gets closer to the end, the alarm starts making more and more frequent announcements until the time is up. The voice sounds kind of robotic LOL but hey, it works!

For anyone who doesn't have (or want) an iPhone, an iPod Touch will run these apps just as well. New ones are around $200 but refurbished ones can be close to half that if you're willing to shop around.

Diane

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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.