{"id":34,"date":"2014-12-02T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T19:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/?page_id=34"},"modified":"2016-07-13T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T14:51:56","slug":"apps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/?page_id=34","title":{"rendered":"Apps, Facebook, Pinterest"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"clearfix\">\n<h1 id=\"page-title\" style=\"margin: 0.17em 0px 0.5em; padding: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 1.66em; font-weight: bold;\">10 Tips for Using iPads with Students with CVI: <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/sites\/pathstoliteracy.perkinsdev1.org\/files\/paths-to-literacy-logo_3.jpg?resize=272%2C71\" alt=\"Paths to Literacy logo\" width=\"272\" height=\"71\" \/><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<div class=\"region region-content\">\n<div id=\"block-system-main\" class=\"block block-system block-odd block-count-9 block-region-content\">\n<div class=\"block-inner clearfix\">\n<div class=\"block-content content no-title\">\n<div class=\"block-content-inner clearfix\">\n<article id=\"article-2548\" class=\"article article-type-blog odd article-full clearfix\">\n<div class=\"article-inner\">\n<footer class=\"submitted clearfix\">\n<p class=\"author-datetime\">By<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"username\" title=\"View user profile.\" xml:lang=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/users\/jbrown\">Jbrown<\/a><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>on Jul 10, 2016<\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/blog\/10-tips-using-ipads-students-cvi\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/blog\/10-tips-using-ipads-students-cvi<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/blog\/10-tips-using-ipads-students-cvi\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><strong>Big Bang Patterns<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Big Bang Pictures<\/strong><br \/>\nBy Inclusive Technology Ltd.<br \/>\nSpecially designed for use with children with low vision, including those with CVI and complex needs<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Cognable<br \/>\n21 engaging visuals with a range of color palettes and styles of control including single touch, multi-touch, switch access and sound activation<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Find the Same<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Ebenezer School &amp; Home for the Visually Impaired<br \/>\nMatching game with focus on salient features of shapes, animals, food groups; background colors and card colors can be changed to match student\u2019s preferred color<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fluidity<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong> By nebulus design<br \/>\nLight touch to iPad causes slow flowing colors to move across screen as if liquid<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Glow Coloring for iPad<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy MobiTech 3000 LLC<br \/>\nDrawing app that allows you to choose your color and writing utensil to mark on a black background<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My Talking Picture Board<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Little Bear Sees and Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children<br \/>\nUse your own photos to create arrays for choice; may change background for increasing complexity and add sound and movement<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>See, Touch, Learn<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Brain Parade: A Learning Celebration<br \/>\nUses high quality photos of animals, objects, letters that can be displayed individually or added to an array of increasing number of objects and complexity<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Tap-n-See Now<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBy Little Bear Sees<br \/>\nCreated specifically for children with CVI: Cause and effect app that allows you to change object color, background color, reward sound and the speed that visual target moves<\/p>\n<p><strong>Toddler Tap!<\/strong><br \/>\nBy James Miller<br \/>\nTap to learn basic concepts and develop vocabulary for shapes, colors, numbers, letters and items around the house. Over 280 words across 22 different topics.<br \/>\nSimple drawings with space in between pictures, but you may need to cut a square out of black paper to block out some of the choices.<\/p>\n<h5>iPad Apps for early choicemaking:<\/h5>\n<p><em><strong>Yes\/No <\/strong><\/em>By I Can Do Apps, LLC Turns your iPad into a simple Yes (green smiling rectangle with \u201cyes\u201d) and No (red frowning rectangle with \u201cno\u201d) choice board with auditory feedback and one blink of the color.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Yes\/No Button <\/em><\/strong>By Lakeside Llama, LLC Turns your iPad into a \u201cYes\/No\u201d choice board. You may adjust to having only one symbol on the screen or both, in a vertical alignment. Both choices are red circles with the word in a simple white font. Auditory feedback and one blink of the color when activated.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>My Talking Picture Board<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong>By Little Bear Sees and Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children<br \/>\nUse your own photos to create arrays for choice; may change background for increasing complexity and add sound and movement<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ChoiceBoard Creator <\/em><\/strong>By Techno Chipmunk Use your own photos stored on your iPad to create a visual choice making board. You may change screen from one to six choice photos. You may choose background color, photo size, audio play, randomize choice boxes.<\/p>\n<h5>iPad Apps for scribbling\/early writing<\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>Glow Coloring <\/em><\/strong> By YAGU Enterprises LLC \u2013 Black background and 36 choices of colors for scribbling. Also provides choice of stamps to tap screen to add pictures.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>FingerPaint with Sounds <\/em><\/strong> By Inclusive Technology LTD \u2013 Choose from: No music\/sounds, Play music or Play sound effects. Choose to paint with multitouch or use single touch to encourage finger isolation. White solid background and variety of colors. Sounds are very fun and playful, but you do have the choice to omit them if pairing vision with music is too complex of an environment for your child.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Draw with Stars <\/em><\/strong> By L\u2019Escapadou \u2013 Use one or 10 fingers to draw yellow, blue and white twirling stars onto a simple complexity night sky. May choose to have musical feedback when drawing. There is alot going on with app, not for children who need to keep it simple.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>ABC Magnetic Alphabet <\/em><\/strong>By Dot Next \u2013 Ability to drag and drop uppercase, lowercase, symbols, shapes etc. onto a page. Can change background from solid black, white, various solid colors to complex scenes as well as decide how many letters to present at a time and how far apart to space them.<\/p>\n<h5>iPad Apps for teaching the consistant characteristics of objects through play:<\/h5>\n<p><strong><em>Animal Fun<\/em> <\/strong>by Brian Pfeil<\/p>\n<p>Large image library of animals presented on a solid, white background, one simple photo at a time. Animal\u2019s name is also on the screen in a simple, black font. App will speak the animal\u2019s name, spell the name with each letter changing to red as it is spoken, and you can hear the sound the animal makes.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>See, Touch, Learn <\/strong><\/em>by Brain Parade<\/p>\n<p>Starter image library of simple photographs, individually presented on white background squares (option to purchase more categories). Starts with one photo providing teacher the opportunity to describe the object\u2019s characteristics, click on it, hear a ding for correct, then move to a screen with that same photo and one different photo, find it, click on it, move to screen with 3 photos, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Find the Same<\/em><\/strong> by Ebenezer School<\/p>\n<p>Library of drawn pictures of shapes, animals, foods, for matching \u201csame.\u201d Ability to choose white or black background for pictures, large array of choices (9).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Toddler Tap! <\/strong><\/em>by James Miller<\/p>\n<p>Choose from multiple categories including letters, numbers, shapes, food, animals, etc. Screen has simple background with simple images. Large array of images at one time, which is not adjustable, but the pictures are clear drawings. Easy change from English to Spanish auditory.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Animal Pairs Game<\/strong><\/em> by Acento Comunicacion<\/p>\n<p>You are given the choice of: easy (6 pictures), medium (12) or difficult (21). Background is complex with a farm scene behind the squares of animal pictures, which you tap to reveal a color drawing of a single animal, you tap a second\u2026if they match you hear the sound that the animal makes, if they don\u2019t match, the cards turn back around and you make a another set of choices.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Facebook pages to <em>Like<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Babies with iPads<\/p>\n<p>The Cerebral Visual Impairment Society<\/p>\n<p>Cortical Vision Impairment (CVI) Support<\/p>\n<p>CVI Connection<\/p>\n<p>CVI Phase III Community<\/p>\n<p>Little Bear Sees<\/p>\n<p>Thinking Outside the Light-Box<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Pinterest pages to <em>Pin<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pathstoliteracy\/cvi\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pathstoliteracy\/cvi\/<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Tips for Using iPads with Students with CVI: By\u00a0Jbrown\u00a0on Jul 10, 2016 http:\/\/www.pathstoliteracy.org\/blog\/10-tips-using-ipads-students-cvi Big Bang Patterns Big Bang Pictures By Inclusive Technology Ltd. Specially designed for use with children with low vision, including those with CVI and complex needs Cause and Effect Sensory Light Box By Cognable 21 engaging visuals with a range of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/?page_id=34\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Apps, Facebook, Pinterest<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":27,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-34","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9WafP-y","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":560,"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34\/revisions\/560"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cvi.aphtech.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}