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Documents 5

Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to post regarding the Documents 5 app.

App Description:

“Documents is perfect to view all common file formats, annotate PDFs and create text files. You can view Office files, PDFs, images, videos and much more.

Documents features fast and reliable PDF viewing experience. It allows you to highlight, strike-out and underline text within a PDF document. A blazingly fast search will help you to find the bits you need” (Readdle).

To learn more about the Documents 5 app visit Readdle’s website at: https://readdle.com/products/documents/

Bitsboard

Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to post regarding the Bitsboard app.

App Description:

Play dozens of mini-games: Bitsboard includes dozens of fun and addictive mini-games that make learning fun and enjoyable regardless of whether you are 1 or 99 years old.

Huge catalog of content:  Through the Bitsboard catalog you can instantly access thousands of carefully curated lessons by fellow teachers, parents, and students from all over the world.

Fully customizable: Bitsboard is fully customizable.  You can easily create your own boards, add multiple users, and tweak the settings of every game to your liking.

Share everything: Bitsboard is a global learning platform.  You can share your custom lessons with one click with anyone via the Bitsboard catalog.

(For the Bitsboard developer’s Website)

For more information about the Bitsboard app visit their website: http://bitsboard.com/

 

Make It

Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to post regarding the Make It app.

App Description:

“Make It is a powerful new tool for educator, parents, students and children to quickly and easily create their own individual projects. They can then share them with family, friends, colleagues, classes or individuals through social media or email, and can be played on any device or operating language. The app comes with interactive menus, drawing, memory, relationships and quizzes (including written), a range of themes and multiple content libraries to access from the outset, or users can select their own content to include.” (planetfactory)

For more information about the Make It app visit palnetfactory’s webpage: http://www.lafactoriainteractiva.com/make-it

GoTalk NOW

Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to post regarding the GoTalk NOW app.

App Description:

“GoTalk NOW is a full-featured, customizable AAC app for the iPad, ideal for both the beginner and experienced communicator, that turns your iPad into a dynamic GoTalk in seconds with an easy-to-use, touch-based editor.”  (Attainment Co.)

To get more information about the features of GoTalk NOW you can visit the Attainment Company website: http://www.attainmentcompany.com/gotalk-now

TinyTap

Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to post regarding the TinyTap app.

App Description:

“TinyTap is a platform that lets anyone learn and have fun by making their own learning apps and playing thousands of apps created by a worldwide community. With simple, interactive tools like Q&A, readings, soundboards, puzzles and more, TinyTap enables anyone, from a toddler to a grandparent, to create beautiful games to teach and learn anything.” (TinyTap Ltd.)

More information provided by the TinyTap developer can be found at their website: http://www.tinytap.it/

 

 

Assistive Technology

The Assistive Technology category is a space where participants can discussion aspects of AT they have encountered at the conference or outside of it. Please use this thread for any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to share regarding Assistive Technology.

Other Apps

The Other Apps category is intended to be a space where software application that we have not directly addressed as part of this conference can be discussed.  Please post any questions & responses, ideas, or experiences you would like to share regarding these other apps under this thread.