Educational Apps
App based resources for education support.
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Content Provider | Description | Content Areas | Fees / Limitations | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audible - Audiobooks from Audible | Audible currently has free streams on a select number of children's stories across six languages to keep kids "dreaming, learning, and just being kids," its website said. The service will be available for as long as schools are closed, it said. The books are separated into six categories: "Littlest Listeners," "Elementary," "Tween," "Teen," "Literary Classics" and "Folk & Fairy Tales for All." | Literacy | Audible is now offering free audiobooks for students stuck at home. | https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/audible-for-kids-coronavirus-trnd/index.html |
| Launchpad | Launchpad is an app for making and remixing eletronic music. Combine beats, basslines, melodies, vocals and effects loops using sounds from the sounds collection. | music | Free | https://ampifymusic.com/launchpad/ |
| Tap N See Now | Created specifically for children with cortical visual impairment, the bright colors and fun pictures in this world-renowed cause and effect app will also appeal to babies and young toddlers without CVI. | vision and fine motor skills | $2.99 | https://littlebearsees.org/cvi-ipad-app-tap-n-see-zoo/ |
| Spotlight Text | Designed to make e-books accessible to individuals with low vision, or to help those who need visual support to isolate text when reading. | reading with visual support | $29.99 | http://spotlighttext.com/ |
| Go Read | Make reading accessible to people with visual, physical and learning disabilities. On Google Play Android. | reading | Free | https://www.bookshare.org/cms/help-center/reading-tools/goread |
| Night Sky | Night Sky turns the user's device into a tool to see stars, planets, satellites and constellatoins day or night. | science | Free | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/night-sky/id475772902 |
| Speechify Text Reader | Dyslexic Learners | Special Education | Free | App Store |
| Phonics With Phonogram | Dyslexic Learners | Special Education | 2.99 | App Store |
| Speechify Text Reader | Austic Learners | Special Education | Free | App Store |
| Speech Blurbs: Language Therapy | Austic Learners | Special Education | Free | App Store |
| Letter School - Learn To Write ! | Writing Difficulties | Special Education | Free | App Store |