Smarty Ears Giveaways!
I was recently contacted by Smarty Ears to review and giveaway 2 of their amazing apps!
I have previously reviewed one of their apps, Custom Boards. Click the link to check it out!
This app is great and you can win a copy for yourself!
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Another app I had the opportunity to try and review is their WhQuestions app! This $7.99 app is great for practicing responding to wh questions.
This app is easy to use and navigate. When you click settings, you can see this page:
I prefer to have verbal and visual display of questions. I also prefer to have 1 question per student before switching students. This way it keeps them paying attention.
When you click "new game" you can input students. Below you can see how I added 3 of my students. You are required to put in name, grade, and age. Once students are added, you just have to tap the names to include them in the session. I was able to include up to 5 students which was great.
Once you select the students they turn yellow to show they are included. Once you hit "start game," you are presented with choices of question types. Just tap to unclick a question type if you prefer. This is presented for each student so it is individualized.
Now it is time to play! The student's name is highlighted to indicate who should respond. Students can record and play back their responses. They can click the check or "x" to rate their responses. You can also rate for them. The questions were functional and the pictures are cute.
At any time, you can click "all done" to end the session. At that time you are brought to the results page. It shows all scores from all sessions which are great for progress monitoring. You can click "results" on the main page to see the results at any time. You can click share to email results.
Things I like about this app:
- Easy to use and navigate
- Ability for students to self monitor and correct with the recording feature
- Easy to collect data and monitor progress
- Multiple users at a time
- Individualized per student within a session
What I would like to see in an update:
- Receptive language option with choices of responses
Overall, I think this app is great! Now, you can win a copy for yourself! Enter to win below!
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I have Articulation Scenes and I absolutely love it! I love the option to print off homework as well.
ReplyDeleteI would use Custom Boards to make schedules for all my sessions! They are in need of an update!
ReplyDeleteI would make visual schedules for some of the kids on my caseload
ReplyDeleteNo, I do not own any smarty ears apps yet
ReplyDeleteI don't own any, yet, just entering the world of apps, looking for the best apps for speech and language.
ReplyDeleteI have a few smarty ears app (articulate it, language adventures, categories learning center, and custom boards). I love using all of these in therapy but would love to win WH questions. A lot of my students are working on asking/answering questions.
ReplyDeleteI do not own any smarty ears apps. but I'm going to take advantage of the price drops for ASHA :) I would love to win WH questions since a majority of the students I see are working on answering questions.
ReplyDeleteI don't own any yet. I think the app I could best use for my current caseload is the WH Questions app. Thanks for the giveaway:)
ReplyDeletei have articulate it and language adventures. i have many kids on my caseload from preschool on up working on asking and answering questions. I have a few who would benefit from custom boards.
ReplyDeleteIf I won Custom Boards, the first thing I would do would be to create a new visual classroom schedule for a new student in a collaborative 4th grade class.
ReplyDeleteIf I won the custom boards app, the first thing I would create would be first then picture schedules for preschool!!
ReplyDeleteI have several Smarty Ears apps. My favorites are Articulation Scenes, Dysfluency Counter, and Language Adventures!
ReplyDeleteI have Language Adventures and love it. I have a ton of kiddos working on "wh" questions, this app would be great.
ReplyDeleteI don't have any smartyears apps yet; I have several students working on questions and would love this app! Custom Boards looks great, also!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of making a custom schedule for my kids. That would be my first board. I own the Goal Bank. I like it. I don't use the goals as is, I tend to look there for inspiration. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have Language Andventures and I love it. I would love to win WhQuestions, thank you for the opportunity!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing! Would love to tryout these products!
ReplyDeleteI just got my iPad and don't have any Smarty Ears apps. If I won custom boards, the first thing I would create are some visual supports for my ASD students such as visual schedules, rules, etc.
ReplyDeletevisual schedules, of course!
ReplyDeleteI own Articulate It! I love the Smarty Ears apps, would love to win!!
ReplyDeleteI would create a function-object relationship activity.
ReplyDeleteI do not own any of the SMarty Ears apps yet.
ReplyDeleteI would use Custom Boards to get ready for the Christmas theme!
ReplyDeleteI use custom boards. It's very helpful.
ReplyDeleteI don't own any yet, but I got to play with their new language app at ASHA12 and I think it is great!
ReplyDeleteI have a lot. Custom boards is probably my favorite-so many things you can do.
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