Last week’s BridgingApps Open House drew participants from all across Houston who sought information on using mobile technology with people who have disabilities. Our come-and-go event featured interactive stations where volunteers demonstrated creative ways to use the iPad, the iPod…
Last week’s Houston meeting started off with speech therapist Betsy Furler sharing and demonstrating one of her favorite apps — Toca Boca Tea Party. She explained how she uses it for turn taking, for small group work with elementary aged…
I bought an iPad in April of 2011, when our son Liam was 15 months old. I underestimated him and thought he wouldn’t understand all the various buttons on the apps. He sure proved me wrong! He quickly learned to…
Direct Teach Time, located at www.directteachtime.com, was developed to fill a void in the educational software market. While there are a growing number of fine products available for teaching children with special educational needs, most lacked the flexibility and record…
On April 28, 2012 Vicki Windman of bridgingapps.org was invited to be the featured speaker for the annual Down Syndrome Symposium presented by the Aim High Resource Center and the Center for Disabilities in Albany, New York. The conference titled…
Participants at the 2nd Austin TX local meeting came away with lots of great information. Â We started the meeting off with everyone’s favorite topic….Apps! Â A teacher from The Rise School of Austin demonstrated 2 apps they use in the classroom,…
Participants in last week’s BridgingApps meeting discussed helpful apps they had been using for young children’s early learning. A considerable amount of time was spent exploring the excellent features of the app Injini Game Development Suite. Several participants shared their…
March 28th marked the first official meeting of BridgingApps Austin.  Introductions were made and there was a good mix of parents, teachers, and therapists that attended the meeting.  Participants were able to network, share, and  help each other.  This truly…
Participants in last week’s BridgingApps meeting were “wowed” by the features of the new Insignio app tool launched this month. Demonstrations of how to search apps by skill, category and key word helped users understand how this tool can be…
What do catching colorful fireflies, flinging bees, and rolling buttons have in common? They are just a few of the features contained in the app “Bugs and Buttons†highlighted at the BridgingApps Open House in February 2012. As part of…
