A real world example of implimenting tech into a special needs childs worlld and the real world applications of common Apps

1. IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE
ROCKET SCIENCE
APPS FOR TEENS, ADULTS & GOLDFISH
Beth Aderholt-Grindley
beth@tri-statewholesale.com
@beth_aderholt

2. An attention span of 9 seconds –
Ready?
Set?
GO!
To TEACH
To CAPTIVATE
To REACH
Students &
Goldfish !!

3. WHAT DO YOU DO?

4. BIG PICTURE
• Get up
• Get ready for day
• Go to school (work)
• Eat Lunch
• Go back to school (work)
• Come Home
• Do something
• Eat dinner
• Do homework
• Get ready for bed
• Go to sleep

5. SNAP SHOT WITH ENVIRONMENT & PROMPTS
• Get up
• Alarm clock goes off at 6AM
• Have to get out of bed
• Still thinking about getting out of bed
• Mom comes and gets me out of bed - 6:20
• Get Dressed
• Have to find clothes - 625
• Have to find socks & shoes
• Have to put ON the clothes & the socks & the shoes
• Go find breakfast - 640
• Stare at the cupboard,,, spin it a few times,,,
• Eat the bagel and cream cheese mom made for me
• Brush Teeth, Take vitamins mom set out for me, put shoes on I didn’t
put on before breakfast, find homework, pack up homework, brush
hair, run out door, forget lunch money, call mom to bring coat & lunch $

6. TASKS
• Find your speed bumps
• Why do they exist
• What are the natural
consequences
• How are these addressed /
supported in the natural world

7. FIND SOME REALLY GOOD TECH PEOPLE
MICROSOFT - 1978

8. PLAN B
• Independent Living Skills
• Sorts Laundry
• Travels Alone Safely
• Budgets $ for expenses (grocery, etc.)
• Employment
• Dresses Appropriately
• Accepts Correction
• Makes Choices & Accepts Consequences
• Post Secondary Education & Training
• Develops understanding of own disability and learning style
• Knows difference between college programs & services

9. THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT

11. * Large files * Entire folders * Lightning fast

12. A.K.A
•Google Drive
• (formerly Google Docs)
•Sky Drive
• Similar too…

15. •Alter the screen to suit
your needs
•READS and SORTS – even
handwriting
•KEEPS your stuff in the
trunk…

17. •Friendly Icons

18. •Alerts & Reminders
•ASSUMES you want a
SOCIAL MEDIA
PLATFORM (some of your
STUFF is shared automatically…)

21. DON’T FORGET MOBILE TOO!

22. • Share
• Access
• Anywhere
• Any
Platform

23. http://www.howtogeek.com

24. UTILITIES 4 X-TENDING ICAL
• Spanning Sync – combines all
your calendars & reminders.
• Today – one day @ a time
• Pluto - task manager
• Dateline (think abacus)
• Weather Cal
• MenuCal, Anxiety & Alarm
• USE REMINDER TAGS – will set
off alarms like get milk on way
home (GPS tags)
• KEEP IT SIMPLE

25. SMS 4 INDEPENDENCE
(SHORTENED MESSAGE SERVICE)
• REMINDERS
• PROMPTS
• SOCIAL REMINDERS
• SCHEDULE TASK LIST
• BRUSH YOUR TEETH
• PACK UP HOMEWORK
• LAY OUT CLOTHES
• CHECK ALARM CLOCK
• GO TO BED

26. Apple only @ this time…
SHARE option – you can write and SHARE a list…

27. VOICE RECORDING APPS
TAPE A TALK…AL VOICE RECORDER…DRAGON…TO NAME A FEW

28. READS your LIBRARY BOOKS

29. • Apple
Platforms
• OverDrive

30. • READS your LIBRARY BOOKS

31. • Droid
Platform

32. Got Music?
Got REWARDS
Got MOTIVATION
Got REAL LIFE TIMER

33. SO WHERE DO WE GO & HOW DO WE GET THERE

34. AND FREE APPS TOO!

35. Drink, Eat, Order, Pay, b SOCIAL, anywhere

36. ON YOUR IPAD, IPHONE, DROID, PC
AND ON FACEBOOK TOO….

37. SO HOW DO WE PAY FOR IT?

38. Ooohhh and the Rewards…..
What about FEES? SECURITY??

39. • Auto-Suggestion
• Add Item Details
• Multiple Stores
• Organizes Items
• Savings Card
• Favorites
• Coupons
• Share your list
• Bar Codes
I AM STILL HUNGRY – NOW WHAT
Mighty Grocery App has VOICE recognition

40. INDEPENDENCE & CONVENIENCE

41. • SIRI, we aren’t in Kansas anymore….

42. HELLO DRAGON, HELLO VLINGO

43. PROTECT, TRACK AND FIND IT!
•Avast!
• Anti-Virus/ home & mobile
• GPS – where is my
mobile device, and the
teen that is attached to
it!?!
• Send an ALARM to the
device
• Remote lock and memory
wipe
• FREE

44. FIND MY IPHONE

45. PLAY!! (INTERNET MOVIE DATA BASE)

46. Create a custom
mustang
Race against friends
“Track App”
Real time data
Acceleration
g-Force

47. NIKE + IT CHEERS
CHEERS YOU ON!
GPS
Maps
Suggested Routes
History of Routes

48. FLASHLIGHT & STROBE LITE
(FOR THOSE DISCO MOMENTS)

49. WHY BE SOCIAL? EVERYONE ELSE IS

50. FLIPBOARD 4 TOMORROW

52. VISUAL LEARNERS

53. Share Apps between devices
with a simple Email or Text

54. MY TECH RUNS SLOW & THE BATTERY
KEEPS DRAINING…
• Kills Apps that are
running in the
background
• Free up memory &
faster speed
• NOTE
• Disable auto start
• Disable show
notification

55. WHERE TECH IS TAKING US ~ ARE YOU
READY?