In our November/December 2015 Parenting Special Needs Magazine article we share some of our fun tips on how you can harness the power of technology to promote togetherness and enjoyment this holiday season. Gifting technology to a child during the…
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BridgingApps Featured App | Measure This : Holiday
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Featured App on the site: Measure This : Holiday is a fun educational math app aligned to K – 2 Curriculum Math Standards. Filled with colorful holiday images, this workbook style app explores comparison…
BridgingApps Featured App | Chai on Chanukah
BridgingApps just published the following BridgingApps Featured App on the site: Chai on Chanukah is a fun holiday-themed app for teaching Chanukah. The app has four interactive components. Children light the menorah and track the days of Chanukah. If they know…
Parenting Special Needs Magazine | Tech the Halls and Turn Screen Time to Sharing Time
Gifting technology to a child during the holidays can be a terribly exciting experience. However, being chastised by well meaning relatives or friends about “too much screen†time can suck the joy right out of this thrilling time. Technology…
Interview with the App Developer of GreyMatters
[vimeo id=”63342550″] GreyMatters Promo Video from Jennifer Rozbruch BridgingApps recently interviewed Jenny Rozbruch, Founder, CEO & Designer of GreyMatters. The app was inspired by Jenny’s late grandmother, Frieda, who suffered from advanced vascular dementia for over six years, and received care from…
BridgingApps Reviewed App | The Sight Word Adventure: Kids practice for their spelling tests
App Review by Hannah Rosenthal The Sight Word Adventure is an app that allows users to practice their reading and spelling of sight words. It is visually appealing and interesting, differentiated, grows with the user and the sight words are…
BridgingApps Reviewed and Featured App | WebMD for iPad
Long known for its online presence as a medical information resource that is centered around symptoms, WebMD for iPad has taken it’s database and search function into the mobile device technology market with it’s WebMD for iPad app. The portability…
BridgingApps Featured App | Khan Academy Update
The recently updated iPad version of Khan Academy offers offer 150,000 exercises with instant feedback. Great for typically developing students as well as those with learning disabilities, Khan Academy allows students to learn almost anything free. Khan Academy is a…
Using Apps to Help Individuals with Disabilities Succeed in the Workplace
Earlier this year while attending the Texas Computer Education Association Conference in Austin, Texas, we met Bruce Bloom, who works as a Vocational Consultant. Bruce assists adults with disabilities–as well as students with disabilities, who are nearing transition age out of…
SNApps4Kids Launches App Review System
SNApps4Kids is pleased to announce an exciting new feature on its website–the SNApps4Kids Review System. In addition to the developer’s description of an app, the review system provides supplementary information that focuses on skills, not age or developmental level.