5 Apps to Prevent Summer Learning Loss
Our AT Help Desk team looks at five apps to prevent summer learning loss while school’s out.
Clarify Assistant: An Accessibility-Focused Writing Tool for iOS
Clear communication can be a daily challenge for many individuals, especially for people with disabilities that affect writing, language processing, or fine motor skills. ClarifyAssistant on the Apple App Store is designed with this reality in mind, offering an integrated writing support tool that works directly within the iPhone and iPad keyboard.
Polypad by Amplify: A Free Math Manipulative App
Polypad by Amplify is a free virtual space where students can explore mathematical concepts using interactive manipulatives, models, and tools.
SimpleMind: A Free(ish) Mind Mapping App
For many students, organizing information can be just as challenging as learning it. Between lecture notes, assignment deadlines, brainstorming sessions, and studying for exams, it is easy to become overwhelmed by scattered ideas and disconnected information. That is where the SimpleMind app can be especially useful. Designed as a mind mapping and visual organization tool, SimpleMind helps users turn thoughts into structured, easy-to-follow visual diagrams.
Device Highlight: Shrub Hub
The Shrub Hub is a USB switch interface that allows users to connect up to three 3.5 mm assistive switches to computers and mobile devices. It has five modes, and can send keystrokes, mouse clicks, and media control commands, with five outputs per mode.