LIFEtool apps for the iPad
Educationally valuable apps for people with disabilities
In an interdisciplinary team from the fields of technology and pedagogy, apps are developed together with experts and users for the areas of play and early education, learning and cultural techniques as well as lifelong learning. Special consideration is given to the fact that the apps can also be used by people with disabilities.
The following apps were developed for the iPad:
Early Learning & Play
SwitchTraining
TouchMe Apps
TouchMe UnColor / TouchMe Puzzleklick / TouchMe Trainer / TouchMe Pairs
HokusPokus serie
Creating pictures with switch operation and touch on the themes: farm, picture mix, dinosaurs, unicorns, Halloween, Easter, zoo, Christmas
Numbers, Quantities & Arithmetic
PreNumbers / AboutNumbers / Einkaufen mit dem Euro / Rechnen mit dem Euro
Reading, Writing & Language
ShowMe3.0 / FlashWords AAC / Erfolgreich Lesen / Sprachforscher für Kinder / Sprachforscher - Logopädie
At LIFEtool we place particular emphasis on:
- simple operability
- simple user interface with reduced functions
- possibility to integrate own materials (own photos, videos, texts, ...)
- alternative operation by means of buttons and scanning
- adjustability of the level of difficulty
- positive feedback that encourages and motivates to continue
- evaluation to document learning progress
- simple graphics
- reduction of content to the essentials
Early Learning & Play
Switch Training
SwitchTrainer is an application designed to learn how to use one or two switches. The target groups are children with physical impairments or a learning disability.
TouchMe Apps
TouchMe UnColor is an application for children and adults to uncover pictures. It aims to train the handling of a touchscreen.
TouchMe PuzzleKlick is an easy and funny puzzle game for children and adults.
TouchMe Trainer is an application to learn and improve the handling of a touchscreen. Specific tapping can be trained, but also swiping in different directions.
TouchMe Pairs is a variation of the popular game “Find pairs“.
Each card can contain pictures, text and sound. Depending on the selected settings, different combinations can be used in addition to the classic mode (match pictures), e.g. matching sound and picture, matching text and sound, and so on.
HokusPokus Series
HokusPokus Series brings together a group of games for children whose process is very simple and motivating. By pressing an external switch (not included) or on the screen, an image is built up piece by piece. Once one part of the picture is displayed, the children get curious. What is it? Which detail has been added now? As soon as the picture is complete, a short animation will be played.
The application contains different farm themed pictures with three levels of difficulty and details.
PreNumbers is an application that provides basic pre-numeric skills. The application offers exercises for different skills in multiple difficulty levels.
AboutNumbers is an early math application aimed at dealing with counting, sets, numbers and calculating in the number domain up to 10. An important feature throughout the entire applications is the structured representation of sets (2 lines and 5 columns) to facilitate non-counting strategies of recognizing sets, the understanding of the relation among numbers and the notion of numbers in general.
Einkaufen mit dem Euro is a comprehensive learning and training programme for young people and adults who want to acquire practical life skills on the topic of "money, goods, shopping".
We are sorry, Einkaufen mit dem Euro is available in German language only.
Rechnen mit dem Euro is a comprehensive learning and training programme on the topic of "money" forprimary school children who want to train the mathematical handling of money.
We are sorry, Rechnen mit dem Euro is available in German language only.
Reading, Writing & Language
ShowMe 3.0 an application for learning and practicing terms in different languages. Language comprehension and memory are trained in various exercises.
In ShowMe 3.0 METACOM symbols are included and there is an additional German speaker and addidtional langugages: Russian & Ukrainian!
FlashWords AAC is an application for the Early Reading method which is successfully applied in the education of children with a delayed development that also affects speech development (e.g. Down Syndrom). The main goal is to support the speech development.
Erfolgreich Lesen is a reading learning programme with various exercises at different levels of difficulty. The aim of the programme is to practise reading in addition to other teaching materials. The exercises are divided into visual and acoustic-visual tasks.
We are sorry, Erfolgreich Lesen is available in German language only.
Sprachforscher für Kinder is a programme that supports children in discovering and consolidating the sh sound. It was developed by speech therapists and experts from research and teaching in cooperation with parents and children.
We are sorry, Sprachforscher für Kinder is available in German language only.
Sprachforscher–Logopädie is a programme that supports children in discovering and consolidating the sh-sound. It was developed by speech therapists and experts from research and teaching in cooperation with parents and children. The programme is based on the concept of psycholinguistically oriented phonology therapy. The programme is aimed at language support staff with a therapeutic background and specific expertise in language acquisition and its problems.
We are sorry, Sprachforscher-Logopädie is available in German language only.
