iEAR.org is the premier website to find out about he best education apps on iTunes. Emily Church is a SLP who found my ConversationBuildersocial skills app and has used it regularly with many of her students. This is by far the most comprehensive review of ANY of my speech apps. She writes: The innovative interface of Conversation Builder…
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Craig Evans is very active in the autism community, and he has recently started a Apps for Autism video series. He interviewed us recently about our ConversationBuilder social skills app. See the video interview below. Craig writes: App developer Kyle Tomson just keeps puttin’ out the good stuff! In this interview, he talks about…
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I received an email from a woman in Australia who has been using StoryBuilder to help refugee children affected by the wildfires this past summer. According to her, although none of the children are actually on the spectrum, they have been so shellshocked at losing everything that they exhibit a lot of the same traits…
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Joan Tanenhaus, the founder and Executive Director of Technology for Language and Learning, just published a wonderful article about using the iPad for special needs education. She has many app recommendations over a broad range of subjects, and she discusses each app in great detail. Under Speech and Language Development, Joan chose to feature SentenceBuilder,…
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December 30, 2010 by
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The mobile education store is proud to announce that Sentence Builder has been voted the IEAR Best Language Arts application of the year for 2010. Sentence Builder was chosen over thousands of applications on the iTunes and Android stores. “We are humbled and honored to be recognized by IEAR for Sentence Builder. We at the…
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December 30, 2010 by
Kyle in
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Craig Evans of Austism hangout recently interviewed me about several of my speech and language apps. Craig writes: Kyle Tomson is nothing short of amazing. He’s got a day job… and a child on the spectrum. In his spare hours, he has developed “Sentence Builder, Question Builder” and “Story Builder” to aid her learning. The Apps have…
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Kyle Tomson Interview with AutismHangout. Have a look at Sentence Builder, Question Builder and Story Builder… more incredibly helpful Apps for Autism. Meet Kyle Tomson, father to a child on the spectrum and member of Moms with Apps. To help meet his daughter’s communications needs, Kyle developed not one, but three amazing programs (and two…
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Special thanks to Moms with Apps for taking the time to check out Story Builder, and thanks for the great idea! ;-) Welcome to App Friday, our weekly link exchange of family-friendly apps. This week we are featuring two apps for special needs, which also have attributes for children of various learning levels and interests. We begin with Story Builder…
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September 29, 2010 by
Kyle in
Press
Our first feature this week is written by Dad developer Kyle Tomson of Mobile Education Store. By sharing his story about how he started developing apps for the iPhone and iPad, we see how much is possible when specific family needs are addressed with mobile technology, innovation, and dedication. How I got started My name is Kyle Tomson, and…
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