Come on down! You're the next contestant on... Describe It To Me!
((Are you envisioning me as Bob Barker or Drew Carey?))
Describe It To Me is the latest app developed by the app gurus over at Smarty Ears.
This app is developed to work on receptive and expressive language skills for school age children. The app is developed by Susan Rose Simms, MA, CCC-SLP.
Start by adding your players. Avatars and pictures can be used.
The game play page has many features. On the left spinning wheel you will notice players. Simply touch and drag the wheel to rotate between players. On the right hand side of the screen the clinician can switch between Receptive and Expressive tasks (R/E). The red buttons on the right side of the screen allow you to move to the next item.
The top of each screen lists the type of questions to be asked. They include category, function parts, location, visuals and extra. You can see when the question is answers correctly the text turns green. The receptive language tasks in the top picture show receptive language tasks with multiple choice answers. The above picture displays the expressive task.
From the developer:
Designed to facilitate a deep semantic understanding, each picture stimulus has six questions designed to probe and teach a deeper level understanding of these everyday items. In addition to teaching semantic knowledge to children, Describe it To Me can be used to facilitate rebuilding semantic knowledge in adults. Perfect for all levels from beginning categorization skills to deeper level language skills.
Print homework directly from the ipad with the included sheet.
The report center tracks data in both the receptive and expressive tasks.
Check out the app described in detail and shown in the video below!
The bottom line:
Pros: The app works on a skill I target often in school based therapy. Having homework available to print from the app is ideal.
Cons: The app has a pretty limited function. It has only one game screen, compared to other apps SLPs may find fewer in-app options.
Describe It To Me is found in the itunes store and is listed at $9.99 in itunes.
