Category: Apple Products

Helpful Apps for College Students

Sue Ordinetz,  has prepared two  tip sheets featuring apps  that may be helpful to college students with and without disabilities.

Ms. Ordinetz  is an Adjunct Professor – Occupational Therapy at American International College.

Apps for Higher Ed Android Apps

Android Apps

 

Snap Type App for Occupational Therapy – A Tool for Writing

If you work with students who struggle with dysgraphia, you may want to introduce them to  Snap Type App for Occupational Therapy – A Tool for Writing.  This free app was created for use with iPads by Amberlynn Gifford, an Occupational Therapy student in Springfield, Massachusetts.

The app allows  students can take a picture of their worksheet  or other document (e.g. exam) in class and use the iPad keyboard to  type their answers directly onto the worksheet. A screenshot of the completed worksheet can then be emailed to the teacher.

The app can be downloaded for free from the app store.  More information may be found at: Snap Type for Occupational Therapy – A Tool for Writing

RefME App

RefME is a free educational app that  allows users to create citations, bibliographies and reference lists.  With a click users can scan book/journal barcodes to create quick references.

  • There are 6,500 referencing styles to choose from (including Harvard, APA, OSCOLA, MLA and many more.
  • Thirty-five sources can be referenced using the app including, books, periodicals, newspapers, legal cases, DVD’s, CD’s and many more.
  • The – 1- Click Search  option makes it possible to reference journal articles, book titles, DOI, ISSN, ISBN and many other options.
  • Export to Email and Evernote
  • Use the RefME web referencing platform (www.refme.com) to export your references to Word, Google Docs, Medeley BibTex and several others.  Users can then check the citations to ensure the formating is accurate.  RefME helps take the stress out of citing works!

A RefME account is free and users sign up at www.refme.com. RefME users can also create, edit and manage their references at this same site.

The app is available for iPhone, iPad and Android.