Zero Our Hero vs ReadingScreen

Who is this app appropriate for? Zero Our Hero is a teacher-designed, research-based Mathematics app for students aged 7-12. What content is covered? The app focuses asks students quality questions related to the six aspects of whole number place value (Rogers, 2014). The aspects are: Calculate, Compare/Order, Count, Make/Represent, Name/Record and Rename. Who designed the app? The app is designed by experienced primary school teacher Dr Angela Rogers and is based on her PhD research into the teaching and learning of place value. What are the features? -Includes over 450 different questions specifically designed to address common student misconceptions in whole number place value. -Questions are sequentially presented so students work at their own pace through four stages of difficulty. -Students are continually encouraged to see mistakes as learning opportunities and are provided with three opportunities to try each question. -Students are able to work independently on the app. -No distracting music or annoying sounds included. Why should you purchase this app? Zero Our Hero is designed to be the most comprehensive place value app currently available. It is a wonderful resource for both teachers and parents to support their children in this critical area of the Mathematics curriculum. App developed by Yianni Software Pty Ltd yianni-software.com.au

Accurately identify Primary school children who would benefit from reading support, using our fast, fun and intuitive app for teachers and teaching assistants. Based on decades of University of Oxford research into reading development. ReadingScreen assessments consist of two tests measuring different reading skills. The first presents pupils with up to 60 individual words of increasing complexity. The second presents them with up to 34 nonwords. The pupil is asked to read each word or nonword out loud and their responses are marked for accuracy by the adult conducting the assessment. If they get 15 answers in a row incorrect, the test ends and they move onto the next test. Each assessment should take 10 minutes or less to complete. Assessments can be interrupted if necessary and will resume from the beginning of the most recent test. To launch an assessment, the adult conducting the assessment should scan the QR code for the pupil they want to assess. No personally identifiable information is stored on the device. At the end of an assessment, the data is uploaded to oxedandassessment.com for instant feedback and reports can be generated for classes or year groups. If no internet connection is available, the data can be stored on the device and uploaded at a later date. ReadingScreen is suitable for schools and organisations (UK and international) using English or Welsh as the medium of education.