ChooseIt! Numeracy vs SpecialEffect's Open Drive

New ChooseIt! Numeracy App based on the BETT Award winning ChooseIt Ready-made Series from Inclusive Technology. ChooseIt! Numeracy contains over 230 activities with over 6,000 pages of simple multiple choice activities. ChooseIt! Numeracy has a simple and consistent presentation, clear language, switch accessibility and full audio support which has made them a valuable resource for children with special needs. Performance reporting is built-in. Each activity consists of a graded sequence of 20 to 40 simply presented multiple choice questions. Correct answers result in a short animated sequence with music and spoken reinforcement while a fun ‘monkey story’ game adds to the motivation. Full speech support and switch access options provide access to learning by almost all students and simple performance reporting allows you to record student progress. These activities were designed by a teacher and Maths ICT Coordinator with over 20 years’ experience in primary and special schools. FOUNDATION SHAPE, SPACE & MEASURE: These 25 activities cover colour, 2D and 3D shape, positional words, opposites, sequencing shapes and time awareness (non-clock time). KEY STAGE 1 SHAPE, SPACE & MEASURE: Includes 21 activities covering matching and recognition of geometric 2D and 3D shapes, sequencing shapes, counting sides, nets, weight, length, capacity, and planes and symmetry. EARLY NUMBER: 32 activities designed to give pupils revision in their knowledge learnt in practical lessons about numbers one to three. NUMBER 0 TO 5: 21 graded activities covering comparison of quantity, counting sets of objects, counting on (rote counting), counting back, numeral recognition and matching sets to numerals. NUMBER 5 TO 10: These 23 graded activities cover odd one out sets, counting sets, counting on (rote counting), numeral recognition, more than, less than and simple addition up to 10. NUMBER 0 TO 100: 23 activities based around the 100 square, covering more than, less than, counting in 2s, 5s, 10s etc., number bonds in 10s and doubling. MONEY (UK ONLY): Over 25 activities about money, from coin recognition to working out change. Includes ‘What can you afford?’ activities. Coin images include enhanced photographs, giving greater realism whilst retaining clarity for VI students. TIME: 24 activities around time, from times on-the-hour up to counting on and back in units of 5 minutes, and everything in between. Many of these activities give you a choice of analogue or digital clocks. Time also includes an activity on weeks, months and seasons. Key features to help include all learners: • Accessible using touch or single and two switch scanning. • Designed by experienced teachers to provide a structured approach to basic number and space concepts and associated language. • Clear spoken and written questions - use the speaker button to repeat. • Simple layout with a minimum of distraction to allow the child to focus on the activity. • Multiple choice activities carefully graded in small steps. • Ideal for learners with visual and perceptual difficulties. • Real voice recorded audio to model good pronunciation. • Save your results to the Camera Roll. Indicates when child is ready to move on, needs more practice or should try an easier activity.

Created to enable players to use their preferred controls on iOS, the game is designed to be played using eye gaze or one of the following input methods: touch, a mouse cursor, switch control, a game controller or a keyboard. Eye gaze requires a compatible assistive eye gaze camera or use of the iOS Eye Tracking feature. Additional in-built iOS device controls such as the Virtual Trackpad, Head Tracking and Voice Control can also be used. App opens in landscape mode only. Experience driving across the four different worlds of Stunt Zone, Meadow, Snow Land and Speed Zone. Explore freely, collect the orbs, or try to beat your high score by making and landing jumps off ramps, mounds, and mountain tops in Roadster, Trickster and Speedster.   To further customise how you play, you can adjust the game speed from 90-30% , giving you more time to make turns, line up jumps or refine your drifting.  In our optional ‘Auto Steer’ game mode, you control accelerate and brake only, whilst steering is done automatically with your chosen car following a driving line.   Finally, some supported game inputs will allow you to play using either our ‘Precise’ or ‘Classic’ control schemes. When available, you can switch between these using the onscreen button in the top left of the gameplay screen.     SUPPORTED CONTROL INPUTS: Eye Gaze: Eye gaze requires a compatible assistive 'Made For iPad' eye gaze camera or use of the iOS Eye Tracking feature. Using the recommended ‘Precise’ mode within Open Drive, you use eye movement to move the pointer and the vehicle will follow. Touch: Using the button in the top left corner to use ‘Classic’ mode, which is recommended for Touch controls, you tap once on the button in the centre at the bottom of the screen to drive forwards. Tap on it again to brake and stop the vehicle and it will automatically start turning on the spot. When it is facing the direction that you want to drive, tap on it again to drive forwards. No drags or swipes are required.     Mouse Cursor: Using the ‘Precise’ mode within the Open Drive app, which is recommended for mouse control, the vehicle will follow your mouse cursor position onscreen. No drags or holds of clicks are required.   Switch Control: To scan through the onscreen targets using a switch, the use of the iOS Switch Control feature and a compatible switch interface or device is required. To drive forwards, scan to and then select the onscreen control button in the centre at the bottom of the screen to stop the vehicle and it will then start automatically turning on the spot. Select the control button again to drive in the direction you are facing.    Keyboard: In ‘Precise’ mode, the Arrow keys or W,A,S,D are used to steer, accelerate, brake and reverse. The R key is used to reset the vehicle when you are stuck. Space can be used to stop the vehicle without reversing. The Esc key opens the pause menu. ‘Classic’ mode can be used to reduce the required inputs during gameplay, with just the Enter key needed to turn and drive forwards once the Classic controls button is highlighted at the bottom of the screen.   Game Controller: Using an iOS compatible controller, in ‘Precise’ mode, the Left Stick is used to steer the vehicle and navigate the menus. Button 1 (e.g. A button on Xbox controller) is used to accelerate and to select menu buttons. Button 2 (e.g. B button on Xbox controller) brakes/reverses the vehicle. Button 3 (e.g. X button on an Xbox controller) is used to reset the vehicle if you get stuck. Button 8 (the Menu button on Xbox controller) is used to open the in-game pause menu. ‘Classic’ mode can be used to reduce the required inputs during gameplay, with just the Button 1 needed to turn and drive once the Classic controls button is highlighted at the bottom of the screen. SpecialEffect is a registered UK charity (1121004) that helps physically disabled players to access video games. Please visit https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/ for more information.