Big Bang Patterns vs AboutNumbers PRO

Developed in conjunction with specialist teachers in the field of visual impairment, the activities have been specially designed for use with children with low vision, including those with cerebral visual impairments and complex needs. It is an ideal tool to assess preferences and develop visual skills. Big Bang Patterns contains four specially created sets of animated patterns, each containing twelve different animations, accompanied with a choice of music or sound effects. These patterns have been designed to provide a range of visually stimulating activities with a choice of bold colours and movements including tracking, sliding and tunnelling.   Each of the four sets of patterns provides: • Twelve varied animated patterns with music or sound effects. • Where appropriate, the sound effects coincide with changes in the animation to give extra stimulus. • Choice of eight background and foreground colours (choose black and white for a great visual impact). • One touch option for maximum cause and effect. • Two touch option - first touch for static pattern, second to animate. • Choice of playing time for animated reward. • Different types of pattern allow you to investigate users preferences. • Great for assessing colour preferences by choosing different combinations. • Use with external display for greater impact. • One and two switch access options for simple choice making or direct cause and effect (suitable switch interface required). The four pattern sets have each been designed to provide a good variety of different visual experiences. -- Hard Hitting -- Strong, bold screen filling patterns designed to attract attention to the screen and including engaging tunnelling effects and attention grabbing music and sound effects. -- Curtains -- Twelve basic, bold curtain patterns provide movement, including left to right and up and down. Vertical and horizontal moving lines and bars of varying thickness provide great opportunities to encourage and stimulate eye tracking. -- Flying Shapes -- A selection of shapes (single and multiple) of various sizes that move in different directions, including straight and circular motions, around the screen. Flying shapes has been designed to encourage locating and tracking skills. -- Changing Shapes -- Contains twelve static large shapes and images that provide visual interest and opportunities for discussion by morphing from one shape to another and back again. Their large size and animation has been designed to encourage the visual skills of locating and fixing.

AboutNumbers is an early math application aimed at dealing with counting, sets, numbers and calculating in the number domain up to 10. An important feature throughout the entire applications is the structured representation of sets (2 lines and 5 columns) to facilitate non-counting strategies of recognizing sets, the understanding of the relation among numbers and the notion of numbers in general. AboutNumbers for iPad is available in 2 versions: - AboutNumbers: Only a limited number of exercises can be used. An In-App Purchase is required to use all exercises. - AboutNumbers PRO: All exercises can be used without limitation. The application is designed for pre-school and elementary school children with or without impairments, for people with math deficiencies, as well as young people and adults with learning disabilities. The application contains a wide number of increasingly complex exercises. Each exercise is aimed to further a specific skill (e.g. counting or calculating). Completed exercises are recorded by the application to document the learning progress. To enable the use of this application with several people, a user manager is offered. Individual settings and results will be saved and can be loaded quickly. The exercises can be operated by alternative input devices such as external switches or eye tracking. Objectives: Practice counting and calculating in the number domain up to 10 Train non-counting strategies of recognizing sets Areas of application: Early Intervention Children and adults with learning disabilities Dyscalculia