Leveling the playing field with apps

Sound Literacy is an instructional tool and resource for teaching phonemic awareness, phonological processing, the alphabetic principle, and morphemic awareness. It is the first in a unique line of apps that will encourage teachers and students to work together in an intensive work study program.

With an abundance of 'sound knowledge', SoundLiteracy provides a platform for teaching students to hear, see, and analyze words in ways they have never thought of before.Unlike individualized computer software instruction, SoundLiteracy is intended to facilitate interaction between a teacher and student(s).

An instructor is needed to demonstrate concepts and skills as well as guide practice sessions with student(s). SoundLiteracy can be used in conjunction with any curriculum that emphasizes phonemic awareness, phonological processing, and systematic phonetic instruction.

Here is another app developed by Smarty Ears that could level the playing field for many children by understanding their phonological levels so that educators can choose areas of skill development.  

"The Profile of Phonological Awareness (Pro-PA) was developed for the purpose of evaluating and describing the phonological awareness skills of children."

"The Pro-PA aids in obtaining a complete picture of a student’s individual skills in phonological awareness by assessing and analyzing errors and providing information about the approximate skill attainment in each individual area. An understanding of the profile of skill attainment as well as specific types of errors made by a child, which can be outlined in the notes, will result in an intervention plan that can more appropriately and specifically target the child’s phonological awareness difficulties."

 Thank you to Tanya Cole for developing this app!