Name: Irma M Mead

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF AN CONTENT-BASED IPAD/IPOD APP

2011-2014 Kathleen Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)
iPads for Teaching site: http://ipads4teaching.net

Date:10/13/2015

What is the title of the app? Counting Bears

Creator of the app: Grasshopper Apps
location: itunes
Content area(s): ABA
Pri Autism

Cost: $0.99
iTunes URL or
Grade level(s):

Level(s) of Blooms Taxonomy addressed with this app- highlight those that
apply
Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating Creating

Content and components of the app: Answer yes, no, or N/A

1. Curriculum connection: Are the skills reinforced connected to targeted
skill/concept? Yes
2. Authenticity: Are skills practiced in an authentic format/problem-based
environment? yes
3. Feedback: Is feedback specific and result in improved student performance? yes
4. Differentiation: Does the app offers flexibility to alter settings to meet student
needs? no
5. User friendliness: Can students launch and navigate within the app independently?
yes
6. Student motivation: Are students motivated to use the app and select it to use
often? yes
7. Reporting: Is assessment/summary data available electronically to the
student/teacher?no
8. Sound: Does the music/sound in the app add to the educational aspects of the
content? yes
9. Instructions: Are the instructions included within the app helpful to the student? no
10.
Support page: Does the apps supporting Web page provide additional useful
information? yes
Summary of the app 6-8 sentences
Using the data you have collected above, explain why you would or would not
recommend this
application for use in the classroom. Include any specific ideas you have for its use.
I would definitely suggest this app for use in a primary autism classroom. The application
allows the students to work independently while teaching the students counting. The
students are able to tap on each object and count along with app. It allows the students
to learn counting and feel successful by working independently.
The counting Bears App would be use in the classroom as a form of preferred activity for
addition and independent center.